DC vs MI, Romario Shepherd: The 20th match of IPL 2024 between Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals was played at Wankhede Stadium. Mumbai Indians, batting first, set a massive score of 234 runs in the allotted 20 overs, with Hardik Pandya leading the charge. In the final over of the innings, explosive batsman Romario Shepherd smashed the bowler for 32 runs, at a strike rate of 390. This over was bowled by Enric Nortje. Shepherd scored 39 runs off just 10 deliveries.
Romario’s storm in the last over
The Mumbai Indians had scored 202 runs after 19 overs. In the final over, Enrique Nortje brought in Romario Shepherd, who bowled brilliantly and conceded 32 runs. Shepherd started the over with a boundary. Following that, he hit three consecutive powerful sixes. The fifth ball was sent for a boundary, and the over ended with a six. Shepherd managed to score an outstanding strike rate of 390 by facing just 10 balls in this match, scoring an unbeaten 39 runs. He hit 4 sixes and 3 boundaries in his innings. Apart from Romario, Tim David remained unbeaten with 45 runs off 21 balls.
96 runs scored in the last 5 overs
In the final 5 overs of the innings, the Mumbai Indians batsmen accumulated 96 runs. Hardik Pandya and team David scored 12 runs in the 16th over by Jay Richardson. In the 17th over, Hardik and David made 17 runs. The 18th over remained at 16 runs, with Hardik Pandya getting out. In the 19th over, David and Shepherd added 19 runs. In the last over, Shepherd played a stormy innings and scored 32 runs.
Mumbai made its biggest score in Wankhede
The score made by Mumbai Indians in this match is the highest score on their home ground. This is also their third highest score in IPL history, apart from the scores made by Shepherd and Tim David, Rohit Sharma (49 runs), Ishan Kishan (42 runs), Hardik Pandya (39 runs), and Tilak Verma (6 runs) also contributed. Suryakumar Yadav returned to the pavilion without opening his account. He was playing his first match in IPL 2024 after recovering from an injury.
MI’s big scores in IPL
- 246/5 vs Sunrisers Hyderabad, Hyderabad, 2024
- 235/9 vs Sunrisers Hyderabad, Abu Dhabi, 2021
- 234/5 vs Delhi Capitals, Wankhede, today*
- 223/6 vs Punjab Kings, Wankhede, 2017
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