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MUMBAI INDIANS BEAT GUJARAT TITANS BY FIVE RUNS
What a stunning final over from Daniel Sams. With nine runs needed off the final over, he conceded just three runs and pulled off an incredible five-run win for Mumbai Indians over Gujarat Titans. An unlikely win considering the teams' positions on the points table and the fact that Gujarat Titans was well on its way to a breezy win after a 106-run opening stand between Shubman Gill and Wriddhiman Saha in pursuit of 177 for eight. Both openers, however, fell in the same over after notching up their respective half-centuries. Hardik Pandya and Sai Sudharsan also fell in quick succession but with the likes of David Miller, Rahul Tewatia and Rashid Khan to come, a Titans win seemed always likely.
Earlier, Tim David resurrected Mumbai Indians' innings with an unbeaten 21-ball 44 to ensured the team ended with a respectable 177 for six. Openers Rohit Sharma and Ishan Kishan powered Mumbai to its best PowerPlay score this season and stitched a 74-run stand in just 7.3 overs. However, the lack of meaningful contributions by the middle-order threatened to undo the good work done by the opening pair as Mumbai lost three wickets for 20 runs.
GUJARAT TITANS 172/5 IN 20 OVERS
GT 172/5 in 20 overs: Sams with the ball. Miller cuts this to deep point for a single. Eight runs to win from five balls. Full, outside off and away from Tewatia's hitting arc and inside the tram-line. 8 to win from 4 balls. OUT! Slower one, into the pitch and Tewatia doesn't connect the pull and just clears the infield. He comes back for the second and is short of his crease. Rahul Tewatia run out (Tilak Varma/Ishan Kishan) 3(4b). Rashid gets a top edge on the pull and Sams just fails to reach the ball. Just one run. 6 to win from 2 balls. Slower one outside off and Miller misses it. 6 to win off the last ball. Slower full-toss outside off and Miller fails to connect again! Sams saves the day for Mumbai Indians and the bottom-placed team has pulled off a huge upset for table-topper Gujarat Titans. Mumbai Indians win by five runs.
GT 169/4 in 19 overs: Low full toss on middle and leg and Miller drives past the bowler and to long-on for a couple of runs. 18 runs to win from 11 balls. Beaten! On a length on middle stump from Bumrah and the cutter leaves Miller cluless. Miller tucks this length ball for a single at mid-wicket. Tewatia hangs back and steers behind point for one more. 16 runs to win from eight balls. SIX! Another good length ball but Miller was probably waiting for this and he pulled it over mid-wicket for a crisp maximum. Full outside off and driven to deep cover for a single.
GT 158/4 in 18 overs: FOUR! Short, drifting on leg stump and Hardik pulls in front of square and to the boundary cushion. 25 runs needed from 17 balls. Meredith gives a good riposte with a good yorker on leg-stump which Hardik digs out for one. Full on Miller's pads and he clips it behind square leg for a couple more. Slower one angling across outside off and Miller hares for one after getting a bottom edge but a direct-hit at the striker's end finds Hardik just short of his crease and the skipper is gone. OUT! Hardik Pandya run out (Ishan Kishan) 24(14b 4x4). Tewatia is in and starts with a back foot drive for a single. Short and wide and Miller cuts to deep cover for one more.
GT 149/3 in 17 overs: FOUR! Full outside off from Bumrah and Hardik slaps it down the ground for four runs. One more for Hardik at long-on. FOUR! Bumrah angles it into Miller from around the stumps. Miller gets an inside edge on the drive and it runs away behind for four more. All Bumrah can do is offer a wry smile. Two singles to end the over.
GT 138/3 in 16 overs: SIX! Sudharsan steps out to Pollard and smashes this length ball outside off over long-on. Another length ball angling across outside off but this time he gets a bottom edge trying to pull it. Fuller this time around off-stump and Sudharsan gets down on one knee to sweep it for one at mid-wicket. OUT! Hit-wicket! Sudharsan is taken off the balance trying to pull a slower bouncer from Pollard and his bat disturbs the stumps in the follow-through. Sai Sudharsan hit wicket b Kieron Pollard 14(11b 1x4 1x6).
