New Delhi: The 27th match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) was played between Delhi Capital and Mumbai Indian in Abu Dhabi. Delhi won the toss and scored 162 runs in 20 overs losing the first and aiming for 163 runs in front of Mumbai to win. Mumbai won the match by 5 wickets in the 20th over. The Mumbai Indians won the top spot in the point table with this victory.
Prithvi Shaw, who came to the opening from Delhi, was dismissed by scoring 4 runs. Shikhar Dhawan scored his first half-century at the other end. He scored 69 runs off 52 balls with the help of 6 fours and a six. He remained unbeaten till the end. Rahane, playing the first match of the season, could not do much and was dismissed for 14 runs. However, captain Shreyas Iyer scored 42 runs off 33 balls with the help of 5 fours. All bowlers from Mumbai bowled well and stopped Delhi for 162 runs. Hardik Pandaya took 2 and Bolt took 1 wicket.
On the other hand, Mumbai’s innings did not start much better. Rohit Sharma, who came at the opening, was dismissed by scoring 5 runs. At the other end, Quinton Decock played a fine innings. He scored 53 runs off 36 balls with the help of 4 checks and 3 sixes. Surya Kumar, who came out after the dismissal, started scoring very easily. He scored 53 runs on 32 balls with 6 fours and 1 six. He was supported by Ishaan Kishan, who scored 28 runs off 15 balls with 2 fours and 2 sixes. Today, Hardik Pandya could not even open an account today. The rest of the work was done by Kiren Pollard and Kunal Pandaya and gave his team a 5-wicket win. Today, the bowling and fielding of Delhi Capital was very poor, due to which they lost the match.
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