The Mumbai Indians have finally added their first victory to this year’s IPL campaign. The five-time champions defeated the Delhi Capitals by 29 runs.
This tournament has not started that well for the Mumbai Indians so far, but against Delhi, their batters went all guns, blazing and scoring 232 runs in 20 overs.
Delhi Capitals had a single fighter in the form of Tristan Stubbs. The South African scored 71, facing just 25 deliveries. However, he remained out and did not get a strike in the final over.
This was Mumbai’s 150th win in this format, as they became the first team to do so. They are followed by the Chennai Super Kings, who have registered 148 victories so far.
Most victories in Twenty20 cricket (including super overs.)
150 Mumbai Indians in 273 matches
148 Chennai Super Kings in 253 matches.
144 India in 223 matches
143 Lancashire in 248 matches
143 Nottinghamshire in 243 matches
142 Somerset in 270 matches
Apart from Tristan Stubbs, it was Prthvi Shaw who scored 66 runs out of 40 deliveries, but apart from these to batters, there wasn’t any support from other batters as such, resulting in Delhi’s loss