GT 130/2 in 15 overs: Two singles to start Kartikeya's second over. FOUR! Turning into Hardik from a length and he punches it to the mid-wicket boundary for four runs. A couple to end the over as Hardik drives to cover.
GT 121/2 in 14 overs: Meredith goes full on the legs and Hardik misses the flick and just one leg-bye. FOUR! Driven down the ground by Sai Sudharsan for a boundary. FOUR! Short of a length outside off and Hardik gets on top of the bounce and creams this through the covers for a boundary.
GT 111/2 in 13 overs: OUT! Gill launches M Ashwin straight to long-on. Shubman Gill c Kieron Pollard b Murugan Ashwin 52(36b 6x4 2x6). Hardik starts off with a single at mid-wicket. Saha cuts this to deep point for one more. Single for Hardik at long-on. Saha pulls behind square for a couple. OUT! Saha sweeps and finds the man at deep square leg. Both set openers gone in the same over.
GT 106/0 in 12 overs: Pollard now comes into the attack. Two singles to start with and Gill also brings up his fifty also off 33 balls. Four singles off the first four balls. Saha makes it five with shimmy and a flick through mid-wicket. Six singles to end the over. The batters are content to pat Pollard's gentle pace around.
GT 100/0 in 11 overs: Full and middle and leg from Meredith and Saha works it off his pads for a single. One more for Gill as he drops it just wide of the bowler's right. Saha guides to point off the back foot for the third single of the over. Driven pats this length ball outside off between cover and point for one more. Saha pushes to mid-off for a single and Saha gets to his fifty off 34 balls. 100-run opening stand is also up in 11 overs.
GT 95/0 in 10 overs: FOUR! Room outside off as the legbreak spins wide outside off and Gill punches it through the covers for a boundary. Fuller on middle and flicked away for a single. Saha sweeps from outside off to square leg for one more. Gill drives to extra cover and a good save keeps it to a dot ball.
GT 88/0 in 9 overs: FOUR! Four in a row for GT as Saha drives this short one from Kartikeya through the covers. Driven to long-on for a single. SIX! Gill steps out and tonks this down the ground for six more runs. FOUR! The runs are coming thick and fast. Gill sweeps this to the deep square leg boundary.
GT 73/0 in 8 overs: Short one from Sams, going across to Gill, who pulls this over mid-wicket and short of a forward-diving fielder in the deep for a single. FOUR! Short of a length outside off and Gill cuts this off the back foot through the covers for a boundary. FOUR! Full around the legs and Gill flicks it to the mid-wicket area and a horrible misfield by Ramandeep and Kartikeya lets through a boundary. FOUR! Short and wide again and Gill cuts again with precision through the covers. Three fours in a row to end the over.
GT 59/0 in 7 overs: Left-arm spinner Kartikeya Singh into the attack. Turns it into Gill from a length on middle and Gill defends it back. The batters nudge him around for three singles. Gill keeps strike with a punch to long-off for another single.
GT 54/0 in 6 overs: SIX! Gill cuts loose now. Tossed up on middle by Ashwin and Gill slog sweeps this over mid-wicket. FOUR! Full and this is driven beautifully through the covers for another boundary. He shimmies down the track and flicks it on leg for a single next ball. Two more singles to end the over.
GT 41/0 in 5 overs: Bumrah returns. Saha tucks a short one to fine-leg for a single. Bumrah keeps Gill on a leash with two good length deliveries on a tight off-stump line. Gill finally gets a leading edge that flies past point for a single. SIX! Swivel and pull and Saha clears the fine-leg boundary. FOUR! LBW appeal for LBW, not given and Rohit reviews it. But there was a thick inside edge on the yorker that ran away to the fine-leg boundary.
GT 29/0 in 4 overs: Fourth different bowler in four overs. t's Meredith. Wide ball down leg-side to begin with. Meredith keeps it on a length the next two balls are dots. FOUR! Thick outside edge as Saha looks closes the face of the bat early trying to go big on leg-side and it goes to the third-man fence. FOUR! Full and Saha deposits this to the mid-wicket boundary. He keeps strike with a single.
