Mumbai, News Agency : Hardik Pandya-led Mumbai Indians opened their winning account by defeating Delhi Capitals by 29 runs in the 20th match of 'IPL 2024'. After this match, Rohit Sharma was given the 'Star of the Match' award in Mumbai's dressing room. After that, while interacting with the players, Rohit said that they won the match due to team performance.
Rohit Sharma while interacting with the players said that his batting was good. We have been waiting for such a performance since the first match. This shows that personal achievements, records are not very important. The collective performance of all the batsmen is important. We were able to put up such a big score only because we achieved the target as a team. We have been talking about this kind of team performance for a long time and this is exactly what batting coach Mark Boucher and the captain are hoping for. We will continue to do the same. Mumbai Indians next match will be played on April 11 against Royal Challengers Bangalore at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
No player from Mumbai Indians scored 50 or more runs in this match, yet the team scored 234 runs for 5 wickets in 20 overs. Rohit and Ishan Kishan added 80 runs in 7 overs and then Tim David and Romario Shepherd combined to take the team to this big total in the last overs. Ishan was dismissed for 42 runs. Tim David scored 42 not out and Romario Shepherd scored 39 not out. Shepherd scored 39 off 10 balls and was named the man of the match.