Gujrat Titatns Vs Mumbai Indians: Gujrat Titans and Mumbai Indians had resumed their rivalry at Narendra Modi stadium, where Gujrat had outplayed Mumbai Indians in every phase of the game and Mumbai Indians faced a massive loss by 36 runs. Gujrat Titans was led by Subham Gill where Mumbai Indians welcomed Hardik Pandya after one match ban. Mohd Siraj and Prasidh Krishna were outstanding throughout the match.
Toss time: Mumbai Indians won the toss and decided to bowl first. He assured to bowl first because he was not aware how the pitch will behave, because they have played on the black soil pitch only last year otherwise playing on the red soil. At the same time Subham Gill seems to be more aware about the pitch, he wanted to maximize the powerplay because he knew that the pitch will get slower with the old ball and will be hard to score boundaries.
Teams:
Gujarat Titans (Playing XI): Shubman Gill(c), Sai Sudharsan, Jos Buttler(w), Sherfane Rutherford, Shahrukh Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Kagiso Rabada, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna.
Gujarat Titans Impact Subs: Mahipal Lomror, Glenn Phillips, Ishant Sharma, Anuj Rawat, Washington Sundar
Mumbai Indians (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma, Ryan Rickelton(w), Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya(c), Naman Dhir, Mitchell Santner, Deepak Chahar, Trent Boult, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Satyanarayana Raju.
Mumbai Indians Impact Subs: Robin Minz, Ashwani Kumar, Raj Bawa, Corbin Bosch, Will Jacks.
Gujrat Titans vs Mumbai Indians 1st five overs: Gujrat Titans worked according to their plan and scored a magnificent 46 runs without any loss where Sai Sudarshan has scored 26 in 16 balls and Subham Gill 19 out of 14 balls.
Mumbai Indians had a fiery start but quick wicket of Rohit Sharma by Mohd Siraj and Rickelton had brought Mumbai Indians in the back foot. Mumbai Indians managed to score 44 runs at the loss of two wicket.
Gujrat Titans vs Mumbai Indians 6th-10th overs: Gujrat titans were going great but in the but in the 8th over a short ball from Hardik Pandya put Shubham Gill on the trap and a brilliant catch by Naman Dhir at the deep square leg has given the first breakthrough to the Mumbai Indian and Shubham Gill lost his wicket after scoring 38 runs in 27 balls. Gujrat Titans continued to score runs and after 10th over they were 92-1. Sai Sudarshan was batting at 38(25) and Joss Buttler 13(8).
Mumbai Indians fight back in champion’s style with great partnership on going between Tilak Verma and SuryaKumar yadav. At this moment Mumbai Indians seems to be on leading edge with Suryakumar yadav and Tilak Verma batting magnificently 29(17) and 37(30). After 15 overs Mumbai Indians were 86-2.
Gujrat Titans vs Mumbai Indians 10th-15th overs: Sai sudarshan and Joss Buttler were clearing the boundary good but in the 14th over Mujeeb has given a breakthrough and joss Buttler was edged to Rickelton. But Sai Sudarshan continued playing in his lavish style and team score after 15th over was 140-2. They have scored at 9.33 run rate without loosing too much wicket so the fans just tightened the seat to observe some cracking shots at the end.
Tilak Verma was looking under pressure and managed to score only 5 runs in 10 balls after which he was trapped by Prasidh Krishna when he was caught by Rahul Tewatia at the deep mid-wicket. Robin Minz couldn’t last for long and was the fourth wicket to fall cheaply at 3(6) by Sai Kishore. While Surya Kumar Yadav was keeping the hope alive Mumbai Indians have lost half of their match in this session.
Gujrat Titans vs Mumbai Indians 15th-20th overs: Sai sudarshan continued to explore boundaries but in the 18th over Boult has taken his wicket and finally returned to the pavillion after scoring 63(41). While Shahrukh couldn’t do a lot Rutherford 18(11) contribution lead Gujrat Titans to a very good score of 196(8).
Prasidh Krishna with his magnificent spell sent back Surya Kumar yadav to the pavillion while he was just 2 runs away from his 50. Hardik pandya could not score a big and even after a fight back by Santner Mumbai Indians ended at 160/6 and Gujrat titans clinched the victory with 96 runs.
Prasidh Krishna won player of the match award for his outstanding performance with the ball 4-0-18-2
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