Sai Kishore praised Shubman Gill’s captaincy
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IPL 2024: Gujarat Titans spinner R Sai Kishore Said that at no time during the Indian Premier League (IPL 2024) match against Mumbai Indians did it seem that Shubhman Gill Leading the team for the first time. Gujarat’s bowlers including Kishore performed brilliantly and played an important role in helping their team win by 6 runs. Kishore said in the press conference after the match, ‘Shubman led the team well. At no time did it seem as if he was captaining for the first time. Even for me as a spinner, the inputs he gave were excellent.
IPL 2024: Gujarat beats Mumbai by 6 runs
Batting first, Gujarat Titans scored 168 runs for 6 wickets and then restricted Mumbai Indians to 162 runs. Kishore said, ‘We felt that we had scored 10 runs less but the way we have been prepared in the last two years, we insist on never giving up. Whether we win or lose, we take pride in the way we play. We competed really well. Chief coach Ashish Nehra also said the same thing. Shubhman Gill also contributed 31 runs with the bat.
IPL 2024: Ashish Nehra said this
Nehra said, ‘Full credit goes to him for the team culture he has created in the last two years. We don’t think only about the result. We focus on competing and staying in the game. Due to the irresponsible performance of the batsmen, Mumbai Indians continued to lose their first match in the IPL. Jasprit Bumrah, playing his first IPL match in two years, took three wickets for 14 runs in four overs, with the help of which Mumbai Indians restricted Gujarat to 168 runs for six wickets.
IPL 2024: Bumrah showed his strength
However, Bumrah’s brilliant performance was not supported by the batsmen. Tilak Verma and new captain Hardik Pandya completely failed and Mumbai could only score 162 runs for nine wickets. He needed 43 runs in the last five overs and had seven wickets left. Mumbai last won the first match in IPL in 2012 against Chennai Super Kings. For Gujarat, Rashid Khan gave 23 runs in four overs and did not get any wicket. Experienced Mohit Sharma changed the fate of the match by taking two wickets for 32 runs. Spencer Johnson took two wickets each for 25 runs and Umesh Yadav took two wickets for 32 runs.
IPL 2024: Johnson and Umesh bowled brilliantly
Johnson bowled well in the 19th over and Umesh bowled well in the last over. Mumbai captain Hardik came to bat at number seven, which is beyond comprehension. He hit a six and a four in the last over but Umesh dismissed him and decided Mumbai’s defeat. Earlier, Rohit Sharma scored 43 runs in 29 balls and Dewald Brevis scored 46 runs in 38 balls. Whereas for Gujarat, young left-handed batsman B Sai Sudarshan scored 45 runs in 39 balls while Rahul Tewatia played an inning of 22 runs in 15 balls.
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