Romario Shepherd’s 10-ball 39 beat Tristan Stubb’s gutsy 25-ball 71 as Mumbai Indians beat Delhi Capitals by 29 runs in Mumbai on Sunday team, ending their three-game losing streak in IPL 2024. Conceding as many as 51 runs in the last two overs, it was disastrous for Delhi Capitals, whose bowlers remained wayward and the batsmen lacked the courage to chase down the MI bowlers in the initial overs, despite Star Booth struggled to score 71 not out off 25 balls.

Right-hander Stubbs hit as many as seven sixes and three fours, but his efforts could only narrow the margin of defeat for Delhi, who lost a series of wickets towards the end. 205 for eight ended in reply to Mumbai Indians’ 234 for five. Once again, the poor quality of domestic talent in Washington, D.C. proved to be their undoing.

Barring Abhishek Porel, no other young Indian player who has not represented the national team has been able to live up to this standard.

While Mumbai Indians have managed to open the door on the points table after losing their first three games, this win also helped them leapfrog Royal Challengers Bangalore and Delhi Capitals to seventh place while also taking their NRR improved to -0.704.

As far as Delhi Capitals are concerned, their fourth defeat in five games has seen them slip to the bottom of the table and they now have the worst NRR of any team at -1.370.

Sheppard did the most damage to Delhi Capitals as he hit 4 sixes and two fours off Anrich Nortje’s 20th ball to score 32 runs and came back with the ball to score The precious scalp of David Warner(10).

Sheppard, who also emerged as the catcher late in the game, conceded 54 runs among all players who completed four overs for Mumbai, making him the most costly of any bowler.

Sheppard’s onslaught of four sixes and three fours surpassed Mumbai Indians’ collective effort in the first half to register their highest score at home.

When DC started chasing, Prithvi Shaw hit a 40-ball 66 with three sixes and eight fours, but the asking price kept soaring beyond its reach.

No. 3 Porrell played some good knocks but failed to make the most of the lifeline he was given at No. 30. The left-hand bowler ended up finishing with 41 off 31 balls with 5 fours and soon followed him back to the hut. Delhi captain Rishabh Pant (1).

Delhi’s lower order also underperformed with Axar Patel (8), Lalit Yadav (3), debutant Kumar Kushagla (0) and Jay · Richardson (2) fell in succession to give Gerald Coetzee four wickets.

Earlier, the Mumbai Indians batsmen put together a stunning knock of 234 for 5 against Delhi Capitals.

Nortje’s final figure was 65 points in 4 rounds, a regrettable 2 points. Ishant Sharma, who is likely playing his last IPL game, looked a pale shadow of his past self as he scored 40 runs in 3 games. Most of the time, he bowled breathlessly to the bowling mark and sometimes failed to complete his follow-on. The tempo has dropped alarmingly, but DC has no choice but to play him.

Sheppard was the last to join the team but seemed to make the most of it, ahead of Rohit Sharma (49 off 27 balls), Ishan Kishan (23 42 off 2 balls), Hardik Pandya (39 off 30 balls) and Tim David (45 balls) followed with 21 not out and 2 fours , 4 sixes) also performed well in batting-friendly conditions at the Wankhede Stadium.

However, it was a forgettable outing for Suryakumar Yadav, who suffered a two-ball deficit in his first match since mid-December.

But David’s hard knocks and Shepard’s belated fireworks ensured they still had plenty on board.

Mumbai’s cause was generally aided throughout the innings by a wayward Delhi bowlers who kept feeding the ball inside the batting crease or wide enough for the batsmen to take chances .

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