It was a 1,000th sport within the Indian Premier League (IPL) and it took a particular effort from the blade of Tim David to raise dwelling facet Mumbai Indians to a six-wicket win on the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Sunday. Needing 17 runs to win of their last over towards Rajasthan Royals in match no. 42 of the IPL 2023, Australian all-rounder David hammered a hat-trick of sixes off Jason Holder to chase down 213-run goal with three balls to spare.
David first hammered a spouse full-toss off Holder’s first supply over the boundary to convey up the fifty partnership with Tilak Varma (29) and introduced up MI’s 200 additionally with that blow. The subsequent supply was as soon as once more a full toss which was deposited over mid-wicket for a 84m six. The third full toss in a row was hammered over mid-wicket once more to convey up the win for MI and mentor Sachin Tendulkar couldn’t maintain calm with the three huge blows.
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Tim David, take a bow _
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David remained unbeaten on 45 off simply 14 balls with 5 sixes and two fours whereas Tilak Varma was 29 off 21 balls. West Indies and Royals all-rounder Jason Holder ended up with figures of 0/55 in 3.3 overs.
“It’s an amazing feeling. For our confidence, seeing how the boys went about it was awesome. It felt like every bowler had to be targeted but the conditions were batting-friendly,” David stated on the post-match presentation.
“I wanted to play an innings like this for a while. In the final over, I tried to get in front and close the angle down, play good shots. It was good to bat at the end. Every time someone missed the yorker, you felt like you missed out as a batter,” he added.
Earlier, Yashasvi Jaiswal scored a maiden IPL century at his ‘home’ floor of Wankhede Stadium for the Royals – hammering 124 off simply 62 balls with 8 sixes and 16 fours – to raise the Royals to 212 for 7 after batting first. In reply, MI misplaced their skipper and birthday boy Rohit Sharma early for simply 3.
Suryakumar Yadav smashed his second fifty of IPL 2023 to maintain MI within the hunt, hammering 55 off simply 29 balls with 2 sixes and eight fours whereas Cameron Green chipped in with 44 off 26 balls with 2 sixes and 4 fours.
