By Gujarat Titans beat Mumbai Indians by 55 runs to register their fifth win in this tournament. With this, Gujarat has become the second team after Chennai Super Kings to score 10 points this season. In this match, Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma decided to bowl first after winning the toss and Gujarat, batting first, set a target of 208 runs in front of Mumbai. In response, the Mumbai team could only score 152 runs and lost the match. No Mumbai batsman could openly play big shots in front of Gujarat’s bowling lineup.
For Gujarat, Shubman Gill scored 56, David Miller scored 46 and Abhinav Manohar scored 42 runs. In the end, Rahul Tewatia scored 20 * runs in 5 balls with 3 skyscraper sixes to reach the team’s score of 207 runs for 6 wickets. Piyush Chawla took 2 wickets for Mumbai. Chasing the target of 208 runs, the Mumbai team could only manage 152 runs losing 9 wickets. Nehal Wadhera scored the maximum 40 runs. Green scored 33 and Suryakumar scored 23 runs. Noor Ahmed took 3 wickets for Gujarat. Rashid Khan and Mohit Sharma got 2-2 wickets. Captain Hardik Pandya got 1 wicket. The Gujarat team has now completely transformed into a winning machine. Mumbai could not challenge him even remotely.
The opening pair of Wriddhiman Saha and Shubman Gill came to the crease for Gujarat Titans. Arjun Tendulkar did the first over for Mumbai. After the first over, Gujarat scored 4 runs without any loss. The first wicket of Gujarat Titans fell on the score of 12. Wriddiman Saha got out after scoring 4 runs in 7 balls. Arjun Tendulkar was caught by wicketkeeper Ishan Kishan on the ball outside the leg stump. In Powerplay, Gujarat Titans scored 50 runs losing 1 wicket. Shubman Gill batted aggressively and got his team in a better position. He collected 17 runs in one over of Green. Gujarat team’s second wicket fell on the score of 50 runs.
Captain Hardik Pandya was dismissed after scoring 13 runs in 14 balls. Piyush Chawla caught him at the long-off boundary by Suryakumar Yadav. He could not provide the required elevation while playing a flighted delivery outside off down the ground.
Shubman Gill completed his third half-century of this IPL in 30 balls. The third wicket of Gujarat Titans fell on the score of 91 runs. Shubman Gill got out after scoring 56 runs in 34 balls. He hit 7 fours and 1 six in his innings. Kumar Kartikeya got him caught long on by Suryakumar Yadav. Gill removed the front leg to clear the boundary but Surya made no mistake. From here, Abhinav Manohar hit a stormy 43 off 21 balls with 3 fours and 3 sixes. Killer Miller also scored 46 runs off 22 balls with 2 fours and 4 sixes.
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Chasing a target of 208 runs, Mumbai Indians got off to a very poor start. Captain Rohit Sharma got out after scoring 2 runs in 8 balls. Gujarat captain Hardik Pandya caught his catch on his own ball. In the Powerplay, Mumbai Indians scored 29 runs losing 1 wicket. The second wicket of Mumbai Indians has fallen on the score of 43 runs. Ishaan Kishan has been dismissed after scoring 13 runs in 21 balls. Rashid Khan caught him through a mistimed shot at long-on by Josh Little. Mumbai’s third wicket fell on the score of 45 runs. Rashid Khan trapped Tilak Verma in front of the wickets and he was adjudged LBW. Tilak scored 2 runs in 3 balls. After 8 overs, Mumbai’s score was 45 for three wickets.
Mumbai’s 4 wickets fell on the score of 59 runs. Cameron Green, who took the responsibility of Mumbai’s run chase on his shoulders, was dismissed after scoring 33 runs in 26 balls. Noor Ahmed clean bowled him. Green hit 3 sixes in his innings. The fifth wicket of Mumbai Indians also fell on the score of 59 runs. Tim David was dismissed without opening the account. On the full toss ball of Noor Ahmed, he handed over the catch to Abhinav Manohar. From here, Suryakumar Yadav scored 23 runs in 12 balls and Nehal Wadhera scored 40 runs in 21 balls, but both these innings proved to be insufficient. Arjun Tendulkar also went on to score 13 runs in 9 balls and Mumbai were able to score only 152 runs losing 9 wickets in 20 overs. In return, he got a humiliating 55-run defeat.
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