Mumbai Indians (MI) skipper Rohit Sharma ended the Indian Premier League (IPL) season 2018 on a sad note as he registered an unwanted record to his name. In 14 games in IPL 2018, Rohit could only manage to score 286 runs. This was for the first time that an MI skipper has failed to score 300 runs in an IPL season.
Earlier, Mumbai crashed out from IPL 2018 as they lost the must-win battle against Delhi Daredevils (DD) at the Ferozshah Kotla Stadium in New Delhi.
So close yet so far. Ben Cutting’s incredible fightback goes in vain as we fall 11 runs short in New Delhi. #CricketMeriJaan #DDvMI #MumbaiIndians pic.twitter.com/dHaSMIu2Ne
— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) 20 May 2018
Batting first, Delhi rode on superb batting by Rishabh Pant (64 off 44) and late attack by Vijay Shankar (43 off 30) to end at 174/4 in their allotted 20 overs.
#ddvmi
Mumbai Indians and Play off #IPL2018 pic.twitter.com/JbybJbGv4z— P.B.T. (@pbt_pov) 20 May 2018
In reply, Mumbai kept losing wickets at regular intervals and could only manage to score 163 (all out).
For MI, Evin Lewis top-scored with 48 runs off 31 balls, including three fours and four sixes. Hardik Pandya (27 off 17) and Ben Cutting (37 off 20) also tried to take MI home but failed in the end.
Rohit Sharma in
IPL 2017 : 333 runs @ 23.8
IPL 2018 : 286 runs @ 23.8@mipaltan #Liability— Jasveer Singh Kharra (@imjsk27) 20 May 2018
For DD, the 17-year-old spin sensation from Nepal Sandeep Lamichhane, Harshal Patel and Amit Mishra picked 3 wickets each.
Brief scores:
Delhi Daredevils: 174/4 in 20 overs (Rishabh Pant 64, Vijay Shankar 43 n.o.) vs Mumbai Indians: 163 in 19.3 overs (Evin Lewis 48; Sandeep Lamichhane 3/36, Harshal Patel 3/28, Amit Mishra 3/19)
