IPL 2024: MI claim first win, defend their third-highest total
Mumbai Indians beat Delhi Capitals at the Wankhede Stadium to claim their first win of the 2024 Indian Premier League (IPL) season. The hosts successfully defended 234/5, now their third-highest IPL team total. DC too managed 205/8, with Tristan Stubbs playing a blinder for them. Earlier, MI batters punished DC with blazing knocks. Romario Shepherd's death-over exploits duly powered them. Here are the stats.
MI compile 234/5 in 20 overs
Rohit Sharma and Ishan Kishan added 80 runs after DC elected to field. While Axar Patel dismissed Rohit, Suryakumar Yadav recorded a two-ball duck on his return. Ishan and Tilak Varma also bit the dust eventually. Skipper Hardik Pandya (39) anchored, with Tim David (45*) and Shepherd (39*) adding the finishing touch. Shepherd smacked 32 runs in the final over, taking MI to 234/5.
MI win despite Stubbs scare
While Prithvi Shaw started well for DC, David Warner departed early (22/1). The former, along with Abhishek Porel (41), took DC past 100. Jasprit Bumrah then knocked over Shaw (66) with a searing yorker. Porel (41) and Rishabh Pant (1) departed in successive overs thereafter. Stubbs' blistering cameo entertained the crowd, but Gerald Coetzee's four-fer helped MI win by 29 runs.
A power-packed knock from Rohit
Rohit hammered the DC bowlers in the first six overs, scoring a flurry of boundaries. He added an 80-run opening stand with Ishan. The duo helped the hosts score 75/0 in the Powerplay (0-6). However, Axar Patel knocked over Rohit soon after. The latter departed for a 27-ball 49, a knock laced with 6 fours and 3 sixes.
Third player with 1,000+ IPL runs against multiple opponents
Rohit's fiery knock saw him complete 1,000 runs against DC in the IPL. The former MI captain has over 1,000 IPL runs against Kolkata Knight Riders as well. As per Cricbuzz, he is only the third player with 1,000+ IPL runs against multiple opponents. He joins David Warner (PBKS and KKR) and Virat Kohli (DC and CSK) on this list.
Rohit joins Kohli on this list
Rohit became the second batter with over 1,000 runs against DC in the IPL, the other being Kohli (1,030). The former now has 1,026 runs from 34 IPL games at an average of 33.09 against the Capitals. His tally includes six half-centuries.
Bumrah takes two wickets, unlocks this achievement
Bumrah was MI's guiding light in another crucial run-chase. He dismissed Shaw and Porel against the run of play. As a result, Bumrah completed 150 wickets in the IPL. He is the second Indian pacer after Bhuvneshwar Kumar and third overall after Lasith Malinga and Dwayne Bravo to accomplish the milestone. Bumrah also became the second bowler for MI to claim 150-plus IPL scalps.
Stubbs slams third-fastest IPL fifty for DC
Stubbs smashed a brilliant 71* off 25 balls (3 fours and 7 sixes), albeit in a losing cause. The dasher completed his half-century off just 19 balls, now the third-fastest for DC in the IPL (by balls taken). Pant and Shaw (18 balls each) jointly own second spot, while Chris Morris tops this list. This was Stubbs' second-half-century in the IPL.
Coetzee records his career-best IPL figures
Coetzee, who started the proceedings for MI, was expensive in his first spell. In the second half, Coetzee dismissed DC skipper Pant. In the final over where DC required 34 runs, the South African seamer uprooted Lalit Yadav, Kumar Kushagra, and Jhye Richardson to script MI's win. Coetzee recorded his career-best bowling figures in the IPL (4/34).
Highest batting SR in an IPL innings
Shepherd stunned the DC bowlers with his blazing cameo. He joined David after MI lost Hardik Pandya at 181/5 (17.5). While David slammed 45*(21), Shepherd went berserk in the final over, where he smacked Nortje for 4 sixes and 2 fours. Shepherd eventually hammered a 10-ball 39*. His strike rate of 390 is the highest in an IPL innings (minimum 10 balls faced).
A look at other notable numbers
MI's 234/5 is now the highest team total without an individual 50+ score in T20s. The five-time champions have a perfect record while defending 200+ totals in the IPL. This was their 14th such win. Moreover, MI secured their 50th IPL win at Wankhede. Besides, Rohit Sharma became the fourth player with 100 catches in the IPL.
