Gujarat Titans defeated Mumbai Indians by 36 runs in the 9th match of the Indian Premier League-2018. This is Gujarat's first victory this season, when Mumbai face a second consecutive defeat.
Mumbai won the toss at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Saturday and chose to bowl. Gujarat scored 196 for 8 in 20 overs. In reply, the Mumbai team scored only 160 for 6 in 20 overs. The Mumbai batsmen could not score a big score on a black clay pitch. At the same time, the bowlers of Gujarat used the slower ball. The match was also a winning factor as there was no mist in the Mumbai innings.
Sai Sudarshan played 63 off 41 balls from GT. He hit 4 fours and two sixes. In addition, Jose Butler scored 39 and Shubhman Gill 38. Krishna, famous for bowling, took 2 wickets for 18 runs. Suryakumar Yadav scored the highest 48 runs for Mi and Tilak Verma scored 39. Mohammad Siraj and the famous Krishna got 2-2 wickets.
Match analysis in 5 points …
1. The Match of Player
The famous Krishna was the player of the match. He bowled accurately in the middle overs. Give the team a wicket at an important time. Tilak Verma was first caught by Rahul Tevatia. Then Suryakumar Yadav was caught by Gill's hand and the hopes of Mumbai return.
2. The hero of victory
Sai Sudarshan: Gujarat team got a strong start. He made an opening partnership of 78 off 51 balls with captain Shubhman Gill. Not only that, Fifty partnership with Butler after Gill's dismissal.
Mohammed Siraj: In the first over, Rohit Sharma was out and putting Mumbai under pressure. Ryan Recalton was also dismissed inside the powerplay. Due to this, Mumbai went backfoot from the beginning.
3. Fighter of the Match
Suryakumar Yadav was a fighter of the match. He came to the crease after Ryan Recalton was dismissed for 35 runs. He shared 62 for the third wicket with Tilak Verma. But, Tilak Verma was out. In this case, Suryakumar added 11 runs with Robin Minz and 12 runs with Hardik Pandya. Surya scored 48 off 28 balls with 4 sixes. But the team could not win.
4. The Turning Point
Mohammad Siraj's bowling match proved to be the turning point in the powerplay. Mumbai was chasing a 197 -run torgate. In this case, Siraj sent Rohit Sharma and Ryan Rickelton a pavilion inside the powerplay. In this case, Mumbai was able to score only 48 runs in the powerplay.
5. Who said?
Player of the Match Famous Krishna-
I don't have words right now. I was really eager to bowl. We were sitting and seeing how the first innings was. So we understood that it would be better to sip the cutter in the wicket.
Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya-
Gujarat captain Shubhman Gill-
It was only after the first match that the second match would be played on black soil. When batting on dark soil, once the ball is old, it is difficult to cross the boundary, so we took full advantage of the powerplay.
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Mumbai Indians lost the second consecutive match; Sai Sudarshan's Fifty
Gujarat Titans have won their first win in the current IPL season. The team beat Mumbai Indians by 36 runs. This is the first victory of Gujarat, while Mumbai is facing the second consecutive defeat. Moreover, Gujarat has beaten Mumbai in the fourth consecutive match in Ahmedabad.
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