You can lose like this! Mumbai Indians were on their way to an easy victory by restricting Gujarat Titans to 168 runs. 48 runs were needed from the last 36 balls with 7 wickets in hand. In this situation, Mumbai may lose in the end. But the script changed in the last 6 overs. At this time, Gujarat Titans took 6 wickets with 11 dot balls. The finalists of the last two seasons snatched away Mumbai’s victory due to the incredible bowling of the bowlers.
Sai Kishore, Rashid Khan, Spencer Johnson, Mohit Sharma and Umesh Yadav – all contributed at important moments with the ball. Gujarat won by 6 runs. It was their third win against Mumbai at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
Hardik Pandya, the captain of Gujarat for the last two seasons, is leading Mumbai this time. He faced his former team in the first match. He could have been the hero of victory in the last over. Needed 19 runs, he could not even reduce the gap by hitting four consecutive sixes.
Shubman Gill made his leadership debut with this match. Jasprit Bumrah’s controlled and razor-sharp bowling saw his team Gujarat settle for 168 for 6. Mumbai pacer took 3 wickets with only 14 runs after bowling 4 overs. Among the seven bowlers, Gerald Coetzee was the second successful bowler with two wickets.
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Bumrah did not allow the opening pair of Wriddhiman Saha and Gill to exceed 31 runs. Wriddhiman was bowled for 19 runs. Then Gill made a partnership of 33 runs with Sai Sudarshan. The Gujarat captain scored the second best 31 off 22 balls.
In the 17th over, David Miller (12) and Sudarshan (45) were the victims of Bumrah’s best batting of the innings. At the end, Rahul Tewatia scored 22 runs for Gujarat.
Even though they could not give a big target, Gujarat pushed at the beginning. Azmatullah Omarzai sent back Ishan Kisan with the fourth ball of the innings. Then he hunted Naman Dhir in the third over. Losing 2 wickets for 30 runs, Rohit Sharma and Devald Brevis pair returned to the match. They added 77 runs in the third wicket. Both crossed 40 but did not see half century. Sai Kishore stopped Rohit for 43 runs.
At the end of 14 overs, Mumbai’s score was 121 for 3. Victory is a matter of time. Mohit changed the match with the ball in the 16th over. Braves caught him back for 46 runs. Rashid Khan scored 3 runs in the next over and Mumbai was under pressure. Mohit dismissed Tim David (11) for 9 runs in the next over to put them in further danger.
Spencer Johnson hit a pair in the 19th over. Mumbai lost Tilak Verma (25) and Coetzee (1). 19 runs were needed in the last over. Hardik reduced the pressure by hitting Umesh for a six and a four in the first two balls. But Umesh turned the match around by dismissing Hardik and Piyush Chawla in the next two balls. Mumbai couldn’t score 9 runs in the last two balls, only 2 runs came. They stopped at 162 for 9 wickets.
It is worth mentioning that Mumbai started 12 consecutive seasons with a loss. However, they have won five trophies during this period. The last time they started the IPL with a win was in 2012.
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