Watch: Tim David's Helpless Look After Getting Dismissed Off Yash Thakur's Delivery

26.05.2023 - 10:17 sports.ndtv.com

Mumbai Indians registered a thumping 81-run victory over Lucknow Super Giants in the Eliminator match on IPL 2023 on Wednesday.

Playing at Chepauk, the five-time champions posted a total of 182/8 and later bundled out LSG for 101, after Akash Madhwal took a five-wicket haul.

The wickets kept on tumbling as young pacer Madhwal broke the backbone of LSG's batting attack but one wicket which became the talk of the town was from the Mumbai Indians' camp, as Tim David's dismissal off Yash Thakur's delivery can be called as one of the most unfortunate.

In the 17th over of MI's innings, Thakur bowled a full-toss delivery, to which David played a shot but failed to time it. The miscued shot went up in the air and landed safely in the hands of Deepak Hooda at the long-on.

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