GT 19/0 in 3 overs: Murugan Ashwin introduces spin early on in the innings. Tosses it up to the batters - revving in the odd googly - then drags his length back and gets Gill's bottom edge on the pull. Just two singles and a couple from the over.
GT 15/0 in 2 overs: FOUR! Wide outside off first ball from Bumrah and Saha reaches out for it and steers it in front of point for a boundary. Fuller, again outside off but this swings away a touch to beat Saha's outside edge. Beats the outside edge again, closer to off stump. SIX! Sprayed on the pads and Saha whips it away with strong wrists over mid-wicket. FOUR! Another full one outside off and Saha has flayed this over the bowler and to the straight boundary.
GT 1/0 in 1 over: Sam to Saha to begin the run-chase. Full on the pads and Saha misses as it curls in on middle. Saha is off the mark with a single after four dot balls on the trot. Full to Gill and he drives along the ground and straight to mid-on. Just the single from the first over.
MUMBAI INDIANS 177/6 IN 20 OVERS
MI 177/6 in 20 overs: Two dot balls to start the final over. David strikes the ball in the deep but doesn't run to keep the strike. SIX! Full outside off and punished by David over deep extra cover with a maximum. Slower one outside off and David gets a bottom edge and another dot ball. This one is wide outside off and Shami will need to reload that one. Swing and amiss outside off. SIX! Full and smashed over deep mid-wicket for last-ball six.
MI 164/6 in 19 overs: Slower one outside off, Tilak gets an edge trying ot heave but it falls short of Saha. FOUR! Tilak shimmies outside leg-stump and drives this full on the toes to the long-on boundary. OUT! Tilak hammers this full-toss to mid-off but a direct-hit at the non-striker's end finds him short and he walks. It's also a no-ball for an above-the-waist full toss. SIX! Full from Ferguson outside off and David launches it over long-on for half a dozen. Single next ball. OUT! Sams survives an LBW appeal but is caught at deep mid-wicket next ball. It was full and he went for the big-hit but didn't get the distance.
MI 152/4 in 18 overs: Joseph starts off with a slower one outside off and David is beaten. SIX! Full outside off and David lofts this over the bowler's head with grace and ease. Change of pace again - slower one outside off - and David drives it to mid-on for a single. Short on leg and Tilak doesn't connect the pull well and just a single at fine-leg. Pace off again to David and he pats this from outside off to the right of the bowler for another single. Tilak makes room on the off, Joseph follows him and Tilak dabs to short third for one more.
MI 142/4 in 17 overs: Rashid bowls out. Spinning into Tilak, who goes back in his crease and pulls to deep mid-wicket for a single. David collects another single next ball. Flicked through mid-wicket by Tilak for a couple. Good save on the boundary by Sangwan. Shorter on leg stump and Tilak swivels and pulls to fine-leg for one more. A single and a couple more to end the over. Rashid once again leaves his mark with the ball, with figures of 4-0-24-2.
MI 134/4 in 16 overs: Beaten! Length from Shami, outside off and David misses trying to carve it on the off-side. FOUR! Full around off and firmly driven down the ground for four runs. FOUR! Short one on leg-stump and pulled away behind square leg to the fence. A couple more through the offs-side with a drive through the covers. Full and straight and driven down past the bowler for another brace. Two more to end the over.
MI 120/4 in 15 overs: Rashid returns with the ball and beats Pollard's outside edge with a sharp legbreak. Follows it up with a couple of googlies and keeps it on a length. Four dots and OUT! This one turned in, beat Pollard's drive and crashed into the stumps. Kieron Pollard b Rashid Khan 4(14b). David starts off with a single and keeps strike.
MI 119/3 in 14 overs: Ferguson starts off with a full one on the pads and Pollard flicks it to deep mid-wicket for a single. Length ball, coming into him and Pollard is beaten again trying to turn this on the leg-side. Three dot balls to Pollard, who is unable to get the short and length balls away. Finally thumps a full-toss to mid-off for a single and keeps strike.
MI 116/3 in 13 overs: Sangwan continues. Sangwan keeping things tight with a back of a length ploy. Has Pollard in trouble with one that jags in from a length on off stump and gets him high on the thigh pad. Pollard finally steps out to get to the pitch of the ball but this goes outside leg-stump for a wide. Tilak is beaten outside off trying to guide this length ball outside off to third-man. The lack of pace probably undoing him.
