2024-03-24 17:48:45
AHMEDABAD ∙ In the 17th season of IPL, Gujarat Titans with a new captain started to win. In the first match of the season, the Titans won by 7 runs once morest the Mumbai Indians. Mumbai’s innings ended on 162, chasing a target of 169 runs. Mumbai’s top scorer is Dewald Brevis who came out as an impact player and scored 46 runs. In the last overs, Mumbai suffered a defeat as wickets were lost continuously and no runs were found.
In reply, Mumbai lost opener Ishan Kishan (0) before opening their account. Wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha was caught by Azmatullah Omarzai and the player was dismissed. With the score at 30, Azmatullah struck the second blow by trapping Naman Dhir in front of the wicket. But then Rohit Sharma raised the score with Dewald Brevis who came to the field as an impact player.
Rohit returned in the 13th over with the team score at 107. Sai Kishore trapped the player who scored 43 runs in 29 balls with 1 six and 7 fours in front of the wicket. Dewald Brewis (46 off 38 balls), who played steady, was sent back by Mohit Sharma in the 16th over. Mohit Kudaram brought the star who was rushing towards his half-century with a return catch.
Tim David, who scored 11 runs off 10 balls, was caught by Mohit David Miller. In the 19th over, Spencer Johnson dealt Mumbai a double blow by returning Tilak Verma (25 off 19 balls) and Gerald Coetzee (1). Mumbai’s hopes were dashed when captain Hardik Pandya (11 off 4 balls) returned on the third ball of the last over.
∙ Bumrah shines for Mumbai
For Mumbai who won the toss and chose to bowl, Bumrah gave away only 14 runs in 4 overs and returned 3 top batsmen. Sai Sudarshan scored 45 runs off 39 balls and was the top scorer for Gujarat. Titans scored 168 runs at the loss of 6 wickets in the allotted 20 overs.
After losing the toss, Gujarat lost their first wicket with the score standing at 31. Bumrah clean bowled Wriddhiman Saha who scored 19 runs. Captain Shubman Gill (31) was bowled by Piyush Chawla to Rohit Sharma. Afghan star Azmatullah Omarzai returned with 17 runs. Bumrah took the senior David Miller (12) to Hardik Pandya.
Sai Sudarshan, who played steady, got out in the 17th over bowled by Bumrah. Rahul Tewathia (22 off 15 balls), who raised the score in the last overs, was taken by Gerald Kotsee to Naman Dhir. Vijay Shankar (6*) and Rashid Khan (4*) remained unbeaten. Piyush Chawla picked up two wickets for Kotsi and one wicket for Mumbai.
∙ Playing XI
Mumbai Indians – Ishan Kishan, Rohit Sharma, Naman Thir, Tilak Verma, Hardik Pandya (captain), Tim David, Shams Mulani, Gerald Coetzee, Piyush Chawla, Jasprit Bumrah, Luke Wood.
Gujarat Titans – Wriddhiman Saha, Shubman Gill (Captain), Sai Sudarshan, Vijay Shankar, David Miller, Rahul Tewathia, Asmatullah Omarzai, Rashid Khan, Umesh Yadav, Sai Kishore, Spencer Johnson.
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