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MI vs DC, IPL 2024: Hardik Pandya got his first win as the official captain of the Mumbai Indians at the Wankhede Stadium on Sunday, April 7.

Mumbai defeated Delhi Capitals by 29 runs in match 20 of the IPL 2024 to clinch their first win of the season after suffering three successive defeats.

They have now jumped to the eighth position in the points table with the first two points whereas Delhi are the new bottom-placed team.

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After the win, MI players looked in immense delight and a huge relief was seen on their faces including skipper Hardik Pandya.

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Pandya too was involved in the celebrations as he shared a warm hug with former skipper Rohit Sharma.

Checkout the video of MI's celebrations after win over DC:

Notably, the 30-year-old has had a tough start to the season as MI's new skipper with three successive defeats and backlash from the fans.

As MI bounced back with a memorable all-around performance at home, Pandya also came with a motivational post on social media.

"We’re up and running," Pandya captioned the post while sharing a series of pictures from the match.

"It was a lot of hard work. We had to clear our minds and make sure that we believed. We will be making tactical changes here and there but this will be our 12 and settling our team now is important. There's a lot of love and care going around in the changeroom. Belief and backing each other is the attitude out there. Everyone believed we needed just one win," Pandya said after the win.

This was MI's 50th win in their home venue at the Wankhede Stadium and also clinched their 14th successive win while defending the 200-plus total in IPL history.

After being put into bat first, MI posted a huge total of 234/5 in their 2o overs with Rohit Sharma (49), Ishan Kishan (45) and skipper Hardik Pandya (39) making their contributions from the top order.

While Tim David remained unbeaten on 45 off 21, Romario Shepherd smashed 39 in just 10 balls on the back of his last over fireworks.

The duo added 53 runs in just 13 balls for the sixth wicket as Shepherd smashed 32 runs in the last over of the innings bowled by Anrich Nortje.

Chasing the target, the Rishabh Pant-led side was restricted to 205/8 in their 20 overs despite the fighting effort from Tristan Stubbs.

Stubbs remained unbeaten on 71 off 25 balls on the back of three fours and seven sixes.

On the other hand, Prithvi Shaw scored 66 off 40 whereas Abhishek Porel scored 41 runs in 31 deliveries.