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In a thrilling encounter at the Narendra Modi Stadium, the Gujarat Titans clashed with the Mumbai Indians in the fifth match of the Indian Premier League 2ꦐ024. The co♒ntest went down to the wire wh✱ere Gujarat registered a thrilling victory
Sai Sudharsan shines with the bat
Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to bowl first. The Gujarat Titans put up a competitive total of 168/6 in their allotted 20 overs. Shubman Gill (31 runs off 22 balls) and Sai Sudharsan (45 runs off 39 balls) provided a solid start with valuable contributions. Wriddhiman Saha (19 runs off 15 balls) and Rahul Tewatia (22 runs off 15 balls) added crucial runs in the middle order. However, it was Azmatullah Omarzai‘s quick cameo of 17 runs off 11 balls that gave the Titans a much-needed boost towards the end.
Disciplined bowling helps Gujarat seal the deal
In response, the Mumbai Indians faced a challenging target of 169 runs to win. The Mumbai Indians’ chase started on a shaky note as Ishan Kishan departed for a duck. However, former skipper Rohit Sharma steadied the innings with a quickfire 43 runs off 29 balls, including 7 fours and 1 six. Contributions from Naman Dhir (20 runs off 10 balls) and Tilak Varma (25 runs off 19 balls) kept Mumbai in the hunt.
But it was Dewald Brevis‘ impressive knock of 46 runs off 38 balls, comprising 2 fours and 3 sixes, that kept Mumbai’s hopes alive. However, the Titans’ bowlers kept the pressure on, with Azmatullah Omarzai (2 wickets) and Umesh Yadav (2 wickets) making crucial breakthroughs. Spencer Johnson and Mohit Sharma also chipped in with two wickets each. Despite a valiant effort from the Mumbai Indians, they fell short of the target by just 6 runs, finishing at 162/9 iꦬn their 20 overs.
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Here is how Twitter reacted:
Sai Sudharsan's gritty innings of 45(39) helped him win the Player of the Match award 🏆 | | |
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL)
S🍃ai Sudharsan bagged the Player of the Match for his splendid batti🌺ng performance 👏
— betvisa68.com (@CricketTimesHQ)
Mohit Sharma is a brilliant death over specialist. The way he was executing his slower deliveries that too with the wet ball, was absolutely phenomenal…
— Sandipan Banerjee (@im_sandipan)
Sai Sudharsan/🌊♔Sai Kishore doing well always makes me so happy.
— Sᴜᴊɪ (@Im_Suji)
Another chapter in MI-ghty Mohit's saga! 🤩💙 | | |
— Gujarat Titans (@gujarat_titans)
Sai Sudharsan win🐷s POTM for his 45 runs at a strike rate of 115.
— Sreshth Shah (@sreshthx)
Sai Sudharsan man of the match
Another consistent performance 🫶🫶🫶
— Rex (@RexSv25)
Sai Sudharsan can be a Badrinath-type player if he haওs good strikers around him, else he will also be another stat padder like Rahul or Kohli (in his past two years at RCB).
— No Name (@__NameNo__)
Sai Sudharsan wo🅠n the Player of the Match award.🏅🖤
— Rishabh Singh Parmar (@irishabhparmar)
H🦋uge c🔯heer for Rohit Sharma when he came to receive the award. Crowd Loves Rohit ❤️
— Muhammad Khalid (@Babarr_Rizwan)
Mohit Sharma in death overs (17-20) in IP﷽L since 2023:
Balls: 97
Runs conceded: 132
Wickets: 14
Avg: 9.42
SR: 6.93
ER: 8.16
Dots: 34— 🏏CricketFeed (@CricketFeedIN)
