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Gujarat Titans under a new skipper Shubman Gill had the last laugh as they Mumbai Indians by six runs in a Tata IPL 2024 encounter. The win spoiled Hardik Pandya’s return as Mumbai Indians skipper. The Ahmedabad crowd too did not like Hardik moving back to Mumbai and booed him through the match. Hardik had captained the Titans to win the IPL in 2022 and finished runner- up last year to CSK.
Mumbai Indians looked in control while chasing the GT total of 168/ 6 in their 20 overs . Despite losing Ishan Kishan ( 0) early. Former Skipper Rohit Sharma was in his elements scoring 43 ( 29 balls , 7 fours , 1 six), Naman Dhir ( 20) . Young Dewald Brevis showed his talent with 46 ( 38 balls, 2 fours 3 sixes), Tilak Varma ( 25) , Tim David ( 11), Skipper Hardik Pandya ( 11) . Mumbai kept losing wickets when trying to accelerate the scoring and finally finished at 162/ 9 . Umesh Yadav held his never when MI needed 19 of the last over. He conceded only 13 runs .
For Gujarat Titans the bowling figures were : Azmatullah Omarzai 2/ 27 ( 4 overs), Umesh Yadav 2/ 31 ( 3 overs), Rashid Khan 0/23 ( 4 overs), Sai Kishore 1/24 (4 overs), Spencer Johnson 2/ 25 ( 2 overs), Mohit Sharma 2/ 32 ( 4 overs)
Earlier, Hardik won the toss and opted to bowl first . And his bowlers did good job restricting the Titans to a modest target . Wriddhiman Saha ( 19). New Gujarat Titans Skipper Shubman Gill (31). Sai Sudharsan scored a vital 45 ( 39 Balls 3 fours, 1 six). Azmatullah Omarzai ( 17). The dangerous David Miller was out for 12 . Rahul Tewatia swung his bat for cameo 22. Vijay Shankar not out 4 and rashid Khan remained not out for 6 . Titans finishing at 168/ 6 in their 20 overs
For Mumbai Indians Bowling figures : Hardik Pandya 0/ 30 ( 3 overs), Luke Wood 0/ 25 ( 2 overs), Jasprit Bumrah was outstanding 3/ 14 ( 4 overs), Shams Mulani0/ 24 ( 3 overs), Piyush Chawla 1/ 31 ( 3 overs), Naman Dhir 0/ 13 ( 1 over) , Gerald Coetzee2/ 27 ( 4 overs)
Match: IPL 2024, 5th Match
Venue: Ahmedabad | Date: March 24, 2024
