Delhi Daredevils and Mumbai Indians locked horns in the 17th match of the season at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi.
Both the teams were looking to build the momentum after winning their previous matches.
Mumbai captain Rohit Sharma elected to field first after winning the toss.
Batting first Delhi posted 164 for the loss of 4 wickets. Sanju Samson and JP Duminy were the highest scorers for them with the score of 60 and 49 respectively.
Chasing 165,Mumbai Indians made a blazing start, scoring 52 for the loss of 1 wicket in the powerplay. Mumbai were in comfortable position at one point and were looking well set to chase the target but some poor run outs in the end cost them the match.
Score:
Delhi Daredevils: 164/4
Mumbai Indians:154/7
Lets see how the Delhi Daredevils’ players performed.
1. Quinton de Kock: 1.5/5
Could not capitalise on his superb for and was out cheaply.
2. Shreyas Iyer: 1.5 /5
Delhi’s best player from last season, Iyer is yet to show that form. Once again failed with the bat.
3. Sanju Samson: 3.5/5
The talented batsman finally came good with the bat. Scored a fighting fifty to take his team to a decent total.
4. Karun Nair: 1/5
Failed to replicate his last match’s form and was out after scoring only 5.
5. JP Duminy: 4/5
Gave the much needed boost to the team to get some quick runs towards the end.
6.Pawan Negi: 0.5/5
Had an awful day on the field. Scored at an strike rate of 100 towards the end and conceded 19 runs in his solitary over.
7.Chris Morris: 2.5/5
Bowled an economical quot of 4 overs.
8.Amit Mishra: 4/5
Arguably the best bowler of the match, Mishra brought Delhi into the match by dismissing Rayudu and the dangerous Jos Butler.
9. Zaheer Khan:3/5
Dismissed the dangerous Pollard towards the end and ran Krunal Pandya out who was threatening to take the match away from them.
10.Mohammad Shami: 2/5
Could not give early wickets to the team and was quite expensive.
11. Imran Tahir: 2.5/5
Had an average day on the field. Could not take any wicket and conceded 29 from his 4 overs.