After this victory of MI, there was a flood of memes on social media.
In the 20th match of IPL 2024, Mumbai Indians defeated Delhi Capitals by 29 runs to achieve their first win in the tournament. Thanks to the explosive innings of Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Tim David and Romario Shepherd, MI set a target of 235 runs for DC. In response, Rishabh Pant’s team could score only 205 runs in the stipulated overs. Prithvi Shaw (66) and Tristan Stubbs (71*) batted well for Delhi, but could not lead the team to victory.
Stormy batting by Romario Shepherd in the last over.
In the match, Mumbai Indians, batting first, scored 234 runs at the loss of 5 wickets in 20 overs. Rohit Sharma played the highest innings of 49 runs for MI. Ishan contributed 42 runs and Hardik Pandya contributed 39 runs. Tim David scored an unbeaten 45 runs, while Romario Shepherd played an explosive inning of 39* runs in just 10 balls with the help of 3 fours and 4 sixes.
Romario Shepherd scored 32 runs against Enrique Norkhia in the last over of the innings, which is the most expensive over of this season. He hit two fours and four sixes in the over. Akshar Patel took 2 wickets for Delhi. Despite being expensive, Norkhia took two wickets. Khalil Ahmed got one wicket.
Rishabh Pant’s bat did not work
Chasing the target of 235 runs, Delhi Capitals could score only 205 runs after losing 8 wickets in 20 overs and lost the match by 29 runs. The team had a very bad start. David Warner was out after scoring just 10 runs. But after this Prithvi Shaw and Abhishek Porel formed a good partnership and brought the team back into the contest.
Prithvi Shaw batted brilliantly and played a valuable inning of 66 runs in 40 balls with the help of 8 fours and 3 sixes. While Porel contributed 41 runs. Middle order batsmen Rishabh Pant (1), Axar Patel (8) and Lalit Yadav (3) could not do anything special. In the end Tristan Stubbs tried his best to lead the team to victory, but he could not do it alone. He did not get support from any batsman.
Stubbs scored 71* runs in just 25 balls with the help of 3 fours and 7 sixes. For Mumbai Indians, Gerald Coetzee took four wickets, while Jasprit Bumrah took two wickets.
See here the top-10 funny memes of MI vs DC match
Reason Behind the Victory against DC. #HitMan#RohitSharma #RohitSharmašµ #MAFS #AkshayKumaršµ #hardikpandya #SuryakumarYadav #MumbaiIndians #MIvsDC pic.twitter.com/95FN7SXyNz
ā Gully Cricketer šļøšļø (@GullyCricket_er) April 7, 2024
Jasprit Bumrah is like Neha Kakkar. Unplayable! pic.twitter.com/vR9rZtYuG7
ā Sagar (@sagarcasm) April 7, 2024
Ponting with Anrich Nortje in the dressing room pic.twitter.com/quZBLjniOb
ā Pakchikpak Raja Babu (@HaramiParindey) April 7, 2024
#MIvsDC
Pandya won first match this season š„ pic.twitter.com/3QrE1ikI9eā theboysthing_ (@Theboysthing) April 7, 2024
Match summary today.
MI v DC#MIvDC #MIvsDC #IPL #IPL2024 #RohitSharma #hardikpandya #jaspritbumrah pic.twitter.com/e5aqPaERBCā ARightGuy (@ARightGuyy) April 7, 2024
Hardik Pandaya Pooja Successful š³#MIvsDC pic.twitter.com/QYTvcm1SiA
ā Pareshan Aatma (@pareshan_aatmaa) April 7, 2024
Follow in Instagram ā #MIvsDC pic.twitter.com/oq2OJuaDWW
ā Himanshu Bhardwaj (@johnshoot1994) April 7, 2024
#MIvsDC
Hardik Pandya after 1st win as MI Captain: pic.twitter.com/Lth0Bje4nlā Debraj Paul (@paulxdebraj) April 7, 2024
Mumbai Indians get off the mark in the points tableā¦
Sigh of relief for Hardik Pandya
#MIvDC #Nita #RohitSharma#DCvsMI #Stubbs #Porel
#Jasprit_bumrah #Prithvi_shaw
DC fans rn- pic.twitter.com/ZenGRyy6EFā Ramsa Chaudhary (@Ramkishor_jaat_) April 7, 2024
MUMBAI INDIANS ARE BACK WITH A BANG!#MumbaiMeriJaan #MumbaiIndians #MIvDC #ESADay #EducationAndSportsForAll #YehHaiNayiDilli #IPL2024 #RomarioShepherd #JaspritBumrah #PrithviShaw #TimDavid #TristanStubbs pic.twitter.com/qBg1xTLx3B
ā Dugout Stories (@DugoutStories) April 7, 2024
Serious conversation with Rohit Sharma with Jasprit Bumrah.
#MIvsDC #DCvMI pic.twitter.com/JYLUtg2hG7ā Ajeet Viratians. (@Foreverkohli018) April 7, 2024