Gujarat Titans batter Rashid Khan greets Mumbai Indians players at the end of the IPL 2023 cricket match between Gujarat Titans and Mumbai Indians, at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, Friday, May 12, 2023. Mumbai won by 27 runs. (PTI Photo)Mumbai Indians vs Gujarat Titans Highlights: Mumbai Indians defeated Gujarat Titans by 27 runs in the Indian Premier League on Friday. Invited to bat, MI scored 218 for five on the back of Suryakumar Yadav’s stunning 103 not out off just 49 balls.
In reply, Gujarat could manage 191/8 with Rashid Khan top-scoring with a 32-ball 79 not out. For Mumbai, ‘Impact Player’ Akash Madhwal took three wickets while spinners Piyush Chawla and Kumar Kartikeya snared two wickets each.
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Earlier, Ishan Kishan and Vishnu Vinod chipped in with 31 and 30 respectively for Mumbai. Rashid was the pick of GT bowlers with figures of 4/30.
Match EndedIndian Premier League, 2023 - Match 57
Mumbai Indians
218/5 (20.0)vs
Gujarat Titans
191/8 (20.0)Match Ended ( Match 57 )
Mumbai Indians beat Gujarat Titans by 27 runs
Mumbai Indians beat Gujarat Titans by 27 runs
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Mumbai Indians batter Nehal Wadhera in action during the IPL 2023 cricket match between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Mumbai Indians at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, Tuesday, May 9, 2023. (PTI).
Rashid Khan, unbeaten on 79 off 32 balls, is not able to complete Mission Impossible. 55 in the last two overs was always going to be a bit too much. Nevertheless, it was a fighting innings from the Afghan star. The game should have been done and dusted long back, but Rashid Khan inning gave some scary moments to MI. Even in the last over he hit three sixes and takes the scoreboard to a respectable 191/8 in 20 overs. Remember, at one stage GT were 55/5 and staring down the barrell.
Green goes short and Rashid Khan backs away and hit the pull shot. for a six. Brings up his maiden Indian T20 League in some style. GT: 164/8 in 18 ovs, need 55 runs in 12 balls
Gujarat are eight down but RashidKhan is not going down without a fight. Hits Chris Jordan for 15 in the over | GT: 151/8, need 68 runs in 18 balls
SIX! WHAT A SHOT! Rashid Khan is not giving up without a fight and he gets the width and opens his arms and hits it away for a maximum. Score after 15 overs, GT: 130/8
OUT! Another one bites the dust and Kumar Kartikeya gets the wicket of Noor Ahmad. But the over ends with two sixes. But it is all too late now. Score after 14 overs, GT: 116/8
Lbw!! Madhwal gets Miller and Gujarat are in big trouble now! They have reached 100 but lost six wickets. Then another one. OUT! Piyush Chawla picks his second wicket of the match as Rahul Tewatia's shot finds Cameron Green in the deep. He departs for 14(13) | Score after 13 overs, GT: 103/7
FOUR! Piyush Chawla is whacked away by Rahul Tewatia and GT get a much-needed boundary! It was bowled full and outside off and Tewatia gets down on one knee and hits it away towards deep mid-wicket for four runs. Score after 11 overs, GT: 90/5
David Miller goes big against Chawla and then gets a four. ends up getting an outside edge. The ball beats the short third man fielder to his right for a boundary. Score after 9 overs, GT: 77/5
Vijay Shankar had looked good until then, but Piyush Chawla would strike immediately after the timeout. It was a googly that Shankar tried to defend, but the massive turn beat the inside edge and snuck past to crash into the stumps. Shankar stood there frozen and in shock for quite some time before he had to undertake the long walk back. MI's other spinner Kumar Karthikeya then clean bowled Abhinav Manohar on his first ball, the very next over, the batsman rushed in his pull as Titans tottered at 55 for 5.
Kumar Kartikeya, left-arm chinaman, comes into the attack and he too strikes on his first ball. Abhinav Manohar is bowled!! Abhinav Manohar is out for 2(3) | GT 55/5 (7.1)
Piyush Chawla strikes on his very first ball! He bamboozles Vijay Shankar with a googly. Vijay Shankar stands there in disbelief but has to make his way back now. Score after 7 overs, GT: 55/4
Shubman Gill is gone and Akash Madhwal has got another! He has dismissed both the openers with straight deliveries directed at the stumps! GT in big trouble chasing a massive target. Score after 4 overs, GT: 26/3
Jason Behrendorff strikes and Gujarat lose their skipper early! Gujarat have lost two wickets inside the Powerplay now and they need to build a good partnership if they want to get anywhere near this mammoth target. Score after 3 overs, GT: 17/2
Saha and Shubman Gill are at the crease. Saha is on strike. Behrendorff will open the attack. And Saha is LBW in the second over! Akash Madhwal strikes. GT: 7/1
Of all his sixes - he ended with 6 maximums on the night - it was the one to welcome Mohammad Shami for his last over that had the stadium spellbound and shell shocked. Shami bowled it full and outside the off stump and Suryakumar Yadav opened the face of the bat and sent it, the bat handle pivoting on the ball of the wrist, over deep backward point. It got Sachin Tendulkar deconstructing the wrist work in the dug-out, and the whole Titans team including Shami applauding him at the completion of his century 103* (49). This was Mr 360 reaching infinity.
