Mumbai Indians defeated Gujarat Titans to realize a measure of revenge for his or her 2023 playoffs loss because the Hardik Pandya-led group defeated his former facet by 20 runs. Because of this, Gujarat Titans had been eradicated and Mumbai will now transfer on to Qualifier 2 to face Punjab Kings for a spot within the ultimate vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru.
Sai Sudharsan starred with a well-paced 80 and allrounder Washington Sundar scored an essential 48 however their partnership was damaged by Jasprit Bumrah who accounted for Sundar whereas Richard Gleeson despatched again Sudharsan as GT’s problem was snuffed out.
Earlier, Rohit Sharma rode his luck to make a stroke-filled 81 after Jonny Bairstow made immediate affect on his Mumbai Indians debut, propelling the five-time champions to a frightening 228/5.
On a floor which had much less grass in comparison with the one used on Thursday, Mumbai Indians determined to bat first and the batters ensured the group goes into the break with an upper-hand. Titans dropped three essential catches — two of Rohit (81 off 50 ) and one in every of Suryakumar Yadav (33 off 20) – and produced one other extraordinary effort with the ball within the knock-out fixture.
Rohit was dropped twice within the powerplay earlier than veteran made the opposition pay dearly for his or her on-field errors. On the primary event, Gerald Coetzee dropped him within the deep and Kusal Mendis’ GT debut went all awry when he bungled a regulation take behind stumps off Mohammed Siraj. It was Bairstow (47 off 22), who gave Mumbai Indians the momentum within the powerplay with some elegant hitting.
The out of favour England batter, who joined the mighty Mumbai Indians days after accumulating back-to-back fifties in county cricket for Yorkshire, took his probabilities early on and was properly rewarded. He focused Titans’ finest pacer of the season, Prasidh Krishna, plundering him for 26 runs within the fourth over of the innings that included three sixes. The primary hit was a pull that comfortably sailed over sq. leg fence earlier than selecting the pacer for a clear hit down the bottom.