Mumbai Indians (MI) and Delhi Capitals (DC) engaged in a last-over thriller the place Mumbai managed to clinch the much-needed victory by 6 wickets on the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Tuesday.

Requested to bat first, the Capitals set a goal of 173 runs in 19.4 overs, with skipper David Warner scoring 51 runs off 47 balls and all-rounder Axar Patel smashing 54 runs off simply 25 balls. Jason Behrendorff, Piyush Chawla, and Riley Meredith took three, three, and two wickets, respectively.

The competition then went all the way down to the ultimate ball, the place Mumbai acquired the higher of Delhi. Captain Rohit Sharma was the star of the match, scoring 65 runs off 45 balls with six fours and 4 sixes. Tilak Varma contributed 41 runs off 29 balls, together with one 4 and 4 sixes.

“Successful the sport is a very powerful. We now have been working laborious because the first recreation. We had a camp in Mumbai, and getting the consequence (in our favour) feels good. First win is at all times particular. The spinners stored us within the recreation. We would have liked to bat nicely to chase the whole. I assumed everybody put their hand up. We needed to make it rely for the crew,” mentioned Rohit after bagging the Participant of the Match award.

Right here is how Twitter reacted:

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1st W, 👆 Quantity win! 🥰#OneFamily #DCvMI #MumbaiMeriJaan #MumbaiIndians #IPL2023 #TATAIPL @ImRo45 pic.twitter.com/iP8QCfbtmM

— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) April 11, 2023

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जिंकलो! 💙

Piyush was wonderful & blended his googlies nicely. The opener’s technique to assault quick bowlers up entrance was an absolute should on this monitor & it was good to see Rohit amongst runs & play an necessary innings. Tilak seemed comfy from ball 1 on a troublesome monitor.. pic.twitter.com/TeCzCLh6uo

— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) April 11, 2023

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What a end that was!

— Shai Hope (@shaidhope) April 11, 2023

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Improbable effort to cross the road.. Very good crew effort 👏👏 Particular one from Piyush, Behrendorff, Hitman, Tilak, Inexperienced and Tim.. Congratulations on the primary win @mipaltan #MIvDC #IPL2023 pic.twitter.com/y3Rm7bw1mm

— Vinay Kumar R (@Vinay_Kumar_R) April 11, 2023

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Yet one more nail biting recreation! What a final over from @AnrichNortje02 however the Aussie duo held their nerves!! Good to see Hitman @ImRo45 get some runs!! Lastly a win for @mipaltan #DCvMI

— Robin Aiyuda Uthappa (@robbieuthappa) April 11, 2023

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nineteenth Participant of the match award for Rohit Sharma in IPL.

Most by an Indian in IPL historical past.

— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) April 11, 2023

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Mumbai Indians pull off a last-ball victory in opposition to Delhi Capitals.#MIvsDC #cricket #ipl2023 | https://t.co/iNRGo5Ppzy #CricketTwitter pic.twitter.com/CcC7YTBiRA

— CricketTimes.com (@CricketTimesHQ) April 11, 2023

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Nicely performed and nicely fought @DelhiCapitals – that is the battle we in Delhi are used to. Not our evening however that is the battle DC and it’s followers deserve. Deliver on Saturday!

— Parth Jindal (@ParthJindal11) April 11, 2023

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Anrich Nortje- all class with yorkers within the loss of life.👌🏾 #DCvMI

— Shikha Pandey (@shikhashauny) April 11, 2023

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Unbelievable Premier League…Impactful Premier League. It was Tim David-the Impression Participant for #MI and Mukesh Kumar-The Impression Participant for #DC. Three thrillers in three days. Loving it completely 🫶🤗 #TataIPL #DCvMI

— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) April 11, 2023

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That from Anrich Nortje was a number of the finest loss of life bowling you will notice. Yorker after yorker at excessive tempo. Improbable.

— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) April 11, 2023

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What a match !
Mumbai Indians virtually misplaced it, after which Delhi made a comeback, and simply when it appeared the sport was heading for a Tremendous Over, Mumbai snatched it away from the hosts. Loopy three days of the very best order of leisure in #IPL2023. 🤯🤯 #DCvsMI

— Ridhima Pathak (@PathakRidhima) April 11, 2023

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Horrible run of type these days for Suryakumar Yadav. In his final 7 innings:

Runs 24
Golden geese 4#Cricket

— Saj Sadiq (@SajSadiqCricket) April 11, 2023

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Defeat by the barest of margins 💔#YehHaiNayiDilli #IPL2023 #DCvMI pic.twitter.com/v0yIsL8r4v

— Delhi Capitals (@DelhiCapitals) April 11, 2023

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Mumbai fortunate to flee actually. How may they take it to the final?
And it reinforces the purpose of batsmen letting their guard down when on prime #MIvDC

— Vikrant Gupta (@vikrantgupta73) April 11, 2023

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Aid for @mipaltan and @ImRo45 big 2 factors however it’s a must to say Anrich Nortje was unbelievable in that final over in opposition to two energy finishers. Very good bowling. Tremendous over would have been a good consequence! @RevSportz #MIvDC

— Boria Majumdar (@BoriaMajumdar) April 11, 2023

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Delhi Capitals are having a nightmare begin to the IPL with 4 losses in a row

MI win their first recreation of the event, by 6 wickets#IPL2023 #MIvDC

— ThePoppingCrease (@PoppingCreaseSA) April 11, 2023