DC vs MI : The 17th season of IPL is going to be exciting. The Delhi team, which faced heavy defeats until recently, is now getting consecutive victories. Improving play off chances. Delhi secured victory in the match played by Mumbai team on Saturday evening. Eka won by ten runs and moved to the fifth position in the points table. Chennai pushed back the team that was ahead of them till yesterday. With this victory, the Delhi team has taken two gains in its account.
In the first half of the IPL 17th season, the Delhi team showed a disappointing performance. But, it bounced back like a ball hitting a wall.. showing amazing talent. In the match against the Mumbai team on Saturday, they registered a grand victory with a difference of ten runs. In fact, there was a flood of runs in this match. The match was tense till the end. Batting first in this match, Delhi lost four wickets and scored 257 runs. This is the highest score for the Delhi team in the history of IPL. Fraser 84, Stubbs 48*, Shy Hope 41. With this, the score of the Delhi team jumped at the speed of a rocket. Bumrah was only 1/35 among the Mumbai bowlers. After that, Mumbai team scored 247 runs after losing 9 wickets in 20 overs. Telugu lad Tilak Verma 63, Hardik Pandya 46, Tim David 37 were of no use.
Actually, the Mumbai team, which entered the field to achieve a huge target, did not get a good start as expected. Rohit Sharma was out for 8 runs. Kishan scored 20 runs and reached the pavilion soon. Surya Kumar Yadav scored 26 off 13 balls and was trapped by Khalil Panni. As a result, Mumbai team lost three crucial wickets for 65 runs. At this stage, Hardik Pandya and Tilak Verma together shouldered the responsibility of fixing Mumbai's innings. Hardik Pandya was bowled by Rasik as both of them were becoming dangerous. However, Tilak Varma continued his counter-attack. He scored 50 runs in 25 balls. Tim played aggressively with David. In this background, the goal of victory gradually melted away.
When Mumbai's winning equation reached 64 runs in 18 balls.. David hit 6, 4, 6 consecutively.. Hopes sprouted in the Mumbai team. But, on the fourth ball, David turned back. Mumbai team got 23 runs after Tilak Verma hit a six off the last ball. After that, the Mumbai team scored 16 runs in 19 overs. However, it was useless. In the end, Mumbai's target of victory became 25 runs in six balls. At this stage, the Delhi team suddenly breathed a sigh of relief as Tilak Verma was run out. In this over, the players of the Mumbai team, Wood hit a six and Chawla a four, only reduced the gap of defeat.. This left the Mumbai team ten runs away from the victory. Among the Delhi bowlers, Rasik and Mukesh Chiru took three wickets. Khalil took two wickets.
In fact, if the Mumbai team wins this match, the play off hopes will be alive. The team lost in a must win match. The worst performance in bowling. The same trend has been shown in fielding. As a result Delhi team made 257 runs. Despite a formidable batting line-up, the Mumbai team failed to achieve this target. As a result, play-off hopes were complicated. By winning this match, the Delhi team jumped to the fifth position in the points table. Moreover, it pushed back the Chennai team which was ahead of it till yesterday. Defeated a strong Mumbai team and kept their play off hopes alive.
