Gujarat Titans recorded an exciting six-run win against Mumbai Indians of their opening IPL 2024 sport at Ahmedabad’s Narendra Modi Stadium on Sunday. A late comeback from Gujarat tempo bowlers helped the 2022 winner defend 162 runs against their former captain Hardik Pandya.
Mumbai’s winless streak within the first match of the IPL season now extends to 12 video games. Hardik received the essential toss and elected to bowl first however failed to impress with a bat and ball on his infamous return to Ahmedabad.Â
Jasprit Bumrah, who missed the 2023 version due to damage, loved a profitable return to IPL. The star pacer took three wickets whereas conceding simply 14 runs to full 150 profession wickets for Mumbai Indians.
Suryakumar Yadav failed to recuperate for the opening sport as Mumbai handed IPL debuts to Naman Dhir, Shams Mulani, Luke Wood and Gerald Coetzee. Gujarat Titans surprisingly disregarded returning Kane Williamson however handed first caps to new signings Umesh Yadav, Spencer Johnson and Azmatullah Omarzai.
Gujarat’s runs got here from final season’s rising hero Sai Sudharsan who performed a smart knock of 45 off 39 balls. Gill began properly by scoring fast 31 runs however was not ready to convert it into an enormous knock.Â
Mumbai Indians struggled for a begin whereas chasing a manageable complete with opener Ishan Kishan going out on a duck off Omarzai within the very first over, Dhir made his debut and got here to bat on the no.3 position and smashed 20 off simply 10 balls to preserve the sport alive.
Rohit Sharma and influence sub Dewald Brevis then added 77 runs for the third wicket to preserve Mumbai on monitor for a straightforward chase. Mumbai appeared favourites going into the demise overs however Mohit Sharma turned the sport within the 18th over with Tim David’s wicket after which Spencer Johnson took two wickets within the following over.
Umesh Yadav conceded a six and 4 from Hardik Pandya on the primary two balls of the final over when Mumbai wanted 19 runs to win the sport. But the veteran pacer dismissed Hardik and Chawla on back-to-back deliveries after which conceded solely two runs off the final two balls.
Gujarat Titans Playing XI: Shubman Gill (c), Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Sai Sudharsan (substituted by Mohit Sharma), Vijay Shankar, David Miller, Azmatullah Omarzai, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Umesh Yadav, Sai Kishore, Spencer Johnson.
Mumbai Indians Playing XI: Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan (wk), Tilak Varma, Naman Dhir, Hardik Pandya (c), Tim David, Shams Mulani, Piyush Chawla, Gerald Coetzee, Jasprit Bumrah, Luke Wood (substituted by Dewald Brevis).
