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After losing to the Mumbai Indians (MI) by six wickets in an Indian Premier League (IPL) match, Delhi Capitals (DC) skipper David Warner said that despite the defeats, there were many positives in the last three matches and added that the all-rounder Aksar Patel should be in the top four. Jason Berendorf and Piyush Chawla with three wickets, followed by half a century of captain Rohit Sharma and 41-strong MI Tilak Verma, to a comprehensive 6-wicket victory over DC in the 2023 IPL match at Aruna Jaitley Stadium here on Tuesday.
“Look at the last three IPL games we saw, they were amazing. Wrong ending today but the guys were fantastic. what do we expect from him, Mustafiz too. Timmy David was on the wrong side so I tried to keep him up to par. Aksar should hit in the top four for the way he hits the ball. There are a lot of positives in the last three games we’ve played,” Warner said in a post-match presentation.
Batting Aksara has been an asset to Team India and DC this year. In 12 internationals this year, Axar managed 444 runs in 13 innings on a 63.82 average and a batting ratio of 74.12. He has hit four half-centuries, with a best of 84. He was India’s most consistent batter this year at the Border Gavaskar Trophy against Australia at home, hitting 264 over five innings, averaging 88.00 with three fifties. In addition, he also made some useful cameos in ODIs and T20Is this year.
For DC, he managed 108 runs in four innings at an average of 27.00 with a strike rate of 168.75 over half a century.
After this defeat, DC is at the bottom of the points table, having lost all four games. On the other hand, MI moved up to seventh place in the points table with one win and two losses in three matches. They have two points in total.
As for the match, after MI put him first for the battle, DC got 172 points over 19.4 overs.
Skipper Warner (51 of 47 balls with six fours) and Aksar Patel (54 of 25 balls with four boundaries and five sixes) were DC’s top batsmen as the rest of the roster struggled to lend support to the two. beats. Manish Pandey hit 26 of 18 balls with five fours, forming a 43-run slab for the second wicket with Warner, while Aksar had a 67-run slab for the sixth wicket with Warner. Both of these stands were extremely important to DC.
Piyush Chawla was selected by the MI bowlers with 3/22 in his four overs. Jason Berendorf also hit 3/23 in his three overs. Riley Meredith, who played his first game at IPL 2023, scored 2/34 in 3.4 overs. Hrithik Shokin also got a wicket.
In pursuit of 173rd, skipper Rohit Sharma and Ishan Kishan gave an explosive start to the five-time champions. The duo made a 71-run stance for just 45 balls before Keeshan went for 31 of 26 balls with six fours. Tilak Verma continued to impress this season, forming a 68-run streak with Rohit for the second wicket before he was dismissed for 41 of 29 balls, with one four and four sixes. Suryakumar Yadav continued to lose weight as he registered his fourth golden duck in the last seven innings in competitive cricket.
Before losing to Mustafizur Rahman, Rohit scored his first half-century IPL in 24 innings, the longest gap for a rookie in the IPL. He hit 65 of 45 balls with six fours and four sixes.
The duo of Tim David (13*) and Cameron Green (17*) won the match for MI in a last ball thriller, with the former surviving a runout attempt while his team needed two runs in the final ball to complete the second run and win the game for his side.
Mukesh Kumar was selected by the DC Bowlers with 2/30 in two overs. Mustafizur took 1/38 in four overs.
Skipper Rohit was declared Man of the Match for his half century.
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