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Ashutosh Sharma scored 66 runs off 31 balls with 5 fours and 5 sixes.
Delhi Capitals defeated Lucknow Supergiants by 1 wicket in an exciting match of IPL-18. The team achieved a target of 210 runs on the third ball of the 20th over. Impact player Ashutosh Sharma won the team by scoring a six, he was not out after scoring 66 runs off 31 balls.
Delhi needed 6 runs in the last over. Shahbaz Ahmed came to bowling, Mohit Sharma survived stumping on his first ball. On the next ball, Mohit took a single and Ashutosh reached the strike. Ashutosh hit a six in the front direction on the third ball and gave the team an exciting victory.
Ashutosh Sharma, after winning the match, thanked Delhi’s mentor Kevin Peterson and thanked him.
Delhi chose bowling on Monday in Visakhapatnam. Lucknow scored 209 runs losing 8 wickets. Nicholas Puran scored 75 from the team and Mitchell Marsh scored 72 runs. Delhi achieved the target at the loss of 9 wickets. Vipraj Nigam scored 39 runs off 15 balls, with Ashutosh an important partnership of 55 runs off 22 balls.
Match analysis in 5 points …
1. Player of the Match
Ashutosh Sharma, who landed on number-7 as an impact player, handled Delhi. He scored 18 runs off the first 18 balls, here he got the support of Vipraj Nigam. Together with Vipraj, he did an important partnership of 55 runs. After the corporation was dismissed, Ashutosh took over the responsibility of winning the team. He scored 61 runs with 5 sixes and 5 fours and also won the team.
2. Hero of victory
- Vipraj Corporation: Number-8 When Vipraj landed, the team score was 113/6. He batting fast and played an innings of 39 runs off just 15 balls. Vipraj also took 1 wicket in bowling.
- Mitchell Stark: Stark took 3 important wickets for the first time from Delhi to play IPL. He sent Nicholas Puran, Shahbaz Ahmed and Ravi Bishnoi to the pavilion.
- Kuldeep Yadav: The LSG scored the score 160 in 13 overs. Kuldeep bowled very economical here and took 2 wickets for just 20 runs.
3. Fighter of the Match
Nicholas Puran, who landed at number-3 from Lucknow, scored 75 runs off 30 balls. He had reached the team’s score to 160 in 13 overs. He was out in the 15th over, after his wicket, the team could not score a big score and the score reached 209 only.
4. Turning point
Delhi bowled well in the last 7 overs. LSG lost 6 wickets in these overs and the team could only manage 48 runs. Tight bowling did not allow Lucknow to score a big score.
Batting also had a phase turning point of middle and death overs from Delhi. Vipraj Nigam and Ashutosh Sharma played important innings and won the team. During this, Ashutosh’s catch was also missed from LSG wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant. He was also missing the opportunity to stump Mohit Sharma in the last over.
5. Match report
LSG could not make a big score after a good start After losing the toss, LSG started to bat first. Mitchell Marsh and Nicholas Puran added 87 runs for the second wicket. Marsh scored 72 runs off just 36 balls. Puran scored 75 runs. However, after the wickets of both of them, the team could score 209 runs. Stark from Delhi took 3 and Kuldeep took 2 wickets.
Delhi won even after a poor start Delhi, chasing the target of 210 runs, lost 3 wickets for 7 runs. The team also lost 6 wickets by 113 runs. From here, Vipraj and Ashutosh added 55 runs off 22 balls. Finally Ashutosh gave the team victory by putting a match winning fifty. Faf du Plessis scored 29, Akshar Patel 22 and Triston Stabs scored 34 runs. Read match updates …
