Kohli fell in front of Rohit by eight runs; Hitman will rule on Virat’s throne from now on
Mumbai Indians lost in IPL. Delhi Capitals defeated Mumbai by 10 runs. Mumbai won the toss and elected to bowl in the match held at Delhi’s Arun Jaitley Stadium, home of the Capitals.
Batting first, Delhi posted a massive total of 257 for the loss of four wickets in front of Mumbai in 20 overs. Chasing the target of victory, Mumbai managed to score only 247 runs for the loss of nine wickets in 20 overs.
Despite losing the match, Mumbai superstar Rohit Sharma has achieved a great feat. Rohit managed to score only eight runs from eight balls in the match.
Rohit became the highest run scorer in Indian Premier League history against Delhi Capitals. Rohit scored 134 runs from 35 matches against Delhi. The Indian skipper’s progress was overtaking Virat Kohli who scored 130 runs from 28 matches.
Thilak Verma scored 63 runs in 32 balls and Hardik Pandya scored 46 runs in 24 balls in Mumbai batting. Team David, who was crushed in the last overs, could not lead Mumbai to victory. David scored 37 runs off 17 balls.
Meanwhile, young Australian player Jake Fraser McGurk gave the Capitals a good start. The star’s brilliant performance was by scoring 84 runs in 27 balls. Jake hit 11 fours and six sixes in a strike rate of 311.11.
Triston Stubbs scored 48 runs off 25 balls and Shai Hope scored 41 runs off 17 balls. Delhi bowled well with Mukesh Kumar, Rashik Salam taking three wickets and Khalil Ahmed taking two wickets.
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