GT vs MI: Rashid Khan, Shubman Gill, David Miller star as Gujarat Titans hammer Mumbai Indians
Noor Ahmed, Rashid Khan starred with the ball while Shubman Gill, Abhinav Manohar.
And David Miller dished out superb batting performances as Gujarat Titans, buoyed by support from the home crowd, out-batted Mumbai Indians by 55 runs in an IPL game at Ahmedabad’s Narendra Modi Stadium on Tuesday.
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Chasing GT’s highest-ever score, Rohit Sharma and Co were already on the back foot but a solid start with the ball from Gujarat Titans ensured that the tourists were pushed back even further. MI lost captain Rohit Sharma in the second over, while Rashid Khan spun a web to remove Ishan Kishan (13) and Tilak Varma (27) in the 8th over.
Ishan required 21 balls to score 13 runs. Rashid trapped Tilak Varma in front of the wicket three balls later, leaving MI reeling at 45 for three in the eighth over. Cameron Green made 33 off 26 balls, while Suryakumar Yadav made 23 off 12 balls. Nehal Wadhera hit 40 in just 21 deliveries, but their efforts only postponed the inevitable. In addition to Rashid’s 2/27 in four overs, Noor Ahmad, the other Afghan spinner, finished with impressive figures of 3/37 in his full quota of overs.
Earlier, Shubman Gill hit a fluent fifty while Abhinav Manohar and David Miller dished out a sensational power-hitting show to power Gujarat Titans to a formidable 207 for six against Mumbai Indians in their IPL match on Tuesday. This is Gujarat Titans’ highest-ever total in the history of the Indian Premier League,
David Miller smashed a 22-ball 46, Rahul Tewatia hit an unbeaten 20 in five balls, and Abhinav Manohar needed only 21 deliveries to make 42 during a crucial 71-run partnership with the South African. This came after Shubman Gill hit a 34-ball 56.
Arjun Tendulkar began on a promising note and conceded four runs in the opening over after his skipper Rohit Sharma opted to bowl first. Tendulkar provided the first breakthrough for MI as Wriddhiman Saha edged one to the keeper off his first ball of the third over.
Taking his partner Gill’s advice, Saha reviewed, but UltraEdge upheld the on-field umpire’s decision. Gill scored 17 runs off Cameron Green’s first over, helping GT reach 50 for one at the end of six powerplay overs. However, MI spinners Piyush Chawla and Kumar Kartikeya got rid of Hardik Pandya (13) and Shubman Gill (56) to dent GT’s free-flowing charge.
Manohar and Miller began their powerful hitting after Vijay Shankar was caught out for 16 of 19. Manohar scored 17 runs to ruin Chawla’s figures in his final over. Manohar and Miller took the attack to Green, smashing him for three sixes and collecting 22 runs in the 18th over. At the start of the 19th over, Riley Meredith finally struck out Manohar, who was trying to loft the ball over long off. Tewatia hit a first-ball six before Miller ended the over with two more maximums.