The habit of starting the campaign with a loss is not changed for Mumbai Indians as the five times title-winning team lost the game by just six runs. The Incredible bowling performance of Umesh Yadav in the last over guided Gujarat Titans to the victory. Both teams featured a new captain, as Gujarat
Titans had Shubman Gill as their captain while Mumbai Indians brought Hardik Pandya to their side from Gujarat Titans. So let’s get into the article to check out the exciting and important moments of the match between Gujarat Titans versus Mumbai Indians.
A look back to the match between Gujarat Titans vs Mumbai Indians
The game was in the home stadium of Gujarat Titans and Hardik Pandya won the toss for Mumbai Indians and elected to bowl first. The body language of Hardik Pandya was not good, and he was trolled very badly for showing bad behaviour against the players including the previous captain Rohit Sharma who guided Mumbai Indians to the final of the IPL tournament on multiple occasions and took the trophy for 5 times.
Wriddhiman Saha came out alongside the captain to start the proceedings and he went back to the pavilion for 19 in the over of the sensational bowler Bumrah. While the captain Shubman Gill added 31 to his account. The sensational innings of Sai Sudharsan helped Gujarat Titans to post a decent target on the board as he smashed 45.
Azmatullah Omarzai and David Miller added 17 and 12 respectively while Rahul Tewatia smashed 22 and Gujarat Titans finished their innings at 168 with the loss of 6 wickets after 20 overs.
The captain of Mumbai Indians Hardik Pandya went wicket less while Jasprit Bumrah who made a comeback to the side after the injury and missing the tournament last year showcased an incredible performance by removing 3 wickets.
In the reply, Mumbai Indians started with a shock as the sensational opener Ishan Kishan went back to the pavilion without opening his account but his partner Rohit Sharma who showcased an incredible innings in the ground as he smashed 43 from just 29 balls.
Naman Dhir came out to bat in the third position and he added 20 from 10 while Dewald Brevis smashed 46 from 38 and Tilak Varma added 25 to his account. Tim David added 11 and Mumbai Indians required 16 in the last over, the captain Hardik Pandya scored 10 from two balls that provided positive hope for his side but the sensational bowling of Umesh Yadav who took consecutive wickets in the third and fourth ball of his over helped Gujarat Titans to register their first victory in IPL 2024 by 6 runs.
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