Delhi Capitals continued their disastrous run within the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023, shedding a last-ball thriller to Mumbai Indians on the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi on Tuesday. It was DC skipper David Warner’s fourth successive loss in IPL 2023 and the Australian opener was earlier seen venting off his frustration at teenager Lalit Yadav whereas he struggled to attain a half-century.
Warner scored his third fifty in 4 innings in IPL 2023 nevertheless it was one other painfully gradual innings as he solely managed 51 off 47 balls. The DC captain failed to seek out his rhythm on a floor on which all-rounder Axar Patel blasted his maiden IPL fifty off 22 balls.
Warner, actually, obtained a reprieve when MI leg-spinner Piyush Chawla dropped him within the twelfth over of the innings and instantly after the catch the DC skipper wished to sneak a single. However, Lalit Yadav on the different finish wasn’t conscious to the scenario and Warner was seen shedding his cool on the teenager and giving him an earful.
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MI, in the meantime, rode on skipper Rohit Sharma’s fifty to notch up their first win of IPL 2023 to beat the Capitals by six wickets off the ultimate supply. “You look at the last three IPL games we have witnessed, they have been amazing. We were at the wrong end of it today, but the guys were fantastic,” Warner stated on the post-match presentation.
DC skipper praised his pacers Anrich Nortje and Mustafizur Rahman for giving his group an opportunity with their distinctive bowling within the dying overs after Rohit’s fifty.
“Rohit played a fantastic knock at the top of the order. Nortje is world-class and that’s what we expect from him, Mustafiz too. Timmy David was on the wrong side of it, so I tried to keep it at stump-height,” Warner added.
The Australia opener felt that teammate and vice-captain Axar Patel ought to be batting within the prime 4 along with his present kind with the willow. “I think from the last three games, we’ve some positives but we shouldn’t lost wickets in clumps. Axar should bat in the top four the way he is striking the ball. From the last three games we have played, there are a lot of positives,” the DC skipper stated.
