Though the fifth match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 season between Gujarat Titans and Mumbai Indians on Sunday (March 25) began after sundown, there was nonetheless numerous warmth within the stands at the Narendra Modi Stadium as just a few spectators turned violent and hammered one another black and blue.
In a video that’s setting the web alight, a bit of the group assembled to witness the sport might be seen throwing punches at one another. The video surfaced after the conclusion of the sport and does not actually give a cue as to what led to the brawl.
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Meanwhile, the match turned out to be a last-ball thriller and saved the spectators on the sting of their seats. Mumbai Indians’ newly appointed skipper Hardik Pandya bought fortunate at the toss and selected to area first. The determination did not appear to be a foul one after the MI bowling assault restricted the hosts to only 168 in 20 overs.
The five-time IPL champions bought off to a poor begin as they misplaced opener Ishan Kishan for nought and Naman Dhir with simply 30 runs on the board.
With the group in peril, former Mumbai Indians skipper Rohit Sharma (43 off 29 balls) took issues into his personal fingers and scripted a rearguard motion alongside MI’s abroad signing Dewald Brevis (46 off 38 balls).
Together the batting pair aggregated 77 runs for the third wicket earlier than Rohit was pinned in entrance of his stumps by left-arm orthodox bowler R Sai Kishore on the primary ball of the thirteenth over. Rohit’s knock put MI in a commanding place because the right-handed batter accrued his runs at a strike fee of 148.27 with the assistance of seven fours and a six.
However, Rohit and Brevis’ knocks went in useless finally because the GT bowlers got here again from behind to win the sport a lot to the delight of the house crowd.
