Journalism of Courage
Gujarat Lions make play-offs after six-wicket win over Mumbai Indians
1 / 9Mumbai Indians and Gujarat Lions met in a virtual knock-out match for both (more for Mumbai). Gujarat won the toss in Kanpur and put Mumbai Indians into bat. Rohit Sharma gave them a brisk start and he himself raced to 30 off just 17 balls. He was dismissed by Dhawal Kulkarni. After that, Dwayne Smith picked up two wickets, that of Martin Guptill and Krunal Pandya, in single over to push Mumbai back. (Source: BCCI)
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2 / 9Nitish Rana was sent up the order and he scored runs at will. Especially attacking spin, Rana made his maiden IPL half-century and went on to make 70 off 36 balls. (Source: BCCI)
3 / 9Nitish Rana and Jos Buttler were going great guns for Mumbai Indians before Dwayne Bravo removed both of them. That halted MI's charge. (Source: BCCI)
4 / 9Some exceptional death bowling at death by Gujarat, giving Mumbai only 35 runs in the last 5 overs saw them struggle. Praveen Kumar bowled the last over with only 5 from it. MI managed 172/8 in the end. (Source: BCCI)
5 / 9R Vinay Kumar rocked Gujarat Lions' chase early with a wicket-maiden first over. Aaron Finch was his victim. (Source: BCCI)
6 / 9Brendon McCullum, who played for the Gujarat Lions last season, will play for Royal Challengers Bangalore who bought him for Rs 3.6 crore. (Source: BCCI)
7 / 9Suresh Raina didn't miss his half-century and scored 58 runs. He was dismissed by Jasprit Bumrah but by then, Gujarat were on the verge of win. (Source: BCCI)
8 / 9Dwayne Smith applied the finishing touches and remained unbeaten on 23-ball 37. (Source: BCCI)
9 / 9Gujarat Lions won by 6 wickets, confirming a top two finish. Mumbai Indians still have a chance to qualify but have to depend on other results and net run-rate. (Source: BCCI)
