IPL 2024: Gujarat Titans pull off a heist as Mumbai Indians start one other season with defeat | Cricket Information

NEW DELHI: Gujarat Titans bowlers produced a shocking late all-round effort in a exceptional show of grit and perseverance because the final yr’s finalists pulled off a heist handy Hardik Pandya‘s Mumbai Indians a six-run defeat of their Indian Premier League season opener in Ahmedabad on Sunday.
The unbelievable win Titans secured in a blockbuster of a contest meant Mumbai Indians maintained their custom of dropping their opening match of IPL since 2012.

The defeat was additionally MI’s third loss to Titans on the Narendra Modi Stadium.
As It Occurred
With 43 wanted off the final 5 overs and seven wickets in hand, Mumbai Indians have been cruising in direction of victory however Titans made an excellent late comeback within the demise overs to strangulate the guests in a thriller.

Jasprit Bumrah (3/14) was at his very best in his first IPL sport in two years, firing in his specific yorkers at will to assist MI limit Titans to 168 for six.
However Bumrah’s effort was not sufficient as batters like Tilak Varma and skipper Hardik Pandya failed to enrich his brilliance.
MI ended at 162/9 as issues went downhill when all they wanted was 43 runs off final 30 balls.

Whereas spinners Rashid Khan (0/23 in 4 overs) and R Sai Kishore (1/24) gave little or no with the ball regardless of the dew setting in, veteran Mohit Sharma (2/32) used his variations with various kinds of slower deliveries to show the course of the match.
Spencer Joshnson (2/25) and Umesh Yadav (2/32) have been good bowling the nineteenth and twentieth over as Hardik Pandya relegating himself to No. 7 in batting order is one thing that would want rationalization. He did hit a six and 4 within the final over however Umesh had the final chortle.
Even Tilak Varma refusing a single to Tim David additionally beggars perception.
MI misplaced their first wicket with out a run on the board after Ishan Kishan did not open his account, nicking an Azmatullah Omarzai (2/27) supply to Wriddhiman Saha because the pacer set him up with some glorious swing bowling. After testing Kishan with inswingers, Omarzai obtained one to maneuver away and the batter might solely edge it to the keeper.
New face Naman Dhir started with a flurry of boundaries, leaving the likes of Ravi Shastri excited within the commentary field because the specialists mentioned the absolute best mixture for India within the upcoming T20 World Cup.
Having being hit for 3 fours and a six by Dhir, Omarzai had the final chortle because the batter was adjudged lbw after the Afghan had opted for a assessment after the on-field umpire thought in any other case.
In the meantime, Rohit Sharma (43 off 29 balls) discovered one on the slot and flicked Umesh Yadav over mid-wicket for a most as MI reached 52/2 on the finish of powerplay.
Dewald Brevis (46 off 38 balls) additionally was in fettle because the South African struck sixes off Rashid Khan, Spencer Johnson and Sai Kishore as MI inched nearer to the goal of 169.
Nevertheless, Sai Kishore trapped Rohit and Influence Sub Mohit had Brevis caught and bowled to convey GT again into the competition.
Tilak Varma (25 off 19) perished whereas truing to drive the tempo, and MI skipper Hardik Pandya too failed to finish the chase after coming shut.
Earlier, younger left-hander B Sai Sudharsan top-scored with a forty five off 39 balls for GT, whereas Rahul Tewatia made 22 off 15 balls down the order.
However the night, with out an iota of doubt, belonged to Bumrah, who missed the entire of final version on account of a decrease again stress fracture.
He dismissed David Miller and Sudharsan within the seventeenth over in an area of three deliveries nevertheless it did not assist in ultimate end result.
Assuming that there may very well be dew later within the night, MI’s new skipper Hardik Pandya invited GT to bat first, and Shubman Gill in his first sport as captain was as much as the duty.
Seeking to make an influence towards his former staff, Pandya opened the bowling and Wriddhiman Saha (19) slapped a large ball by means of the off-side to start GT’s marketing campaign with a boundary.
Up towards Gill, Pandya erred in line and the trendy batter used his wrists to whip him off his pads for a 4, because the MI captain conceded 11 runs after his shock transfer to start out the proceedings on the expense of one of many world’s finest bowlers, Jasprit Bumrah.
As Saha obtained just a few helpful boundaries, Gill discovered the fence with consummate ease as GT have been off to a flyer.
Nevertheless, Bumrah’s introduction within the fourth over introduced MI prompt success because the lead pacer despatched again Saha with an specific yorker, hitting the bottom of the center stump. The previous India stumper could not convey his bat down in fast time.
Spin was introduced on in Shams Mulani and Gill rocked again to chop the left-arm spinner by means of covers for a 4. The GT captain then obtained down on one leg to slog-sweep Mulani for an enormous six over deep square-leg.
Piyush Chawla bowled a cost-effective first over, at the same time as GT managed 47 runs for the lack of one wicket within the powerplay.
Chawla continued and Gill tried to disturb his rhythm, however failed. He danced down the bottom to hoick him however didn’t get the mandatory elevation, as Rohit Sharma, who is often not seen fielding in such positions, judged it properly to finish a neat catch within the deep.
The skilled Chawla snared the large fish with a googly as Gill (31 off 22 balls) walked again after getting his eye in, a lot to the aid of the hordes of Mumbai supporters on the Narendra Modi Stadium.
Nevertheless, with Sai Sudharsan decided to start out from the place he left within the title conflict towards CSK final season with a powerful 96, MI knew they’d their job minimize out.
(With inputs from PTI)