Mumbai, First Published Mar 27, 2022, 5:21 PM IST
Mumbai: Mumbai Indians’ best score in the match against Delhi Capitals in IPL 2022. Batting first, Mumbai lost the toss and opted to bat. Mumbai scored 177 for five in the allotted overs. Ishant Kishan (81 not out off 48 balls) was the top scorer for the former champions. Captain Rohit Sharma (41) was the top scorer. Kuldeep Yadav took three wickets for Delhi.
Mumbai got off to a shaky start. Rohit and Kishan added 67 runs for the first wicket. Rohit’s innings consisted of four fours and two sixes. But when he tried to strike a big blow against Kuldeep, Rohit lost. Rowman catches many. Thakur had dropped Rohit with an individual score of 25. Anmolpreet Singh (8), who reached the crease in the third, was disappointing. This time too Kuldeep took the wicket. Lalit Yadav caught in long off.
Tilak Verma (22 off 15 balls) reached the crease in the fourth over. The Indian under-19 batsman added 34 runs with Isha. But Prithviraj caught Shaikh in the third man in an attempt to cut Khalil Ahmed’s slow bouncer. Kieran Pollard (3) had just six balls to spare. Tim Seifert’s smashing diving catch at midwicket.
Tim David (12) then came to the crease and could not hold on to the crease for long. Khalil sent the star away. He caught Mandeep Singh in a rush to increase the run rate. But Kishan’s struggle in the last over led Mumbai to a respectable score. Kishan’s innings consisted of two sixes and 11 fours. Daniel Sams (7) was not out.
Thakur conceded 47 runs in four overs. Kamlesh Nagercoil scored 29 runs in two overs and Akshar Patel 40 runs in four overs. Earlier, Mumbai included Malayalee pacer Thampi in the playing XI. However, Suryakumar Yadav, who has not fully recovered from injury, could not find a place in the team.
Kieron Pollard, Tim David, Daniel Sams and Thyme Mills are Mumbai’s foreign players. Only Tim Seifert and Rowman Powell were included in the squad as foreign players.
Delhi Capitals: Prithviraj Shah, Tim Seafert, Mandeep Singh, Rishabh Pant, Rowman Powell, Lalit Yadav, Akshar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Khalil Ahmed, Kuldeep Yadav, Kamlesh Nagercoil,
Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma, Ishant Kishan, Tilak Verma, Anmolpreet Singh, Kieron Pollard, Team David, Daniel Sams, Murugan Ashwin, Thaimal Mills, Jaspreet Bumra, Basil Thampi.
Last Updated Mar 27, 2022, 5:21 PM IST