GT vs MI IPL 2024, Highlights: Gujarat Titans beats Mumbai Indians by 6 runs; Umesh scalps two in final over

Six!! Hardik lofts the first ball of the over for a huge six over extra cover. Four!! Wide again slapped through cover for another boundary. 9 needed from 4 balls. WICKET!! Umesh goes short, Hardik flat bats it down the ground but down the throat of long on.

Hardik Pandya c Rahul Tewatia b Umesh Yadav 11(4)

Chawla in at 10. WICKET!! Short of a length Piyush pulls it straight to deep mid wicket.

Chawla c Rashid Khan b Umesh Yadav 0(1)

9 needed from 2 balls. Bumrah in at 11. Bowls a yorker and Bumrah can only dig it out for a single. Mulani pulls the last ball, falls short of the deep fine leg for a single.

Gujarat Titans wins by 6 runs. What a comeback by Umesh after conceding 10 off the first two balls.

Six!! Tilak smokes the first ball over the midwicket fence for a huge six! WICKET!!! Back of a length and Tilak lofts it straight down the throat of the substitute fielder. 

Tilak Varma c (sub)Abhinav Manohar b Spencer Johnson 25(19)

Coetzee in at 8. Two singles for the new batters. Short from Johnson, Coetzee misses his pull shot. WICKET!! Another attempted pull shot and it goes straight up, Johnson completes the catch.

Gerald Coetzee c and b Spencer Johnson 1(3)

Mulani in at 9.

Mohit to finish his quota. Foxes David with a short slower ball. Four!! Short on the body, David flicks it through deep square leg for a boundary. Low full toss, pummelled down the ground, Spencer does well to collect it quickly and throw, a double taken though. Another slower ball, another miss by David. WICKET!! David goes for a full blooded pull, gets a top edge and David Miller runs in from the deep to complete a good catch. 

Tim David c Miller b Mohit Sharma 11(10)

David goes big first ball against Rashid, falls in between long on and deep mid. Just a single. Tilak doesn’t take a single after flicking one to deep midwicket. Three runs from the over. 36 to win from 18.

Mohit continues. Short of a length slower ball, defended back to the bowler. Short again, pulled to deep midwicket for a couple. Slower ball again, Tilak pulls to deep square. WICKET!! Brevis flat bats one straight back at the bowler and this time Mohit gobbles it up. 

Brevis c and b Mohit Sharma 46(38)

Tim David in at 6.

Rashid back into the attack. The long boundaries helping Tilak get two doubles in the first two balls. Perfect line and length to close out the over. Just five runs from the over. 

Mohit with his second over. Four!! Mohit Sharma manages to find the inside edge of Tilak, but the ball runs away to the boundary. Appeals for LBW from Mohit but nothing given. Bat first is the call. Nine from the over. 

WICKET!! Appeals for LBW and the umpire raises his finger. Rohit went for the sweep against Sai Kishore and missed. He takes the review but its three reds and he has to go. 

Rohit lbw b Sai Kishore 43(29)

Tilak Varma in at 5. Slightly short from Sai, Brevis turns it to the legside and gets a single. Slightly wide, Tilak cuts it to backward point for a couple. Five runs from the over. 

Mohit Sharma into the attack. Four!! Slightly short, Brevis opens the bat face and guides it to the boundary. Chance on the follow through for Mohit but he can’t snap it up. Ten from the over. 

Sai Kishore again. Six!! Sai goes wide, Brevis makes room and lofts it over extra cover for six. Nine runs from the over. 

Spencer Johnson comes into the attack Johnson to Brevis, SIX! Short and on off as Brevis cuts it on the off-side for a maximum. FOUR! Rohit joins the party. Short and pulled by Rohit with ease. FOUR! Rohit ends the over with another boundary as 17 came from Johnson’s first over. 

Sai Kishore continues from the other end. Kishore to Rohit, FOUR! Rohit reads the line early and reverse sweeps the middle line ball. Seven from this over. 

Rashid Khan continues. SIX! A no look six from Dewald Brevis who clears his left feet and powers the hit over long-off. Three singles from the next five balls as nine come from this over. 

Sai Kishore from the other end. Just three singles from the over. 