MI 111/3 in 12 overs: FOUR! Stand and delivery stuff from Kishan. Length ball outside off from Joseph, angling across, and Kishan punches through the covers from the crease. Two dot balls follow. Length ball on leg-stump and whipped to deep square leg for a single. Mis-hit from Tilak and he gets a single at mid-wicket, however. It was a short one outside leg and Tilak swivelled and miscued the pull. OUT! Slower one from Joseph and Kishan hands an easy one to the mid-wicket fielder. Ishan Kishan c Rashid Khan b Alzarri Joseph 45(29b 5x4 1x6).
MI 105/2 in 11 overs: Angling across to Suryakumar, wide outside off and dragged to mid-on for a single. One more for Kishan next ball. OUT! It goes off Suryakumar's toe end of the bat, shoots up and Rashid settles under the skier at mid-wicket. Suryakumar Yadav c Rashid Khan b Pradeep Sangwan 13(11b 0x4 1x6). Tilak is off the mark with a single straightaway. FOUR! Sangwan misses his length outside off and Tilak drives down the ground, through a vacant mid-off and to the boundary. Full again in the same area but the mid-off fielder cuts if off this time.
MI 97/1 in 10 overs: Ferguson starts off with a yorker on middle and Kishan drives it to mid-off and hares for one. A direct-hit at the non-striker's end and he would be in trouble. SIX! Suryakumar shuffles across and whips this over the fine-leg boundary. Beaten! Slower full-toss outside off and Suryakumar misses trying to run it down third. A couple more for Suryakumar at square leg. Full outside off and Suryakumar slashes hard and fetches a single at deep point.
MI 87/1 in 9 overs: Two singles to start Tewatia's over. SIX! Kishan steps out and gets to the pitch of the ball before muscling it over mid-wicket. Punched to long-on next ball. Tewatia tosses it up and three singles to end the over.
MI 76/1 in 8 overs: Rashid is back. Fuller outside off. Rohit presses forward and drives straight to extra cover. Turning in this time on Rohit defends off the backfoot. Loud appeal for LBW turned down and Rashid reviews immediately. Rohit missed the reverse-sweep as he expected this one to turn in also. Three reds on the screen and the skipper goes. Rohit Sharma lbw b Rashid Khan 43(28b 5x4 2x6). Suryakumar is greeted with a sharp googly and he runs it down to short third for a dot ball. Driven down the ground for a single to get off the mark. Single for Kishan to end the over.
MI 74/0 in 7 overs: Sangwan into the attack. Kishan punches through covers again for a couple. Driven to mid-on next ball. Rashid with a comical fumble allows two more. FOUR! Lucky inside edge on the drive outside off and it runs away behind the stumps and past the leaping keeper to the boundary behind. Single next ball at square leg. Sangwan comes over the wicket to Rohit and bowls a wide down leg. Full outside off next up and chopped to third-man for a single. Punched straight to mid-off by Kishan to end the over.
MI 63/0 in 6 overs: Ferguson with the ball. Yorker on middle and Rohit digs it out. FOUR! Short of a length outside off and Rohit swats this to the mid-wicket boundary. FOUR! Stand, push and deliver. On a length outside off, Kishan presses forward and picks the gap in the covers and finds the boundary. One leg-bye and dot to end the over. Mumbai at 63 for no loss and this is Mumbai Indians' best PowerPlay score in IPL 2022.
MI 53/0 in 5 overs: Rashid Khan into the attack. Rohit starts off with a single. Kishan flicks this to deep mid-wicket for one. Length ball outside off and Rohit slog-sweeps this and gets it just over square leg for three runs. Kishan misses the pull next ball and it hits him on the thigh pad. Beaten comprehensively as Rashid turns it into Kishan, and it runs away off the inside edge, just missing the stumps. Loose final ball of the delivery. FOUR! Full on the pads but Kishan has trouble sweeping this to the boundary as well and tumbles after doing so.
