Mumbai Indians player Romario Shepherd who made an exceptional inning with bat in MI vs DC clash bagged his maiden wicket of the season by dismissing David Warner for 10 runs in his first over of the match.
Romario Shepherd Bagged His Maiden IPL 2024 Wicket by Dismissed Warner
Romario Shepherd after scoring an impressive 39 runs off just 10 deliveries with bat dismissed dangerous David Warner for just 10 runs in his first over of the second inning.
Ahead of the IPL 2024 auction, Lucknow Super Giants trades Romario Shepherd to Mumbai Indians who played just one game for them last season.
Under the new captain, Mumbai Indians made a worst start by losing the first three games they played so far. Following the availability of Suryakumar Yadav, the explosive batter was included in the playing11 for the DC clash but returned for a two-ball duck and turned down the fans’ expectations.
Shepherd was the another notable inclusion in the playing11 for the Delhi clash. Earlier the bowler was included in Mumbai’s game against SRH where the bowler scored an unbeaten 15 off 6 deliveries he faced.
In his second game of the season, Romario Shepherd scored a match-turning 32 runs off the final 6 balls and proved his worth.
Speaking on the match, Delhi Capitals won the toss and opted to bowl first where Rohit Sharma and Ishan Kishan opened the inning for Mumbai. The duo made an aggressive start by scoring 80 runs for the first wicket.
Axar Patel broke the well-settled partnership by dismissing Rohit Sharma for 49 runs in the final delivery of the 7th over. In the very next over, Nortje dismissed Suryakumar Yadav for duck and loads pressure over the Mumbai batters.
Ishan Kishan who made some aggressive shots failed to withstand Axar’s spin attack and was dismissed for 42 runs while Mumbai scored 111 runs in 10.2 overs.
Following Kishan’s dismissal, Tilak Varma who was expected to make a stand with Hardik Pandya returned to the pavilion after scoring just 6 runs. At the end of 13 overs, Mumbai Indians scored 123 runs for 4 wickets loss.
Hardik Pandya who made a steady inning lost his wicket to Nortje after scoring 39 runs off 33 deliveries while Mumbai scored 181 runs off 18 overs. With 14 balls left, Romario Shepherd scored 39 runs off 10 balls and dragged Mumbai to score 234 runs for 5 wickets loss at the end of 20 overs.
Romario Shepherd scored a whopping 32 runs off the final over bowled by Anrich Nortje and helped Mumbai Indians to register their 3rd highest total in IPL history.
Highest team total for MI in the IPL
- 246/5 vs SRH, Hyderabad, 2024
- 235/9 vs SRH, Abu Dhabi, 2021
- 234/5 vs DC, Wankhede, today*
- 223/6 vs PBKS, Wankhede, 2017
On the other hand, Delhi Capitals lost their opening batter David Warner for 10 runs in the 4th over and made a struggling start. Romario Shepherd dismissed Warner in the 4th delivery of the over after the batter smashed a SIX off the previous ball.
With Prithvi Shaw’s steady inning, Delhi Capitals scored 69 runs for 1 wicket loss at the end of 8 overs.
