On Sunday (11th October) night, the defending champions Mumbai Indians (MI) claimed a five-wicket victory against Delhi Capitals (DC) at Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium (Abu Dhabi) in the 27th game of the IPL 2020.
Delhi Capitals captain Shreyas Iyer decided to bat first after winning the toss. While Delhi Capitals scored 162/4 (20 overs) in the first innings, Mumbai Indians chased down that target in 19.4 overs after losing five wickets.
Brief Scores: DC – 162/4 in 20 overs (Shikhar Dhawan 69*, Shreyas Iyer 42; Krunal Pandya 2/26)
MI – 166/5 in 19.4 overs (Suryakumar Yadav 53, Quinton de Kock 53; Kagiso Rabada 2/28)
The Result – MI won by 5 wickets
IPL 2020, Match 27: Mumbai Indians vs Delhi Capitals (MI vs DC) – Statistical Highlights
(Teams’ stats)
Mumbai Indians (MI) – highest successful chase
i) Mumbai Indians successfully chased down the target for 163 runs.
- It was the highest successful chase for MI against Delhi Capitals. Their previous successful chase against Delhi Capitals was 153 runs at Mumbai on 5th May 2015.
(Players’ stats)
Delhi Capitals (DC)
Shikhar Dhawan – top scorer, 100 IPL sixes and 1000+ runs for DC
i) The left-handed opening batsman Shikhar Dhawan scored 69 not out.
- It is the highest individual score for a left-handed opening batsman for Delhi Capitals against Mumbai Indians. The previous record was 61 runs by David Warner at Mumbai on 9th April 2013.
ii) Shikhar Dhawan has hit 100 IPL sixes.
- Shikhar Dhawan became the third Indian left-handed batsman to hit 100 IPL sixes. Suresh Raina (194 sixes) and Yuvraj Singh (149 sixes) were the first two Indians to achieve this feat.
- Shikhar Dhawan became the fifth left-handed batsman to hit 100 IPL sixes.
- In overall, Shikhar Dhawan became the 20th batsman to hit 100 IPL sixes.
iii) Shikhar Dhawan has scored 1062 runs for Delhi Capitals.
- Shikhar Dhawan became the 8th batsman to score 1000+ T20 runs for Delhi Capitals.
Ajinkya Rahane – 5000+ T20 runs
i) Ajinkya Rahane has scored 5003 T20 runs.
- Ajinkya Rahane became the 10th Indian cricketer to score 5000 T20 runs.
Kagiso Rabada – 3rd most wicket-taker for DC
i) South African fast bowler Kagiso Rabada has taken 48 wickets for Delhi Capitals.
- Kagiso Rabada became the third most T20 wicket-taker for Delhi Capitals. Now, only Amit Mishra (104 wickets) and Morne Morkel (51 wickets) are ahead of Rabada in this list.
Mumbai Indians (MI)
Rohit Sharma – 2nd most-capped player for MI
i) It was Rohit Sharma‘s 150th IPL match for Mumbai Indians.
- Rohit Sharma became the second MI cricketer to appear in 150 IPL matches. Caribbean cricketer Kieron Pollard was the first player to achieve this feat as he has played 155 IPL matches for this team.
ii) It was also Rohit Sharma’s 159th T20 match for Mumbai Indians.
- Surpassing Harbhajan Singh (158 matches), Rohit Sharma became the second most-capped player for MI in T20 cricket. Kieron Pollard is the record holder in this list with 177 T20s for this team.
Quinton de Kock – most 50+ scores for MI as a left-handed batsman
i) The left-handed wicket-keeper batsman Quinton de Kock scored his 6th fifty for Mumbai Indians.
- It is the most 50+ scores for a MI left-handed batsman. The former left-handed batsmen Sanath Jayasuriya, JP Duminy and Parthiv Patel all registered five times 50+ scores for this team.