0
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0
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Match Details
DC vs MI, 16th T20, IPL 2023 summary
MI
173-4(20.0)
Mumbai Indians won by 6 wickets 🏆
DC
(19.4)172-10
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P'ship : 30(19)
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That's a wrap of our coverage of another thriller in the Indian Premier League 2023. Join us tomorrow for another epic clash between Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals from Chennai. Stick around to our network for all the other cricketing actions across the globe in our network.
For now, this is Ayan Chatterjee signing off on behalf of my co-commentators Akshay Bhide and Ninaad Dixit alongside scorer/analyst Paras Yadav. Stay safe, happy, and cool. Goodnight and CHEERS!
For now, this is Ayan Chatterjee signing off on behalf of my co-commentators Akshay Bhide and Ninaad Dixit alongside scorer/analyst Paras Yadav. Stay safe, happy, and cool. Goodnight and CHEERS!
Rohit Sharma (Mumbai Indians Captain & Player of the Match): "Winning the game is the most important thing and its a great feeling to cross the line. Honestly we've been working really hard since before the first game. We got the guys to come in pretty early, we held a camp in Mumbai couple of weeks. So we've been working really hard and finally to get the result feels really good. But we do understand its not the end but the first win is always special so we're gonna cherish this.
We recently played a Test match here. The pitch didn't look much different to that. It was looking very dry so I thought getting a slow bowler quickly in the game is so important and luckily for us the spinners kept us in the game so did the seamers as well. When they got to 172, we thought it is definitely chaseable but we need to bat well to get the score as the game went on it became difficult to keep scoring runs in that tempo but I though everyone put their hand up and it is something we spoke of before the game as well that if it is someone's day then make it really big and make it count for the team.
When I went to bat in that is exactly what I thought, I need to make full use of the powerplay because as the game went on, I thought in my mind it's going to be tough with 2 couple of quality spinners they have so it was there in my mind to keep attacking, take my chances in the first 6 overs and then just see where the game is heading. Try and knock the ball in the gap, try and create the partnership and it was good to see Tilak. The way he batted with that intent as well. We were having good communication in the middle. We knew it was always going to be tough for the new batter to come in and keep up with that pace of the game so it was important for us to have that big partnership.
We've got lot of young guys. Haven't played IPL before as well. So its all about giving them that confidence, showing that enough trust in their ability because they will be hit for runs, they will be getting out but its important to keep backing them. We want to have a healthy atmosphere. We don't want to make drastic changes. Looking at how the results come. But I think its important to stick to it and follow that process which I think we are doing really well."
We recently played a Test match here. The pitch didn't look much different to that. It was looking very dry so I thought getting a slow bowler quickly in the game is so important and luckily for us the spinners kept us in the game so did the seamers as well. When they got to 172, we thought it is definitely chaseable but we need to bat well to get the score as the game went on it became difficult to keep scoring runs in that tempo but I though everyone put their hand up and it is something we spoke of before the game as well that if it is someone's day then make it really big and make it count for the team.
When I went to bat in that is exactly what I thought, I need to make full use of the powerplay because as the game went on, I thought in my mind it's going to be tough with 2 couple of quality spinners they have so it was there in my mind to keep attacking, take my chances in the first 6 overs and then just see where the game is heading. Try and knock the ball in the gap, try and create the partnership and it was good to see Tilak. The way he batted with that intent as well. We were having good communication in the middle. We knew it was always going to be tough for the new batter to come in and keep up with that pace of the game so it was important for us to have that big partnership.
We've got lot of young guys. Haven't played IPL before as well. So its all about giving them that confidence, showing that enough trust in their ability because they will be hit for runs, they will be getting out but its important to keep backing them. We want to have a healthy atmosphere. We don't want to make drastic changes. Looking at how the results come. But I think its important to stick to it and follow that process which I think we are doing really well."
Player of the Match: Rohit Sharma
Active Catch of the Match: Abhishek Porel
Longest Six Hit in the Match: Rohit Sharma (96m).
Most Fours Hit in the Match: Rohit Sharma
Most Valuable Asset of the Match: Axar Patel
Game Changer of the Match: Piyush Chawla
Electric Striker of the Match: Axar Patel
Time for the post-match presentation.
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