In tune with their repute of being slow-starters, Mumbai Indians misplaced their first match of the seventeenth version of the Indian Premier League as Gujarat Titans defeated them by 6 runs in Ahmedabad on Sunday.
The match was already anticipated to be an exciting one as as Shubman Gill made his debut as Gujarat Titans captain towards the Gujarat’s former captain Hardik Pandya who reunited with Mumbai.
After profitable the toss and opting to discipline first, Pandya and Co restricted Titans to 168/6. Sai Sudharsan performed an important knock, scoring 46 off 39 balls however it was Jasprit Bumrah whose bowling stood out within the first innings.
The full appeared beneath par contemplating the dew that might are available in later however the Gujarat Titans’ bowlers stepped up in some style to get off to a profitable begin.
Turning level of the match
It was Mohit Sharma’s bowling within the sixteenth over that just about shifted the momentum in Gujarat’s favour. Then, the dying bowling that adopted from Spencer Johnson and Umesh Yadav successfully made the equation tougher to unravel for Mumbai.
On a pitch that was sluggish and one the place batters admitted to discovering it powerful for fluent run-scoring, Mumbai had the benefit whereas chasing for the reason that dew had are available in.
Mumbai Indians’ 77-run third wicket partnership between Rohit Sharma (43) and Dewald Brevis (46) had put the chase again on monitor after shedding Ishan Kishan early.
Sai Kishore had dismissed Rohit within the thirteenth over to place an finish to that however it was Mohit who dented the chase with the wicket of the well-set Brevis. With a wicket and simply 4 runs conceded, the start of some efficient bowling had begun.
After Mohit’s over, Rashid Khan in his remaining over conceded simply three runs leaving Mumbai with 36 runs wanted off the final three overs. Mohit, in his remaining supply of his four-ball quota opted for a slower ball, to dismiss the harmful Tim David who may have finished some harm in the direction of the back-end.
Johnson then got here again strongly in his third over to take out Tilak Verma and Gerald Coetzee within the penultimate over. Mumbai wanted to attain 19 runs off the ultimate over.
In got here Mumbai captain Pandya who went after Yadav with a six and 4 earlier than the bowler had the final chuckle within the third supply with Mumbai stranded, needing 9 runs in 3 balls.
Yadav dismissed Piyush Chawla within the subsequent supply after which conceded only a run every within the remaining two balls to seal the deal for Gujarat.
The Discipline’s participant of the match
Sai Sudharsan can be our participant of the match contemplating he anchored the innings for Gujarat while braving Mumbai’s quick bowling duo of Bumrah and Gerald Coetzee.
He admitted to the pitch being tough to bat on within the first innings however ultimately discovering that it’s one the place he may go onerous in all places. He had discovered it powerful to counter deliveries after they took the tempo off however managed to trudge Gujarat previous 165 after their batting line-up didn’t ship.
‘Good to be again’
He had been the receipient of some booing contemplating his departure from the Gujarat-based franchise however Mumbai captain Pandya admitted to feeling good about his return to his former IPL house floor.
We backed ourselves to chase these 42 runs however it was a kind of days once we see the rating fairly much less in comparison with what it may have been in 5 overs, I feel we misplaced little little bit of momentum there. It feels good to be again as a result of that is one stadium the place you may take pleasure in and really feel the ambiance fairly energetic and clearly the group was full they usually received sport as properly.
— – Hardik Pandya within the post-match presentation