New Delhi: IPL 2023 started on 31 March. So far 16 matches have been played in the 10-team tournament. But the 3 matches played in the last 3 days of the current season of the T20 League were very exciting and all the results came out on the last ball. It is clear from this how struggling the upcoming matches are going to be. Mumbai Indians defeated Delhi Capitals by 6 wickets in a match played on Tuesday night. The team led by Rohit Sharma had to score 2 runs on the last ball to win. Tim David scored 2 runs on Enrique Norkia to give Mumbai their first win of the season. In the match, Delhi scored 172 runs while playing first. The 5-time champion team Mumbai Indians achieved it by losing 4 wickets. This is Delhi’s fourth consecutive defeat. With this, his hopes of reaching the playoffs have also suffered a setback. 9 teams have been successful in winning at least one match.
Mumbai had to score 5 runs in the last over to win, but South African fast bowler Enrique Norkia bowled brilliantly. Cameron Green and Tim David, who were considered aggressive batsmen, were standing at the crease. Green took a single on the first ball. On the second ball, David played a shot in the air, but Mukesh Kumar could not catch the catch at midwicket. David could not score any run even on the third ball. Now Mumbai needed 4 runs off 3 balls to win.
Didn’t hit a single boundary
On the fourth ball, Tim David took a single by playing on the midwicket. At the same time, Green took a run on the 5th ball. Now the competition had stopped everyone’s breath. Mumbai Indians had to score 2 runs in one ball. David played the shot at long off and ran and completed 2 runs and gave Mumbai the first win in 3 matches. However, in the last over, Mumbai players could not hit a single boundary. Mumbai captain Rohit Sharma scored 65 off 45 balls and became the player of the match.
Lucknow got 2 shocks
In a match played on 10 April, Lucknow Super Giants defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore by one wicket on the last ball. Lucknow needed 5 runs in the last over. But Harshal Patel almost snatched the match from Lucknow by taking 2 wickets. On the last ball, Avesh Khan and Ravi Bishnai dashed RCB’s hopes by running one run. In the match, RCB scored a huge score of 212 runs.
Rinku played a memorable innings
On the other hand, in a match played on 9th April, KKR defeated defending champions Gujarat Titans by 3 wickets. Kolkata Knight Riders had to score 29 runs in the last over to win. Rinku Singh gave Nitish Rana’s team the most thrilling victory in IPL history by hitting Yash Dayal’s last 5 balls for 5 sixes.
Talking about the IPL point table, the team of Lucknow Super Giants is at the top with 6 points. He has won 3 out of 4 matches played so far. Teams from second to sixth number have the same 2-2 points. But due to the run rate, the Rajasthan Royals team is second, KKR third, Gujarat Titans fourth, Chennai Super Kings 5th, and Punjab Kings team at number six. RCB is 7th with 2 points, Mumbai is 8th with 2 points and Hyderabad is 9th with 2 points. Delhi has not yet opened the account.
