Gujarat Titans’ Shubman Gill raises his bat after scoring a century through the Qualifier match towards Mumbai Indians within the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023, at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Friday.
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Gujarat Titans have certified for the 2023 IPL remaining after beating the Mumbai Indians in Qualifier 2 by 62 runs on the Narendra Modi Stadium in Gujarat.
The Titans put in a surprising efficiency with the bat, scoring 233 runs within the first innings. Shubman Gill had a spectacular 129-run knock (60 balls, seven boundaries, 10 sixes) that opened the floodgates for GT.
Mumbai tried laborious with a number of batters getting a great begin however was ultimately bowled out with 10 deliveries remaining, scoring 171 runs. Suryakumar Yadav top-scored with 61 runs (38 balls, seven boundaries two maximums).
A rematch towards the Chennai Super Kings beckons, as CSK beat Gujarat in Qualifier 1 on Tuesday to solidify their spot within the finals.
Shubman Gill set the bottom ablaze along with his electrical 129-run efficiency within the first inning that helped the Titans put up a formidable whole.
On the Jio Cinema post-match preview, former cricket participant and skilled Suresh Raina heaped excessive reward on the younger opener, “The calmness we saw. In such a big match, body language is very important. The sixes he hit later in the match, ones we call pick-up shots. He hit one off Kartikeya, and after that, he realised that he can come into the line and just hit pick-up shots. I loved his body language, his self-confidence, self-belief, and he’s gotten a habit of playing in big matches. Just look at Virat Kohli, as we saw last year with Jos Buttler. But the performance we saw tonight, whenever we have big games, he will perform as Virat, Rohit, and M.S. Dhoni have.”
The Titans are on the verge of retaining their crown as TATA IPL Champions after their win final season of their debut as a franchise.
IPL skilled Anil Kumble lauded the continuity of the Gujarat aspect from final season to this, “This season, they have just continued from where they left off last year. In that sense, credit to Hardik, credit to Ashish, and the rest of the players as well. The players have done really well. The addition of Josh Little, the addition of Noor Ahmed, I think these two have really helped them and the impact player rule as well, with the addition of Sai Sudarshan and Vijay Shankar coming in and doing their respective roles. Mohit Sharma was brilliant in the back-end, he’ll take the five-wicket haul, but Suryakumar Yadav’s wicket was the critical one”, as per Jio Cenima.
Mohit Sharma’s bowling has enabled nice success for Gujarat all season and he stepped up huge immediately, ending the sport with 5/10 figures in simply 2.2 overs.
JioCinema IPL skilled Parthiv Patel referred to as Sharma among the best comeback tales of the season, “He bowled really well. We were discussing whether 233 runs can be chased on this wicket. The man didn’t even complete his four-over spell but took five wickets. This is a massive day for Mohit Sharma because of the way he was selected this year, last year he was a net bowler with this very team, so getting picked after that is a big deal. We have seen many comeback stories this year and Mohit Sharma’s name should be there as well.”
