In the ninth game of IPL 2018, Mumbai Indians (MI) lost in a thrilling game against Delhi Daredevils (DD) at Wankhede Stadium on Saturday evening. DD decided to bat first after winning the toss. The hosts MI put 194/7 on the board at the end of the 20 overs. In reply, the match decided in the last ball where DD chased down the target after losing only three wickets as they won by 7 wickets.
Now, we will look at the hits and flops players in that game.
Hits
Jason Roy (DD) – Chasing down the 195 runs target, DD opener Jason Roy batted brilliantly and played a match winning unbeaten knock of 91 runs off 53 balls with the help of 6 fours and 6 sixes.
In the high chasing game, the right-handed batsman took the responsibility from the beginning and secured a thrilling victory after scoring the winning single in the very last ball of that innings.
He won the Player of the Match award for his brilliant responsible batting.
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Rishabh Pant (DD) – 20-year-old wicketkeeper-batsman played an important quick-fire knock of 47 runs off 25 balls. In his fast game changing innings, Pant hit 6 fours and 2 sixes.
That innings set the match for Delhi who successfully chased the target at later.
Rahul Tewatia (DD) – The 24-year-old leg-spinner was another important member for Delhi’s victory, but with the ball. He had a bowling figure of 4-0-36-2.
When the team required for the wicket as the MI’s opening partnership crossed the 100-run mark, Tewatia dismissed both the openers in his two back-to-back overs. That spell denied the hosts to cross 200-run mark in the game.
Flops
Akila Dananjaya (MI) – 24-year-old off-spinner Akila Dananjaya was very expensive with the ball ad his bowling figure was 4-0-47-0. His bowling was never looking good in this game as he conceded 10 or more runs in his three overs.
Mayank Markande (MI) – While Markande bowled superbly in the last game against Sunrisers Hyderabad, this performance was far away. He had the bowling figure of 3-0-42-0 with the economy rate of 14.00. He was too expensive with the ball that he didn’t complete his full 4-o
Rohit Sharma (MI) – Once again failed to take responsibility with the bat. The hosts skipper scored only 18 runs off 15 deliveries. In the addition, his bowling changes didn’t work too much as the bowlers failed to taking the wickets regularly.
