GT vs MI Qualifier 2: Gujarat Titans thrashed Mumbai Indians within the Qualifier 2 of the IPL 2023 because the defending champions walked shut to their title defence. Hardik Pandya‘s aspect registered a thumping 62-run victory over Rohit Sharma‘s Mumbai Indians on the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. With this win, GT cruised into the finals of the Indian cash-rich league for the second consecutive time and achieved a historic feat.
The Titans have become the primary team ever to qualify for IPL finals on two successive events of their first two seasons. They had been the finalists of their first season in 2022 and gained the title after beating Rajasthan Royals. GT have now reached the ultimate in 2023 too. Even five-time winners Mumbai Indians and four-time champions Chennai Super Kings haven’t been ready to attain this consistency of their opening two seasons in 2008 and 2009.
Meanwhile, this was not the one document that Gujarat achieved on their comeback evening in Ahmedabad. They turned the third team after MI and CSK to attain consecutive finals in IPL. Notably, MI and CSK have reached successive finals however not of their opening two seasons.
GT now additionally maintain the document for the very best rating made in an IPL playoff match. The defending champions scored 233/3 of their 20 overs as they surpassed the earlier better of 226/6 by Kings XI Punjab in a qualifier match in 2014.
Talking concerning the match, GT slammed a document 233 runs on the board. Shubman Gill hammered MI bowlers and produced a jaw-dropping knock as he made 129 off 60 balls. In reply, MI had been jolted with damage blows to Ishan Kishan and Cameron Green and likewise misplaced wickets at common intervals. Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, and Cameron Green tried reviving MI’s chase however with the asking fee surging massive, the batters misplaced their wickets. Suryakumar Yadav was the very best scorer for MI with 61 runs from 38 balls. GT bowled MI out for 171 in 18.2 overs to set a last conflict with Chennai.
GT’s Playing XI:
Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Shubman Gill, Sai Sudharsan, Vijay Shankar, Hardik Pandya (c), David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Mohit Sharma, Noor Ahmad, Mohammed Shami
MI’s Playing XI:
Ishan Kishan (wk), Rohit Sharma (c), Cameron Green, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Tim David, Chris Jordan, Piyush Chawla, Jason Behrendorff, Kumar Kartikeya, Akash Madhwal
