Romario Shepard scored 32 points in his 20th over to help Mumbai Indians beat Delhi Capitals by 29 runs on Sunday for their first win in the Indian Premier League this season. In the second match of the day, seam bowler Yash Thakur took his first five-wicket of the IPL season to lead Lucknow Super Giants at home Defeated the Gujarat Titans by 33 runs. In the first match, Shepard scored 39 off 10 balls off 53 balls and Tim David hit 45 to lead Mumbai to a 234-5 victory at home at the Wankhede Stadium. .

Despite Tristan Stubbs’ unbeaten knock of 71 off 25 balls, Delhi ended the match on 205-8. They dropped to the bottom of the 10-team standings.

Five-time IPL champions Mumbai have bounced back from their first three defeats, taking the pressure off captain Hardik Pandya, who took over the captaincy from Rohit Sharma ahead of this tournament. Later he was booed by the fans.

“I hope to feel this way more often,” Pandya said after the win. “We put in a lot of effort and it was hard to clear our minds, but everything went well.”

“There was a lot of love and care around and everyone knew we had lost three games but the belief and support was there and everyone believed we just needed one win and today was the day to start,” Pandya said.

David hit a six and a four at the end of the 19th over before Shepard struck four sixes and two fours off Anrich Nortje in the final over , while Mumbai scored 42 runs in the last 8 balls.

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Rohit (49) and Ishan Kishan (42) laid the foundation for the total with an 80-run opening stand before Axar Patel scored with A left-arm spin sends both men back into the pavilion.

Returning batsman Suryakumar Yadav, who had missed the first three games due to injury, survived a toe crush from Nortje in the first ball but then took the ball to mid-off on the next delivery Two ducks were missed.

Mumbai lost one more wicket before Pandya and David put on 60 to stabilize the innings before Shepherd’s explosive knock.

– Thakur Effect –
In reply, Prithvi Shaw smashed 66 after losing opening partner David Warner off the seam bowling of Shepherd.

Shaw and left-hander Abhishek Porel put on 41 and put on 88 for the second wicket before Jasprit Bumrah took the duo away.

South Africa’s Stubbs scored 50 off 19 balls but the asking price kept climbing and Gerald Coetzee took three wickets in the final over to finish with 4- A score of 34 returned.

In the second match of the day in Lucknow, Marcus Stoinis shot 58 to lead Lucknow to a total that looked below par but the bowlers ensured This is enough.

Leg-spinner Ravi Bishnoi took a stunning catch off his own leg-spinner to get out Gujarat stand-in Kane Williamson.

Left-arm spinner Krunal Pandya, brother of Mumbai Hardik, struck 3 times, including one off the wicket of Sai Sudarshan on 31 Twice, thereby destroying the opponent’s pursuit.

Thakur bowled captain Shubman Gill for 19 runs for his first wicket before delivering a double-wicket maiden to level the batting.

He took two more wickets in the 19th over, taking his first five-wicket haul of 5-30 in T20 cricket.

New pace star Mayank Yadav suffered an injury after bowling just one over in 13 runs.