First change from Gill, he introduces Rashid Khan into the attack for Umesh Yadav. FOUR! Swept away nicely from Rohit. This also brings fifty up for MI. 

Gill continues with Omarzai. FOUR! Brevis rocks back and defends the full ball on off but the ball raced away to fence for a boundary. Good comeback from the bowler to give just two singles from last five balls. 

Umesh Yadav continues. FOUR! Short and on off-stump line, Rohit brings out his supreme drive. SIX! Classic Rohit flick as he clears the deep mid-wicket fence without any fuss. 10 off the over. 

Omarzai continues. Omarzai to Dhir, FOUR! Full and into the middle and the debutant played a lofted on-drive at long-on. FOUR! This time he pulls with authority. FOUR! Third boundary and the youngster is enjoying his time at the middle. SIX! Oh my god, what a shot. He plays a lofted drive over long-off for a maximum, OUT! Inswinger from Omarzai, hits Naman in the pad while the batter tried to pull again and the ball tracker shows it was hitting the stumps. A short but effective camoe from Naman comes to an end. Dewald Brevies is the new man in. 

Naman Dhir lbw b Azmatullah Omarzai 20 (10b 3x4 1x6)

Umesh Yadav from the other end. He too gets good movement. FOUR! Umesh beats Rohit with an inswinger which runs past keeper Saha after taking a faint edge. FOUR! Rohit pulls through mid-wicket this time to end the over with a boundary. 

Azmatullah Omarzai to start with the new ball for GT. Ishan Kishan is on strike, Rohit Sharma on the other end. Omarzai is getting good movement off the air. Omarzai to Kishan, OUT! Ishan Kishan departs without scoring. Outswinger for Kishan this time and he nicks it to keeper Wriddhiman Saha. Debutant Naman Dhir comes in at no. 3. Omarzai bowls a WIDE as first runs come for MI. Dhir gets off the mark with a single. 

Ishan Kishan c †Saha b Azmatullah Omarzai 0 (4b 0x4 0x6)

In - Mohit Sharma | Out - Sai Sudharsan

Gerald Coetzee to bowl the final over of the innings. Coetzee to Tewatia, OUT! Full toss, angling in for Tewatia who flicks again but Naman Dhir dives forward to take a brilliant catch. We need to wait to check where the ball was taken cleanly and yes the review show it was not grounded. Rashid Khan gets off the mark with a quick double. Two single follows. Coetzee is using his variation brilliantly, mixing up short deliveries accurately. Two from the last deliveries as Gujarat Titans put 168/6 on the board after instered to bat first.

Rahul Tewatia c Naman Dhir b Coetzee 22 (15b 2x4 1x6)

Bumrah to finish his quota, he will bowl the 19th over. Bumrah starts with a yorker that hits Tewatia on his pads, huge LBW appeal but it was going down the leg. Vijay Shankar returns the strike to Tewatia who almost cleared the deep mid-wicket boundary but a full stretch dive from the boundary rider save MI two runs. Three singles to end the over as Bumrah finishes his brilliant spell of 4-0-14-3.

Luke Wood to bowl his second over. SIX! Slower ball from Wood and lofted over long-off by Tewatia to start the over with a maximum. FOUR! Tewatia cuts the short ball over third man for a second boundary. FOUR! Tewatia is toying with Wood here. He cuts again, this time brings a scoop variation and clear the third man once again. Wood tries too hard as the ball slips from his hand and goes over Tewatia. A NO-BALL from Wood, who follows it up with a short ball which was deemed WIDE. 19 off this over.

Bumrah return to the attack. OUT! He strikes the first ball! Change on pace as Bumrah rolls his hands while David Miller miscues his shot and holes out to Hardik Pandya at long-off. Vijay Shankar, the new man in at no. six, gets off the mark with a single. OUT! This time set Sudharsan departs. He tries to flick the full ball but is caught be Tilak Varma. Two big wickets for Bumrah. Just two from this over. 

