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A fine knock from new captain Faf du Plessis was not enough to prevent Royal Challengers Bangalore falling to a high-scoring five-wicket defeat in their opening Indian Premier League game on Sunday.
Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma was on Sunday fined Rs 12 lakh after his side maintained a slow over-rate in their IPL match against Delhi Capitals. MI lost the match against DC by four wickets.
After losing to Delhi Capitals (DC) on Sunday, Mumbai Indians (MI) have been fined for maintaining a slow over rate during Match 2 at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai. It was also the franchise's first offence of the season under IPL's Code of Conduct relating to minimum over rate offences, so captain Rohit Sharma has been fined Rs 12 lakhs.
Axar Patel and Lalit Yadav spoiled a party that seemed like it was headlined by Ishan Kishan for 35 overs of the match. With five overs of intelligent, clean and proactive batting, the duo took Delhi Capitals from 104/6 in 13.2 overs to 179/6, overhauling the 178-run target set by Mumbai Indians with 10 balls to spare on Sunday at the Brabourne stadium on Sunday afternoon. As Lalit and Axar walked off unbeaten on 48 off 38 and 38 off 17 respectively after completing a heist, MI skipper Rohit Sharma wore a bemused and shell-shocked look. MI haven’t won their opening match of the season since 2012. As it happened | Scorecard | Points TableAfter Capitals captain Rishabh Pant sent MI in to bat after winning the toss, Ishan batted all 20 overs screaming to the world he is worth all of Rs 15.25 cr Mumbai Indians spent on him. Every run of his unbeaten 48-ball 81-run knock had authority, maturity and flamboyance written all over it as MI posted 177/5. The Brabourne pitch had pace and true bounce for the batters to swing through the line. Yet, for most part of the match, Ishan looked like he was the only batter from either team to really get the measure of the pitch. His stay at the crease raised stock as one of India’s most potent T20 opening options.
Wicketkeeper-batter Tim Seifert provided an explosive start for Delhi Capitals (DC) in their chase of 178 against Mumbai Indians (MI) at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai on Sunday, but his march was brought to a halt by new MI spinner Murugan Ashwin in the fourth over with a lovely googly. Seifert had hit 21 off 11 deliveries with four boundaries to his name within the first three overs, and MI captain Rohit Sharma brought on a spinner inside the Powerplay.
Delhi Capitals beat Mumbai Indians by four wickets in their IPL match on Sunday. Lalit Yadav smashed 48 not out off 38 balls down the order as DC chased down the target of 178 with 10 balls to spare. Axar Patel also chipped in with a 17-ball 38 not out, while opener Prithvi Shaw contributed 38. For MI, Basil Thampi took three wickets for 35 runs.
Wicketkeeper-batter Ishan Kishan showed immense maturity as he anchored Mumbai Indians innings to a fighting 177 for 5 with an unbeaten 81 against Delhi Capitals in their IPL match here on Sunday. The 23-year-old opener, who became the most expensive buy of the IPL 2022 auction when MI bought him back for Rs 15.25 crore, proved his worth as he smashed 11 fours and two sixes in his 48-ball unbeaten knock. After playing a second-fiddle to his skipper Rohit Sharma (41) inside the PowerPlay, Kishan came into his own to smash his third fifty in a row for MI, and 10th overall.
MUMBAI : The expanded Indian Premier League (IPL) got underway with Kolkata Knight Riders beating defending champions Chennai Super Kings by six wickets in the tournament opener on Saturday.