Mumbai Indians earn first points in last-ball thriller

Mumbai Indians 173 for 4 (Rohit 65, Tilak 41, Mukesh 2-30) beat Delhi Capitals 172 (Axar 54, Warner 51, Chawla 3-22, Behrendorff 3-23) by six wickets

New Delhi: Jason Behrendorff and Piyush Chawla's three-wicket hauls followed by captain Rohit Sharma's half-century and Tilak Verma's 41 powered Mumbai Indians (MI) to a comprehensive 6-wicket win over Delhi Capitals (DC) in their Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 match at Arun Jaitley Stadium, New Delhi on Tuesday.

Mumbai Indians registered their first win of the ongoing IPL season in the thrilling match which went down to the last ball.

Rohit scored the highest for MI with 65 of 45 while Tilak played a helping knock of 41 runs in 29 balls.

For DC, Mukesh Kumar bagged two while Mustafizur Rahman scalped one wicket.

Earlier, skipper David Warner's fifty and Axar Patel's blitz of 54 runs helped Delhi Capitals (DC) post a respected target as Mumbai Indians (MI) bowlers bundle out DC for 172 runs.

Axar scored the highest for DC with 54 off 25 while Warner played a knock of 51 runs in 47 balls.

For MI, Jason Behrendorff and Piyush Chawla bagged three respectively while Riley Meredith claimed two wickets.

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