David Miller c Pandya b Bumrah 12 (11b 1x4 0x6); Sai Sudharsan c Tilak Varma b Bumrah 45 (39b 3x4 1x6)

Coetzee continues. Good running from the two gives Miller a double to deep cover. Four!! Wide and Miller punches it through extra cover for a boundary. Full on the stumps, Miller flicks to short fine and steals a quick single. Nine runs from the over.

Hardik with his third over. Broadcast showing the onset of dew. GT need to really push in the last six overs. 

Sudharsan gets a single off the first ball. Four!!! Slightly wide, Sudharsan guides it behind backward point and it runs away to the fence. Short ball, pulled with control to deep fine for a double. Ten runs from the over. 

Coetzee returns. Chance for a runout at the non-strikers. Miller dives full length and thankfully for him the ball misses the stumps. Four!! Coetzee goes short, Sudharsan pulls it between deep mid and square leg for a boundary. Eight of the over. 

Bumrah back for an over. Mixes it up with yorkers and short balls to restrict the batters to just two runs in the over. 

Coetzee into the attack. Short to Sudharsan, pulls it to deep mid for a single, extra pace foxes Sudharsan there. Coetzee with an appeal for LBW, turned down by the umpire. A leg bye taken. WICKET!! Omarzai looks to loft one over deep midwicket, finds Tilak. 

Azmatullah c Tilak Varma b Gerald Coetzee 17(11)

Chawla with his third. Six!! Full on the stumps, Sudharsan sweeps it behind square for six. Six!! Omarzai now attempts a lofted shot down the ground, doesn’t get the perfect timing but gets just enough to beat long on. 

Naman Dhir into the attack. Four!! Slightly short and wide, Sudharsan hangs back and lofts it over cover for a boundary. Four!! Lofted over the leg side, falls in between deep square and deep midwicket and foxes Tim David to run away for a boundary. 13 off the over.

Mulani with his third. A tight over from the southpaw, just three runs conceded. 

Down the legside from Piyush, Kishan couldn’t get to it and it runs behind for five wides. A couple of singles exchanged to deep cover. WICKET!! Gill looks to loft one straight down, only manages to find long on. Chawla removes the captain.

Shubman Gill c Rohit b Chawla 31(22)

Omarzai in at 4. Two singles to finish off the over. 

Mulani continues. Gill punches off the backfoot to long off for a single. Off radar, bowls it down leg and Gill flicks it fine for a double. Some excellent running between the wickets brings another double to cover. Another couple to finish the over.

So it is spin from both ends. Piyush Chawla joins Mulani in the attack. A good over to start with for Chawla. He gave just two singles from the first five deliveries before Hardik misfielded to let Gill and Sudharsan run two on the last delivery. TIME OUT!

Shams Mulani comes into the attack. FOUR! Gill rocks back and cuts the short ball through cover. SIX! Gill slogsweeps it over deep mid-wicket to end the over with the maximum. 12 runs from this over. 

Jasprit Bumrah comes into the attack. Three dots to start the over. Bumrah to Saha, FOUR! Saha lofts it over mid-off to get a first boundary off Bumrah. Bumrah to Saha, OUT! Clean Bowled! A classic Bumrah yorker which shapes in for the right-hander and Saha could not do much besides see the stump getting uprooted. Sai Sudharsan comes in at no. three. Four from the over. 

Wriddhiman Saha b Bumrah 19 (15b 4x4 0x6)

Hardik Pandya continues. Hardik to Saha, FOUR! Lovey drive over point for a boundary. FOUR! This time caresses the half-tracker ball over extra cover for back-to-back boundaries. 

Luke Wood from the other end. The lanky left-arm pacer looks impressive. Two singles and a leg bye in the first five deliveries before Gill punches the short ball through mid-off for a FOUR!

Hardik Pandya to Wriddhiman Saha, FOUR! Length ball on off, gets slight movement and Saha places himself well to cut it through point. A single on the next delivery. Hardik to Gill, FOUR! Full and onto the leg side and Gill flicks it with authority. 11 off the first over. 

Hardik Pandya starts the proceedings with the new ball. Wriddhiman Saha and Shubman Gill to open for Gujarat Titans. 

Wood, a left-arm pacer, has played five T20Is and has eight wickets to his name in the format at the international level. In T20s, the 28-year-old pacer has 147 wickets from 140 matches at an economy rate of 8.45.

