New Delhi: Mumbai Indians beat Delhi Capitals by six wickets to register their first win. Mumbai Indians beat Delhi Capitals by six wickets in four matches on Tuesday with captain Rohit Sharma’s half-century after Piyush Chawla and Jason Behrendorff bowled brilliantly.
Chasing Delhi’s target of 173 runs, Mumbai Indians scored half-centuries from opener Rohit (65 off 45 balls, six fours, four sixes), his first wicket 71 with Ishan Kishan (31) and 68 runs for the second wicket with Lalit Yadav (29 off 41 balls, one four, four sixes) to score 173 for four on the last ball of the current tournament. Recorded his first win.
Mumbai completed the century by losing just one wicket in the 12th over, but Delhi’s bowlers made the match exciting by bowling effectively in the last over. Delhi were reduced to 172 off 19.4 overs despite Akshar Patel’s 54 off 25 balls with five sixes and four fours and his 67-run partnership for the sixth wicket with captain David Warner (51 off 47 balls, six fours). Apart from these two, none of the Delhi batsmen could even touch the 30-run mark.