IPL 2024 – Gujarat Giants beat Mumbai Indians by 6 runs thanks to excellent bowling.

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Ahmedabad,, In the exciting match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 on Sunday at the packed Narendra Modi Stadium here, Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma (43) and Dewald Brewis (46) played good innings, but Spencer Johnson and Umesh Yadav had some incredible innings. Thanks to the death overs bowling, Gujarat Giants won by six runs.

Jasprit Bumrah, on his return to the IPL after missing last season, claimed 3-14 and Coetzee took 2-27 to restrict Gujarat Titans to 168/6, Rohit and Brewis helped Mumbai Indians to 30/6. The score was taken at 107 from 2, when the former Mumbai Indians captain fell to Sai Kishore for 43 runs. When Brewis was out for 46 at 129/4, Mumbai needed 40 runs from 25 balls and looked set to win their first match for the first time since 2012.

But the poor form from the first match continued as Gujarat Titans made a strong comeback in the death overs and secured a stunning win.

Playing in front of over 80,000 spectators cheering for the home team, Mumbai Indians could only score 162/9 runs in their 20 overs and lost the last over thriller.

Spencer Johnson and Umesh Yadav took two wickets each in the 19th and 20th overs, while Mumbai Indians failed to score 27 runs in 12 balls. Spinners Sai Kishore and Rashid Khan took the match to a close situation with brilliant bowling, young Tilak Verma And Tim David got into trouble and allowed a few dot balls. When 27 runs were needed in the last two overs, Verma hit a six to Spencer Johnson over long-on, but was out on the next ball. Flicked it straight to deep backward square, where Abhinav Manohar took a good catch. David Coetzee and Hardik Pandya scored one run each. Earlier, Coetzee was caught and bowled out by Spencer on the last ball of the match, due to which Mumbai Indians were in trouble. 19 runs were needed from the last six balls and Pandya hit a six and a four on Umesh Yadav. But the experienced fast bowler sent the Mumbai Indians captain back, caught near the boundary with a well-directed bouncer by Tewatia. Hardik was out after scoring 11 runs off 4 balls, leaving Mumbai Indians needing nine runs off three balls. On the next ball, on another short ball from Umesh Yadav, Piyush Chawla played a shot straight to Rashid Khan at midwicket and Mumbai Indians could score only two runs on the last two balls and ultimately missed by six runs. Chasing the target of 169 runs. While Mumbai Indians lost Kishan Kishan (0) early, Rohit Sharma took care with some brilliant strokes. He and Brevis kept the pace and added 77 runs for the third wicket. But both Rohit and Brevis were out at the most inopportune times and failed to complete half-centuries. After this, Mumbai Indians lost their way and had to face defeat in a thrilling match. Brief score: Gujarat Titans 168/6 in 20 overs (Sai ​​Sudarshan 45, Shubman Gill 31, Jasprit Bumrah 3-14, David Coetzee 2- 27) beat Mumbai Indians 162/9 in 20 overs (Rohit Sharma 43, Dewald Brevis 46, Tilak Verma 25), Spencer Johnson 2-25, Azmatullah Umarzai 2-26, Umesh Yadav 2-31, Mohit Sharma 2-32. ) by six runs.–IANS

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