Dinesh Karthik and Rohit Sharma’s blazing half centuries set the
platform for Mumbai Indians to claim a 44-run win over Delhi Daredevils
in their Pepsi Indian Premier League match on Tuesday.
Deciding to bat, Karthik’s 48-ball 86 and Sharma’s unbeaten 50-ball 74 powered Mumbai Indians to an imposing 209 for five before the hosts produced a disciplined bowling effort to restrict Delhi Daredevils to 165 for nine in their allotted 20 overs at the Wankhede Stadium.
Australian opener David Warner waged a lonely battle for Delhi with a 37-ball 61 but none of the other batsmen showed intent to grind it out and bind time at the wicket.
The pressure of mounting run-rate weighed heavily on Delhi batsmen as they kept on losing wickets at regular intervals.
Defending the target, Mumbai bowlers kept a tight leash over Delhi’s scoring rate to earn their second successive win in the tournament after losing their first match against Royal Challengers Bangalore.
SCORES IN BRIEF
MUMBAI INDIANS: 209 for 5 in 20 overs (Karthik 86, Sharma 74 not out, Pollard 13, Rayudu 24; Nehra 2-49)
DELHI DAREDEVILS: 165 for 9 in 20 overs (Warner 61, Juneja 49, Pathan 10, Morkel 23 not out; Johnson 2-49, Ojha 2-34, Pollard 2-25)
Result: Mumbai Indians won by 44 runs.
Player-of-the-match: Dinesh Karthik.
Deciding to bat, Karthik’s 48-ball 86 and Sharma’s unbeaten 50-ball 74 powered Mumbai Indians to an imposing 209 for five before the hosts produced a disciplined bowling effort to restrict Delhi Daredevils to 165 for nine in their allotted 20 overs at the Wankhede Stadium.
Australian opener David Warner waged a lonely battle for Delhi with a 37-ball 61 but none of the other batsmen showed intent to grind it out and bind time at the wicket.
The pressure of mounting run-rate weighed heavily on Delhi batsmen as they kept on losing wickets at regular intervals.
Defending the target, Mumbai bowlers kept a tight leash over Delhi’s scoring rate to earn their second successive win in the tournament after losing their first match against Royal Challengers Bangalore.
SCORES IN BRIEF
MUMBAI INDIANS: 209 for 5 in 20 overs (Karthik 86, Sharma 74 not out, Pollard 13, Rayudu 24; Nehra 2-49)
DELHI DAREDEVILS: 165 for 9 in 20 overs (Warner 61, Juneja 49, Pathan 10, Morkel 23 not out; Johnson 2-49, Ojha 2-34, Pollard 2-25)
Result: Mumbai Indians won by 44 runs.
Player-of-the-match: Dinesh Karthik.
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