Invited to bat, Mumbai Indians scored 218/5 in their Indian Premier League match against Gujarat Titans on Friday. Suryakumar Yadav struck a stunning 103 not out off just 49 balls to top-score for MI while Ishan Kishan and Vishnu Vinod chipped in with 31 and 30 respectively. Rashid Khan was the pick of GT bowlers with figures of 4/30.
Suryakumar Yadav hits a six off the last ball and reaches his HUNDRED !
200 up for Mumbai as Suryakumar Yadav continues to tonk the ball all over Wankhede. Score after 19 overs, MI: 201/5
4 4 0 6 2 4 = 20 as Suryakumar Yadav hits Mohit Sharma all over the park. Just appreciate it you can't do anything else. Score after 18 overs, MI: 184/5
Rashid Khan has a four-wicket haul in this game with a wicket on the last ball of his spell! Tim David is gone. Score after 17 overs, MI: 164/5
Vishnu Vinod is gone ! Mohit Sharma gets the but it came off a full toss. The pressure was built in this over with the three dot balls and Vishnu Vinod went for the biggie and the top-edge went straight to Abhinav Manohar. Mumbai lose their fourth wicket. Score after 16 overs, MI: 153/4
Suryakumar Yadav hits it straight down the ground! Joseph went for the slower and fuller one and Suryakumar Yadav was ready for it and presents the full face of the bat. What a shot. 150 up for MI ! Score after 15 overs, MI: 151/3
Strategic break! Mumbai have not allowed to the momentum to drop despite losing those three wickets in a bundle in the middle phase. Can Gujarat restrict the hosts to under the 200-run mark.
Another six from the bat of Vinod! Shami did nothing wrong there and bowled it on a good length and outside off, Vishnu Vinod premeditates and backs away. and slaps it over extra cover for a six. Sensational. A good over for Mumbai, 15 runs came off it.
The fall of wickets has not dettered the MI batters. First Vishnu Vinod hits Alzarri Joseph over deep square leg for a biggie. Then the over ends with another six from the bat of Suryakumar Yadav! Joseph goes short and outside off, Suryakumar Yadav shuffles and pulls it to the left of deep square leg for six more runs. Score after 12 overs, MI: 116/3
Rashid Khan is called upon in the middle overs usually, but his services were summoned early after Rohit Sharma and Ishan Kishan went after the Titans' pacers. He would strike right after the strategic break, tossing it outside off as Rohit Sharma prodded at it and Rahul Tewatia would pouch a sharp catch at slips. Four balls later, Ishan Kishan was slow to get his bat in line to a fast and full delivery and was trapped plumb in front, packing off both openers. Next to go was Nehal Wadhera after a six to long on off Noor Ahmad. Rashid bowled it short and wide and Nehal looking to cut it, dragged the inside edge onto the stumps. Last season Rashid had 19 wickets, this year he crossed that mark by the 11th game, and added three more to his tally.
Rashid Khan has turned the game on its head! He has his third wicket and this time he bowled it short and wide outside off. Nehal Wadhera looked to cut this on the back foot but gets an inside edge that shatters the stumps. Score after 9 overs, MI: 88/3
OUT! PLUMB! Rashid Khan strikes once again and it is two wickets in the over! Gujarat are back into the game in just one over. He bowls this quicker and full, in line with the stumps. Ishan Kishan looks to defend but does not get his bat in line with the ball. Score after 7 overs, MI: 66/2
A wicket right after the break and it is a jaffa of a delivery! Rashid Khan gets the big wicket of Rohit Sharma who looked to be regaining his form in this game! Gujarat have managed to draw first blood but Mumbai will be happy with the start their openers got them off to.
Ishan Kishan makes room for himself and finds the fence! 10 runs have come from it and Mumbai are 61 for no loss after the Powerplay.
FOUR! Rashid Khan bowls another googly, fuller and outside off, Rohit Sharma picks the ball from off side and sweeps it through square leg for yet another boundary. This is good batting from the MI captain. Fifty is up for MI. Score after 5 overs, MI: 51/0
FOUR! Ishan Kishan connects well this time! Pace on this time and on a shortish length, Ishan Kishan picks the length early and pulls it over mid-wicket for four runs. Score after 4 overs, MI: 44/0
Rohit Sharma got stuck into his rhymesake Mohit Sharma in the very first over the latter bowled. The second ball was moving away a tad, and Rohit slashed at the width scything it to the cover boundary. Two balls later, Mohit bowled it a touch short and on the middle, and Rohit leant back and whacked it behind the bowler for the second four. On what was looking like a flat pitch, Rohit cleanly struck the last length delivery over deep square leg for a 97 m monster six to end the 14-run over. MI: 37/0 after 3 overs
Rohit Sharma goes huge after Mohit Sharma lands it on a good length and swats this one over deep square leg. He deposits this one into the stands for a 97-metre biggie and that is a record for Rohit as well.
