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In pics: Shubman Gill wins battle of new captains as GT beat Hardik Pandya’s MI by 6 runs
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Updated On Mar 25, 2024 12:38 AM IST
- Gujarat Titans managed to defend a target of 169 with new Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya being booed by his former home crowd.
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It wasn’t a happy return for Hardik Pandya who started his tenure as Mumbai Indians captain with a six-run defeat to Gujarat Titans, whom he had led to the IPL title and runners-up position in the last two seasons. Gujarat Titans scored 168/6 and in response, MI were restricted to a score of 162/9(AP)
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MI earlier won the toss and chose to bowl first. Pandya chose to start the MI attack himself and his first over ended up going for 11 runs. Surprisingly, he ended up coming back for the third over instead of handing the ball to Bumrah after Luke Wood bowled the second and conceded nine. Bumrah then came in and got the first wicket for MI in the form of Wriddhiman Saha with his trademark yorker. (ANI)
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GT’s good start was then pushed back further by spinners Piyush Chawla and Shams Mulani, with the former dismissing captain Shubman Gill on 31 off 22. GT were then buoyed by some strong knocks from Sai Sudharsan, who scored 45 off 39 along with Azmatullah Omarzai and David Miller. (AFP)
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Bumrah returned in the 17th over to dismiss Miller and Sudharsan. He ended up with extraordinary figures of 3/14 in his first IPL match since 2022. (AFP)
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MI had lost two early wickets but Rohit Sharma and Dewald Brevis put them on top. Rohit missed out on a half-century, falling to Sai Kishore on 43 off 29 and the partnership between him and Brevis ended on 77 off 55. (ANI)
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Brevis missed out on a half-century as well as the pressure built with each dot ball on the MI batters. He was dismissed for 46 off 38 balls. (ANI)
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Rashid Khan and Mohit Sharma then dried up the runs for MI and soon, Brevis fell for 46 off 38.(AP)
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It came down to MI needing 19 to win off the last over bowled by Umesh Yadav. Hardik Pandya started it by hitting a six and a four. However, Umesh then took two wickets off the next two balls and Shubman Gill thus won his first match as GT captain.(AFP)
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