Tim David's Ferocious Six Leaves Fan Injured During DC vs MI Clash

tim david’s ferocious six leaves fan injured during dc vs mi clash

Mumbai Indians faced yet another defeat in IPL 2024 as they lost the game to Delhi Capitals by 10 runs. Chasing a target of 258, Mumbai Indians could only score 247-9. This was Mumbai Indians’ sixth defeat in IPL 2024 and it has put their playoff qualification in jeopardy. For MI, Tilak Varma scored 63 in 42 balls while Hardik Pandya scored 46 in 24 balls. Tim David also contributed 37 in 17, however, the low returns from the top order batters, including Rohit Sharma (8), Ishan Kishan (20), and Suryakumar (26) eventually cost MI the game against DC.

David was looking in great touch during his stay at the crease and by the time he was batting, MI was in the game. He was hitting the boundaries at will. Meanwhile, in an unfortunate incident, one of his six went on to hit a fan on his face when he tried to catch the ball. The fan was attended by the doctors.

Earlier, 84 in 27 by Jake Frazer McGurk and 48 off 25 by Tristan Stubbs helped DC post a daunting 257-4. This was the eighth 250+ score in IPL 2024. Meanwhile, the defeat has made the road to the playoff extremely grim for MI. The Hardik Pandya-led side now needs to win all their remaining games to qualify for the playoffs.

Hardik Pandya reflected on the defeat and rued the lack of game awareness. Pandya, however, was effusive in praise for Australia star Jake Frazer McGurk.

“This game is becoming more and more closer. It (the difference) used to be a couple of overs, now it’s becoming a couple of balls. Because of the kind of games and how the bowlers are under pressure, we backed ourselves to do it. If I had to pick something out, we could have taken a couple of more chances in the middle overs. The left-handers could have probably gone after Axar a little bit, it’s something we missed out in terms of game awareness. It was quite amazing the way he (Fraser-McGurk) batted, he took calculated risks, he played the field really well. It shows the fearlessness of youth. (If he would’ve done something different at the toss) Not really,” said Pandya after the defeat.

Meanwhile, the win has boosted Delhi Capitals’ chances of reaching the playoffs. The win took DC to fifth on the IPL points table, with five wins and as many defeats and now need to win three out of the last four games to qualify.