Mumbai Indians this season:
Batting first: Played - 4, Won - 1, Lost - 3
Batting second: Played - 7, Won - 5, Lost - 2
They'll be batting first tonight against Gujarat, who have won 5/6 matches they've chased in IPL 2023.
Ishan Kishan is off the mark with a boundary as Shami pitches it up, outside off, and the southpaw picks the length early and powers it wide of mid off. Score after 1 over, MI: 6/0
Ishan Kishan and Rohit are at the crease. Ishan Kishan is on strike. Shami will open the attack. Let's Play!
GT Subs: Gill, Sudharsan, KS Bharat, Shivam Mavi, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore
MI Subs: Madhwal, Ramandeep, Brevis, Warrier, Shokeen
Wriddhiman Saha(w), Vijay Shankar, Hardik Pandya(c), David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Abhinav Manohar, Mohit Sharma, Rashid Khan, Mohammed Shami, Alzarri Joseph, Noor Ahmad
Ishan Kishan(w), Rohit Sharma(c), Cameron Green, Suryakumar Yadav, Nehal Wadhera, Tim David, Chris Jordan, Vishnu Vinod, Piyush Chawla, Jason Behrendorff, Kumar Kartikeya
Gujarat Titans have won the toss and opted to bowl first. 'We will bowl first. Looks like a good wicket, dew could have an effect, so chasing could be ideal. We realise the importance of every game, just need to stick to our plans and play good cricket. It's important to learn the lessons from your losses, rectify and don't repeat it. You do make mistakes in such a long tournament. God has been kind with our injuries. Same XI tonight' - Says Hardik Pandya at the toss
'A red soil pitch today. 61m and 67m square boundaries while the straight is at 72m. The pitch looks similar to that of the other night against RCB. Little bit of moisture on top of the surface which means there could be a bit of swing, especially in the first 3-4 overs and a hint of turn if the captain is brave enough to go for spin in the powerplay. But this is a beautiful wicket, win the toss, bowl and chase down the target later on. No score is safe at this venue' - Sanjay Manjrekar and Aaron Finch, in their pitch report.
This season, the Wankhede has lived up to its reputation as a pitch that produces high scores. The average first-innings total is 196, and the bowlers have little support available to them. In the previous game, Jason Behrendorff took a few wickets with the new ball, which suggested some assistance during the powerplay’s early stages. When winning the toss, chasing is typically chosen, and in four of the five games played there, the team batting second has prevailed.
Mumbai Indians (Probable XI): Rohit Sharma(c), Ishan Kishan(w), Cameron Green, Suryakumar Yadav, Tim David, Nehal Wadhera, Tilak Varma, Chris Jordan, Piyush Chawla, Kumar Kartikeya, Jason Behrendorff
Gujarat Titans (Probable XI): Wriddhiman Saha(w), Shubman Gill, Hardik Pandya(c), Vijay Shankar, David Miller, Abhinav Manohar, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Mohit Sharma, Noor Ahmad, Mohammed Shami
The two teams have only faced off twice: in Brabourne 2022, MI prevailed by a score of five runs, and in Ahmedabad 2023, GT triumphed by a score of 55 runs. The current match-up is 1-1, but these sides have never played at the Wankhede before.
Suryakumar Yadav smashed a 35-ball 83 and his return to form is the biggest positive for MI, for whom the likes of Ishan Kishan, Cameron Green, Tim David and Tilak Varma have done the bulk of scoring.
Former India cricketer and head coach Ravi Shastri reckons it will be an emotional homecoming for Gujarat Titans' skipper Hardik Pandya who achieved stardom playing at Wankhede but defeating Mumbai Indians here is always tough for visiting teams. "Hardik's homecoming will be emotional. He will play a crucial match against the team at the ground where he rose to stardom. Hardik would like to prove a lot by leading his team to victory. This match will be really interesting as it will not be easy for GT to beat MI at their home and then MI would like to equalize the defeat in Ahmedabad and take a strong step towards the playoffs."
One major issue for MI this year has been their bowling which has conceded four consecutive totals above 200, and nearly did so versus RCB again. In the last three games here, opposition sides have raked up 214/8, 212/7 and 199/6, making the most of a flat wicket and perfect batting conditions -- something that GT would also like to target.
MI's best batter and captain Rohit Sharma has endured a lean patch with five single-digit scores on the trot! Sharma has just one half-century and 191 runs to show in 11 matches of IPL 2023.
For the first time in this IPL, five-time winners MI have looked promising as they rose to the third spot in the points table with a six-wicket thumping of Royal Challengers Bangalore on Tuesday. The manner in which MI thrashed RCB -- chasing 200 inside 17 overs -- highlighted once again how successful their batting has been, even though for the second consecutive game they reshuffled the order in a bid to push their net run rate.
An upbeat Mumbai Indians are likely to be tested to the hilt by table-toppers and defending champions Gujarat Titans in a vital Indian Premier League match on Friday. Stay tuned for live updates