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Daredevils post 190/4 against Mumbai Indians
New Delhi, April 23
A superlative batting
display from Shreyas Iyer (83) and skipper Jean Paul Duminy (78 not out)
helped Delhi Daredevils post a strong 190 for four against Mumbai
Indians in their Indian Premier League match at the Feroz Shah Kotla
Stadium here on Thursday.
The left hand-right hand combination of
Iyer and Duminy batted authoritatively to put together a 154-run
second-wicket partnership (off 97 balls) to lift the home team's morale
after Mumbai won the toss and sent them in to bat.
They got an
early reward when New Zealand pacer Mitchell McClenaghan dismissed
Mayank Agarwal (1) off the third ball of the Daredevils' innings.
But that was the only joy for Mumbai as Iyer and Duminy controlled the proceedings from there on.
They
set the tone for the Daredevils' batting, mixing caution with
aggression. They set up a strong platform on which Daredevils could
build a strong total.
Iyer was dismissed while trying to increase the run rate in the 17th over.
He
hit seven fours and six sixes during his 56-bal stay, contributing 82
runs in his partnership with Duminy.After Iyer's departure, Duminy took
over the mantle of brisk run-scoring.
He was ably supported in the endeavour by Sri Lankan Angelo Mathews (17 off 8 balls).
But
Mathews' wicket, edging a McClenaghan delivery to wicketkeeper Partiv
Patel in the 18th over, jolted their big hitting aspirations.
But
Duminy still managed to pull Daredevils to their highest total in the
tournament so far, tonking three boundaries and six huge sixes.