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In Match 51 of the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022, Mumbai Indians (MI) stunned Gujarat Titans (GT) in a l🔴ast-over thriller a🐎t Brabourne Stadium on Friday.
Chasing 178, Gujarat got off to a flyer with Wriddhiman Saha and Shubman Gill providing a stunning start. The pair partnered for 106 runs for the opening wicket to stamp their authority over the MI b🎃owling attack.
Both Gill (52) and Saha (55) smashed their respective half-centuries before they lost their wickets in the 13th over. GT lost a few more scalps before David Miller took the contest to the wire, with nine needing off the final over. Daniel Sams held h♔is nerves and only conceded three rꦛuns to help MI win the game by five runs.
Earlier, Mumbai posted 177/6 in their allotted 20 overs thanks to valuable contributions by Ishan Kishan and Rohit Sharma at the top. Kishan scored 45 off 29 while the𝓀 Mumbai skipper smashed 43 from 28 deliveries. The duo added 74 runs for the opening wicket to give MI a flying start.
Mumbai then lost the momentum and lost wickets in quick successions before Tim David provided a late blitz with an unbeaten 44 off 21 balls with the help of 2 fours and 4 s♔ixes.
Here is how Twitter reacted:
WHAT. A. WIN! 👏 👏
What a thriller of a game we have had at the Brabourne Stadium-CCI and it's the -led who have sealed a 5⃣-run victory over . 👌 👌
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— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL)
𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭. 𝐀. 𝐖𝐢𝐧. 🔥
— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan)
WHAT JUST HAPPENED!? 🤯😳😥
— Gujarat Titans (@gujarat_titans)
10th placed Mumbai Indians is the only team to def🍰end a target against the 1st placed Gujarat Titans.
— Kausthub Gudipati (@kaustats)
Champio😼ns for a reason 🤩🤗 proud of this team. Unbelievable last over from
— Vinay Kumar R (@Vinay_Kumar_R)
Got to be the best last over bowled this season . That w♛as magic from Daniel Sams
— Deep Dasgupta (@DeepDasgupta7)
What a game !! Never give up
— Yuvraj Singh (@YUVSTRONG12)
Can't believe pulled it off! It was 's game most of the way! One of the overs of the tournament from Sams!
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha)
— betvisa68.com (@CricketTimesHQ)
The v♎ictory run by Rohit Sharma reminded me ༒of the 2019 IPL final winning moment.
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns)
🤩🏏 MI STEAL T💟HE MATCH! Mumbai Indians make it two victories in a row with a thrilling defense tonight. The MI bowlers held their nerves well in a match that went down the wire.
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— The Bharat Army (@thebharatarmy)
Too little too late but teams will be waryꦚ of playing you now on
— Vikrant Gupta (@vikrantgupta73)
This is how MI won the game 😄
— Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14)
Tim David🙌💪
— Ian Raphael Bishop (@irbishi)