Mohit Sharma gave 73 runs in his 4 over spell against Delhi Capitals.
Mohit Sharma Become Most Expensive Bowler of the IPL History: The 40th match of IPL 2024 is being played between Delhi Capitals and Gujarat Titans at the Arun Jaitley Stadium. GT is sixth in the points table with 8 points and DC is eighth with 6 points. It is very important for both the teams to win this match to remain in the race for the playoffs.
In the match, Delhi Capitals, batting first, scored 224 runs on the board at the loss of 4 wickets. Gujarat Titans bowler Mohit Sharma is one of the leading wicket-taking bowlers for the team. But today he has registered a shameful record in his name against Delhi.
Mohit Sharma becomes the most expensive bowler in IPL history
Mohit Sharma has become the highest run scoring bowler in IPL history. Mohit Sharma gave 73 runs in his 4 over spell against Delhi Capitals. Mohit Sharma is known as a death specialist bowler, but today he conceded 31 runs while bowling the last over of Delhi’s innings. Rishabh Pant hit four sixes and a four in the last over against Mohit.
Before GT bowler Mohit Sharma, this record was in the name of Basil Thampi. He scored 70 runs in his spell against Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL 2018.
Most expensive bowler in an innings in IPL history
0/73- Mohit Sharma (Gujarat Titans) vs Delhi Capitals, Delhi 2024
0/70- Basil Thampi (Sunrisers Hyderabad) vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, Bengaluru 2018
0/69- Yash Dayal (Gujarat Titans) vs Kolkata Knight Riders, Ahmedabad 2023
0/68/ Reece Topley (Royal Challengers Bangalore) v Sunrisers Hyderabad, Bengaluru 2024
Delhi Capitals gave a target of 225 runs to GT
Delhi Capitals got a bad start while batting first. The team had lost 3 big wickets on the score of 44. Jake Fraser McGurk (23), Prithvi Shaw (11) and Shai Hope (5) were returned to the pavilion cheaply. There was again a brilliant partnership of 113 runs for the fourth wicket between Rishabh Pant and Axar Patel. Axar Patel played an inning of 66 runs in 43 balls with the help of 5 fours and 4 sixes.
Captain Rishabh Pant played an unbeaten inning of 88* runs in 43 balls with the help of 5 fours and 8 sixes. Whereas Tristan Stubbs played a cameo inning of 26* runs in 7 balls. Due to which Delhi scored 224 runs losing 4 wickets in 20 overs. Sandeep Warrier was the most successful bowler for Gujarat Titans, taking 3 wickets for 15 runs in 3 overs.