MI 40/0 in 4 overs: FOUR! Supreme timing from Rohit. Length ball outside off, Rohit hangs back and guides this behind point with serene timing. FOUR! Another length ball in the channel and cut off the backfoot and bisects cover and point. Beaten! Another good length delivery outside off but this beats Rohit, who tries to guide it to third with an open face. Single at point next ball. Kishan gets a thick outside edge on the drive outside off and collects a couple behind point. Kishan thumps this length ball outside off straight to mid-off.
MI 29/0 in 3 overs: Kishan tucks this off his pads for a single. It was angling into his pads on a length. SIX! Length ball outside off and Rohit shuffles a bit across his stumps, kneels and laps this over fine-leg. Full on middle and driven to mid-on for a single. Kishan returns strike with a single to third-man. One more to end the over. Ten runs from this Shami over.
MI 19/0 in 2 overs: FOUR! Full outside off from Joseph first ball and Rohit unleashes a lofted cover-drive and finds the boundary. FOUR! An outside edge this time and it runs away to the third-man boundary. Two dot ball after two consecutive fours. Joseph is still pitching it on the fuller side. This one is a on good length, angles in and Rohit defends. SIX! Just short of a good length and Rohit pulls this in front of square for a maximum.
MI 5/0 in 1 over: Ishan and Rohit are in the middle. Shami will get proceedings underway with the new ball. Shami strays down leg-side and wide called. Short of a length and Kishan hops and pulls behind square for a single. Two slips in place for Rohit. The first one he faces takes a thick outside edge and goes behind point for a single. One more for Kishan in front of point. Shami darts this straight, on a length and Rohit defends it back. Fuller on off stump with a hint of in-swing and solidly defended by Rohit again. Sliding on the pads and tucked away by Rohit to fine-leg for one more.
19:21 IST: A lot of Mumbai Indians' troubles have stemmed from the lack of a stable opening partnership and today the openers will have their task cut out against a potent Gujarat Titans attack - which has the second lowest economy rate in PowerPlay overs of 7.28 and has claimed the most wickets - 21.
MI VS GT PLAYING XI
Gujarat Titans: Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Shubman Gill, Sai Sudharsan, Hardik Pandya (c), David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Pradeep Sangwan, Lockie Ferguson, Alzarri Joseph, Mohammed Shami.
Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma (c), Ishan Kishan (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Tim David, Kieron Pollard, Daniel Sams, Murugan Ashwin, Kumar Kartikeya, Jasprit Bumrah, Riley Meredith.
TOSS: Gujarat Titans wins the toss and elects to bowl. The Hardik Pandy-led side is unchanged. For Mumbai Indians, Murugan Ashwin comes in for Hrithik Shokeen.
IPL 2022 AT BRABOURNE STADIUM (LAST FIVE MATCHES)
Delhi Capitals beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by 21 runs
Gujarat Titans beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by six wickets
Sunrisers Hyderabad beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by nine wickets
Delhi Capitals beat Punjab Kings by nine wickets
Rajasthan Royals beat Kolkata Knight Riders by seven runs
MATCH PREVIEW
In this game of glorious uncertainties, one of the few certainties of the season has been the underwhelming show by Mumbai Indians.
The win against Rajasthan Royals at Navi Mumbai ended what had seemed a never-ending run of losses but may have come too late. It would have helped Rohit Sharma’s men regain some of their self-belief. They will need plenty of that when they take on Gujarat Titans at the Brabourne Stadium here on Friday in the clash between the IPL’s table-topper and the basement-dweller.
Titans, a side that has thus far lived up to its name, is closer to the playoffs than anybody else, having lost just two of its 10 games.
Ironically, it is a former MI star that played the key role in its superb campaign. Hardik Pandya, who had been with the five-time champion since 2015 before being released ahead of the mega auction, has led from the front.
He is the team’s leading run-scorer with 309 runs. Shubman Gill and David Miller, too, are in good nick. If the top-order doesn’t click, there is Rahul Tewatia to whack those sixes.
GT has also been served well by its strong bowling attack featuring Mohammed Shami, Lockie Ferguson and Rashid Khan.
As for MI, it will be hoping that Rohit is among runs again. His return to form would ease the pressure on Suryakumar Yadav and Tilak Varma. The team also needs the bowlers to continue from where they left off at Navi Mumbai.
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