Phil Salt and Mitchell Marsh's partnership of 112 for the second wicket had provided a solid platform to DC, however, after their dismissal, DC lost the momentum and lost wickets at regular intervals.
Nitish in his IPL career has scored 2,410 runs with an average of 28.35. He has the highest innings of 87 and has 210 fours and 126 sixes in his bag. He has scored 16 fifties with a strike rate of 135.77.
In the post-match presentation, Joshua Little said, "I just spoke to Hardik before the game and we talked about keeping it as simple as possible - hitting the hard lengths, and happy that I could do it today."
MI is in the eighth position in the points table with three wins and four losses. They have a total of six points. They had lost their previous match to Gujarat Titans by 55 runs. RR on the other hand is in the second position with five wins and three losses. They have a total of 10 points.
Heinrich Klaasen clinched his maiden fifty, scoring 53 off 27 balls. Abhishek scored 67 off 36 balls. Debutant Akeal Hosein played an effective cameo of 16 off 10 balls.
Vijay has made a great impact as a batter in IPL 2023. In six matches, he has scored 199 runs at an average of 49.75. He has scored two half-centuries, with best score of 63*. His runs have come at a strike rate of over 165.
With this win, GT are the new table-toppers with 12 points, having won six matches out of eight. KKR are at the seventh position with three wins and six losses
Lucknow posted the second-highest team run total in the tournament's history with 257 runs. Marcus Stoinis was the star of the innings with 72 runs from just 40 deliveries (6x4, 5x6)
Both teams are placed last in the points table and would like to come up. DC with two wins and five losses are in the last position while SRH also have two wins and five losses.
In nine matches so far, Rinku has scored 270 runs at an average of 54.00 and a strike rate of over 151. He has two fifties to his name and created one of the most iconic moments in the league by smashing five sixes in the final five balls of their IPL match against GT to win the match for hi