The Englishman has joined the five-time IPL champion for Rs. 50 Lakh.

Matches played: 10

Gujarat Titans won: 6

Gujarat Titans lost: 4

Last result: Chennai Super Kings beat Gujarat Titans by 5 wickets (2023)

Gujarat Titans highest score: 233/2 (20) vs MI (2023)

Gujarat Titans lowest score: 125/6 (20) vs DC (2023)

Matches played: 4

Gujarat Titans won: 2

Mumbai Indians won: 2

Tied: 0

Last result: Gujarat Titans beat Mumbai Indians by 62 runs (Ahmedabad; 2023)

GT - Wriddhiman Saha, Shubman Gill, Sai Sudharsan, Vijay Shankar, David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Azmatullah Omarzai, Rashid Khan, Umesh Yadav, Sai Kishore, Spencer Johnson

MI - Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan (WK), Naman Dhir, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya (C), Tim David, Shams Mulani, Gerald Coetzee, Piyush Chawla, Jasprit Bumrah, Luke Wood

Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to bowl first. 

Gujarat Titans

Bat 1st - Shubman Gill (C), Wriddhiman Saha (WK), Sai Sudharsan, Azmatullah Omarzai, Vijay Shankar, David Miller, Shahrukh Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Umesh Yadav, Spencer Johnson

Bowl 1st - Shubman Gill (C), Wriddhiman Saha (WK), Azmatullah Omarzai, Vijay Shankar, David Miller, Shahrukh Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Umesh Yadav, Spencer Johnson, Mohit Sharma/ R Sai Kishore

Mumbai Indians

Bat 1st - Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan (WK), Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya (C), Nehal Wadhera, Tim David, Vishnu Vinod, Romario Shepherd, Gerald Coetzee, Jasprit Bumrah, Nuwan Thushara

Bowl 1st - Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan (WK), Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya (C), Nehal Wadhera, Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Gerald Coetzee, Piyush Chawla, Jasprit Bumrah, Nuwan Thushara

Wicketkeeper - Ishan Kishan

Batters - Shubman Gill, Tilak Varma, Rohit Sharma, Sai Sudharsan

All-rounders - Rashid Khan, Hardik Pandya, Vijay Shankar

Bowlers - Jasprit Bumrah, Nuwan Thushara, Spencer Johnson

Gujarat Titans:

Shubman Gill (c), David Miller, Wriddhiman Saha, Sai Sudharsan, Shahrukh Khan, Matthew Wade, Kane Williamson, Azmatullah Omarzai, Abhinav Manohar, Rashid Khan, Vijay Shankar, Rahul Tewatia, Spencer Johnson, Kartik Tyagi, Joshua Little, Darshan Nalkande, Noor Ahmad, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Mohit Sharma, Jayant Yadav, Umesh Yadav, Sushant Mishra, Sandeep Warrier, Sharath BR

Mumbai Indians:

Rohit Sharma, Tim David, Ishan Kishan, Vishnu Vinod, Nehal Wadhera, Suryakumar Yadav, Dewald Brevis, Piyush Chawla, Shreyas Gopal, Anshul Kamboj, Mohammad Nabi, Shams Mulani, Hardik Pandya (c), Romario Shepherd, Tilak Varma, Jasprit Bumrah, Gerald Coetzee, Kumar Kartikeya, Akash Madhwal, Arjun Tendulkar, Nuwan Thushara, Naman Dhir, Shivalik Sharma, Luke Wood, Kwena Maphaka

When Gujarat Titans (GT) punted on Hardik Pandya to lead the side in its inaugural season in 2022, there were many raised eyebrows. But he proved all naysayers wrong by winning the title and was soon deemed good enough to helm the national team.

On Sunday, when GT takes on Mumbai Indians (MI) in its IPL 2024 season-opener at the Narendra Modi Stadium here, it will hope that a second such bet, this time on Shubman Gill, proves as successful.

The 24-year-old Gill’s biggest test will be to cover for the absences of Hardik and Mohammed Shami. Afghan Azmatullah Omarzai is expected to do Hardik’s job, but for that, GT has to find a creative solution to fill its overseas slots.

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