On Sunday evening, the hosts Delhi Daredevils (DD) ended the defending champions Mumbai Indians’ (MI) hope to qualify for the playoffs of IPL 2018 after beating them by 11 runs.

DD captain Shreyas Iyer decided to bat first after winning the toss. Once again the DD middle-order batting showed their responsibilities and majorly helped the hosts to put a good total on the board as DD scored 174/4 in 20 overs.

In reply, MI batsmen hugely struggled against the DD spinners and bundled out for 163 runs in 19.3 overs.

Brief Scores: DD – 174/4 in 20 overs (Rishabh Pant 64, Vijay Shankar 43*, Krunal Pandya 1/11)

MI – 163 in 19.3 overs (Evin Lewis 48, Ben Cutting 37, Amit Mishra 3/19)

Result – DD won by 11 runs

Here are some of the statistical highlights of the match

i) DD wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant scored 64 runs.

• Highest IPL knock by a DD wicketkeeper-batsman against MI. Their previous record was 56* by Dinesh Karthik at Delhi on May 24, 2008.

ii) DD wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant scored total 684 runs in IPL 2018.

• Most runs scored by a wicketkeeper-batsman in an IPL season. The previous record was 660 runs by Robin Uthappa (Kolkata Knight Riders) in IPL 2014.
• The second most runs scored by an Indian batsman in an IPL season. The record is 973 runs by Virat Kohli (Royal Challengers Bangalore) in IPL 2016.

iii) DD batsman Rishabh Pant hit total 105 boundaries (68 fours and 37 sixes) in IPL 2018.

• First batsman in IPL 2018 to hit 100 boundaries.

iv) DD leg-spinner Amit Mishra had an impressive bowling figure of 4-0-19-3.

• Best IPL bowling figure by a DD spinner against MI. The previous record was 4-0-22-3 by Imran Tahir at Delhi on April 23, 2015.

v) DD left-arm pacer Trent Boult took total 18 wickets in this IPL 2018.

• Fourth most wickets were taken by a DD bowler in an IPL season.