MI Vs DC, IPL 2024, Match 20: Mumbai Indians Beat Delhi Capitals By 29 Runs - As It Happened

Here are the highlights of match 20 of the Indian Premier League 2024 between Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals. Hardik Pandya finally can smile as Mumbai Indians have won its first match of the season under his captaincy. Delhi Capitals also played well thanks to Prithvi Shaw and Tristan Stubbs' quick knocks. Despite their combined efforts, Delhi Capitals fell 29 runs short of the target. Romario Shepherd was the hero of Mumbai Indians as he smashed 32 runs in the last over of Anrich Nortje. Catch the highlights of the MI Vs DC match in the IPL 2024, here. (Scorecard | Streaming)

The pitch number seven is being used for today's match in Wankhede Stadium. There is a bit of grass on it. The dimensions of square boundaries are 62 metres and 63 metres respectively. The straight boundary is at 74 metres. A high-scoring match is expected here. Batting second will be easy on this surface.

Delhi Capitals have won the toss and have opted to field

Playing XIs:

Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan(w), Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya(c), Tim David, Mohammad Nabi, Romario Shepherd, Piyush Chawla, Gerald Coetzee, Jasprit Bumrah

Delhi Capitals: David Warner, Prithvi Shaw, Abishek Porel, Rishabh Pant(w/c), Tristan Stubbs, Axar Patel, Lalit Yadav, Jhye Richardson, Anrich Nortje, Ishant Sharma, Khaleel Ahmed

Mumbai Indians: Akash Madhwal, Kwena Maphaka, Naman Dhir, Nehal Wadhera, Shams Mulani

Delhi Capitals: Kumar Kushagra, Yash Dhull, Fraser-McGurk, Sumit Kumar, Praveen Dubey

Ishan Kishan and Rohit Sharma opened the batting and Khaleel Ahmed started with the first over for Delhi Capitals. Ishan Kishan hit a boundary on the fifth delivery of the over. Including a boundary, only seven runs came from the first over.

MI - 7/0 (1)

Rohit Sharma and Ishan Kishan duo have given a powerful start to Mumbai's innings. Sharma smashed back-to-back sixes in Jhye Richardson's over and slammed Axar Patel for 14 runs in his first over.

MI - 60/0 (5)

Axar Patel completed his four-overs quota within 11 overs. He continued his attack in the 11th over and caught a screamer to dismiss Ishan Kishan in his own bowling. Tilak Varma is the new batter at the crease with captain Hardik Pandya.

MI - 113/3 (11)

After conceding a lot of runs at the start, Delhi Capitals' bowlers have made a comeback by taking crucial wickets at regular intervals. Richardson removed Tilak Varma who was looking dangerous. Tim David and Hardik Pandya are at the crease. Now, the death over starts and DC need to continue their game plan here as well.

MI - 138/4 (15)

Delhi Capitals halted Mumbai Indians in the middle over but Tim David and Romario Shepherd displayed some big hits in the end to take MI to 234 runs in 20 overs. Shepherd hit 32 runs in the last over of Anrich Nortje including four sixes and two fours. His 39 runs off just 10 balls helped MI set a 235-run target for Delhi Capitals.

MI - 234/5 (20)

Brief Score: MI - 234/5 (20)

Rohit Sharma - 49 (27), Tim David - 45 (21) | Axar Patel: (4-0-35-2)

Prithvi Shaw and David Warner opened the batting for Delhi Capitals with Shaw taking the strike. Gerald Coetzee came to bowl the first over and just conceded seven runs.

DC - 7/0 (1)

Chasing 235 runs, Prithvi Shaw made only 11 runs in the first 12 balls he played which increased the pressure on David Warner. Akash Madhwal came to bowl the third over and conceded only four runs. Romario Shapher was introduced early and he got rid of David Warner on the next ball he hit him for a massive six. Abishek Porel is the new batter.

DC - 33/1 (5)

Prithvi Shaw slammed the half-century and with Abishek Porel also hitting boundaries, both batters have kept the chase on for Delhi Capitals. Mohammad Nabi came to bowl the last over and conceded 10 runs in that.

DC - 94/1 (10)

Jasprit Bumrah bowled beautiful single-over spells in between the innings. He first dismissed the set batter Prithvi Shaw with a toe-crushing yorker then got rid of Abishek Porel in the 15th over. Now Rishabh Pant and Tristan Stubbs are at the crease and DC still need 91 runs in 30 balls.

DC - 144/3 (15)

Tristan Stubbs made an unbeaten 71 runs off 25 balls. Despite that, Delhi Capitals left 29 runs short of the target. Jasprit Bumrah's accurate line and length did the work for Mumbai. Gerald Coetzee came to defend 34 runs in the final over and got three wickets to finish his bowling figures with 4-0-34-4.

DC - 205/8 (20)

Definitely we were in contention, but we didn't have enough runs in the batting PP, especially when you're chasing such a big score., We batted well in the next few overs, but it's not easy to constantly score 15 rpo for many overs. Yes, we had a few bad overs (with the ball), but it does happen at times. The bowlers needed to bowl into the wicket, slower ones and the variations were important. The bowlers needed to understand the conditions well. I think we need to improve on a few areas - death over bowling and our batting as well.

Matches - 14
Won - 14
Lost - 0

It was a lot of hard work. We had to clear our minds and make sure that we believed. We will be making tactical changes here and there but this will be our 12 and settling our team now is important. There's a lot of love and care going around in the changeroom. Belief and backing each other is the attitude out there. Everyone believed we needed just one win. It was an amazing start today, always wonderful to get 70-odd in 6 overs. The way everyone chipped in when the opportunity was coming was good to see. That was some hitting na (On Romario's heroics). He won us the game. The difference was Romario vs Delhi Capitals. I like him. Always has a smile on his face and doesn't run away. (On why Hardik didn't bowl) I am fine. I'll be bowling at the right time, we had everything covered today so did not have to roll my arms over.

My hard work has paid off. I have put in a lot of hard work in the nets. I think you just have to keep a clear mind (when batting at the end). He (Tim David) said no you stay there (strike) and you hit. I was in a good position to capitalise on that ball. I tried to keep it 50-50 because I didn't want to lean on one side, so 50-50 on batting and bowling. (On where the power comes from) Eating a lot of food I guess, some of it Indian as well (smiles).

Mumbai Indians have won their first match of the season and that too in style and flair. Delhi Capitals fought well but couldn't pull off a difficult but achievable task. That's all from our side. We will be taking your leave now. Goodnight!