Gujarat Titans’ Mohit Sharma celebrates the wicket of Mumbai Indians batter Suryakumar Yadav in the course of the IPL 2023 cricket playoff match between Gujarat Titans and Mumbai Indians on the Narendra Modi Stadium, in Ahmedabad, Friday, May 26, 2023.
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Mohit Sharma says the technique to not experiment a lot against a belligerent Suryakumar Yadav labored because the veteran seamer produced a game-changing second to assist Gujarat Titans knock out Mumbai Indians and enter their second successive IPL remaining.
Having resurrected his profession with GT, the 34-year-old, who was sidelined after a again damage, continued his dream comeback run as he grabbed a match-winning 5/10 from 2.2 overs to demolish the document five-time champions in IPL Qualifier 2 right here on May 26.
“I was lucky to have taken a quick five-for. Ball was skidding well even in the chase, looked like game will slip when SKY and Tilak got going,” Mohit mentioned on the presentation ceremony.
After Tilak Varma (43; 14 balls) and Cameron Green (30; 20 balls) gave MI a flying begin, Suryakumar went all weapons blazing in a 38-ball 61 as they appeared on track of their stiff 234-run chase.
However, Suryakumar’s dismissal triggered a collapse and from 155/4 in 14.2 overs, MI folded for 171 in 18.2 overs.
The 2014 Purple Cap winner with Chennai Super Kings revealed it was about sticking to the fundamentals when Suryakumar was on a roll.
Suryakumar simply hit a six and he was attempting to observe it up with one other as Mohit got here up with a full-length ball that outfoxed the batter.
Suryakumar missed the ball utterly on the leg facet and it crashed onto his leg-stump after taking a deflection off his pads.
“I thought I wouldn’t experiment when SKY’s batting as that’s what we studied ahead of the game. We were okay being hit for six sixes off length balls as that’s more difficult,” mentioned the seamer, who has performed 26 ODIs and eight T20Is, together with two World Cups.
It has been a dream journey for Mohit who had to restart his profession at GT after being out of IPL contract for 2 seasons in 2021 and 2022.
Having missed the primary three matches this season, Mohit has jumped to third spot within the main wicket takers’ tally with 24 dismissals from 13 matches, at an astonishing common of 13.54.
“Match wasn’t over after SKY was out but there was relief and we were at comfort. The game wasn’t over till the last ball, we’ve learned in the past that it’s not over till then,” added Mohit, who final performed for India eight years in the past.
