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In IPL 2024, Mumbai Indians (MI) defeated Delhi Capitals (DC) by 29 runs in the 20th match of the season. In the first match of the double header at the Wankhede Stadium on Sunday, Delhi won the toss and opted to bowl. Batting first, Mumbai scored 234 runs for 5 wickets in 20 overs. In reply, Delhi could only score 205 runs for 8 wickets in 20 overs.
MI batsman Romario Shepherd scored 32 runs in the last over of the innings. In this, he also used a helicopter shot. While, Jasprit Bumrah took 2 wickets in the match. DC opener Prithvi Shaw bowled with a yorker.Matching moments..
1. 18 thousand children of Mumbai arrived at the stadium
Around 18 thousand children from all over Mumbai arrived at the Wankhede Stadium to watch the match. The children got this opportunity through Education and Sports for All (ESA), an initiative by Reliance Foundation and Mumbai Indians. Every IPL season MI dedicates an IPL match to Team ESA where thousands of children from NGOs across the team city get a chance to watch the live match and cheer on their favorite cricketers.
As soon as the children arrived to watch the game, the stadium turned completely blue.
2. Akshar bowls Rohit
Rohit Sharma adopted an aggressive approach and scored an innings of 49 runs in just 27 balls. Akshar Patel bowled a brilliant arm ball, which ended Rohit’s innings. After three consecutive dot balls from Akshar Patel, the wicket came on the last ball of the 7th over. The last ball of bowling a fast arm ball. Rohit couldn’t play it and the ball hit between his bat and his pad and went straight into the stumps.
Akshar Patel took a wicket in the very first over of the spell.
3. Romario Shepherd made a helicopter shot
MI all-rounder Romario Shepherd scored 32 runs in the last over for Enrique Nortya. Mumbai Indians score in the 19th over was 202/5. Shepherd came on strike and hit Nortya for 4 sixes and 2 fours in the last over of MI’s innings. He played a helicopter shot on the last ball in the signature style of former India captain MS Dhoni and ended the innings by hitting a six over the course.
Romario Shepherd hit 4 sixes in the innings.
4. Akshar took a one handed catch
Akshar Patel took a brilliant quick catch with one hand that sent Ishan Kishan back to the pavilion. During the 11th over, the Delhi spinner bowled a fast and flat ball on the stumps and Kishan failed to find a connection in his attempt to pull off a strike.
However, the ball came suddenly to Axar’s left, and he stuck his hand on it and took a brilliant reflex shot to end Kishan’s innings.
Axar Patel took the first wicket with bowling and the second wicket with catch and bowling.
5. Shaw bowls on Bumrah’s yorker
Jasprit Bumrah bowls Prithvi Shaw on a yorker. On the last ball of the 12th over, Bumrah bowled a fast yorker towards leg stump. At this, Prithvi Shaw had no time to pick the shot and was bowled.
Prithvi Shaw played an innings of 66 runs on 40 balls.
6. Cootji gave life to Porel
MI player Gerald Cooties gave life to Abhishek Porel. In the Capitals’ 11th over, MI captain Hardik Pandya bowled to Akash Madhwal to break the growing partnership between Porel and Prithvi Shaw.
The move backfired on the hosts, as the DC batsmen attacked the young fast bowler and scored 12 runs in his first five balls. However, Madhwal created a chance on the last ball, bowling a full toss on middle stump. On this Porel moved forward and gained the lead. Cootji, who was used inside the ring, failed to take the catch, giving him life.
Gerald Cooties gave life to Porel on the score of 31 runs.
