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IPL Updates: All-round GT hammer MI by 36 runs

Sat, 29 March 2025

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23:44

Siraj, Krishna star with the ball

MI 160-6 (20 ov) vs GT 196-8 | Scorecard

A clinical display helped Gujarat Titans register a comprehensive 36-run win over Mumbai Indians in their IPL match in Ahmedabad on Saturday.

Sent in to bat, GT posted 196 for 8, riding on a 41-ball 63-run knock by opener B. Sai Sudharsan and useful contributions from skipper Shubman Gill (38), Jos Buttler (39) and Sherfane Rutherford (18).

In reply, MI could manage just 160 for six in their stipulated 20 overs with Suryakumar Yadav (48) and Tilak Varma (39) scoring bulk of the runs.

Mohammed Siraj (2/34) and Prasidh Krishna (2/18) were the most successful bowlers for GT, while Kagiso Rabada (1/42) and R Sai Kishore (1/37) were also among wickets.

For MI, skipper Hardik Pandya (2/29), returning to action after missing the first game, took two wickets, while Trent Boult (1/34), Mujeeb Ur Rahman (1/28 in 2 overs), Deepak Chahar (1/39) and Satyanarayana Raju (1/40) accounted for one wicket apiece.

Siraj back in the attack to bowl the last over and Naman starts the over with a single.

Santner then tries to play it across but gets a single off a leg bye.

Naman then swats the ball to long for a single.

Santner then hammers the ball over long on for a six!

Santner then reviews for a wide ball not given. The replays show it was a fair delivery.

Big shout for LBW, umpire says out. Santner reviews and the decision has been overturned. But MI fall short by 36 runs. GT take the home win.

Rabada is back in the attack and Santner lofts the ball over long off for a six!

Santner then takes a single.

A dot and a wide later, Naman pulls the slower bouncer to deep square leg for a four.

He then goes across the wickets and attempts to scoop it over fine leg, Only gets a single.

Santner then pulls the ball, Krishna at short fine gets a hand to it but the ball flies to the boundary as 17 come off the over.

23:25

63 needed off 2 overs

MI 134-6 (18 ov) vs GT 196-8 | Scorecard

Santner is the new man in as Krishna continues and Naman starts the over with a four as he clips it to backward square leg for a four!

A dot later, Naman takes a single to backward square leg.

Santner then nearly plays on.

Santner then plays the ball to cover and a misfield allows the batters a single.

Naman ends the over with a four as he scoops the ball to fine leg for a four as 10 come off the over.

Naman Dhir is the new man in with 77 needed off 24 balls.

Rabada is back in the attack and Pandya and Dhir take 4 singles.

A dot later, a short ball into the pitch, Hardik tries to play it late, but only edges it to short third man and he is out for 11.

23:18

SKY out for 48 off 28

MI 120-5 (16 ov) vs GT 196-8 | Scorecard

Just 23 runs have come off the last 5 overs as MI have now 5 wickets in hand.

Prasidh continues and Surya mistimes the first ball to fine leg for a single.

A dot later, Hardik is beaten on the outside edge.

Hardik then tries to flick it but miscues it to the off side for a dot.

Hardik then turns it around for a single.

Surya then tries to loft the slower ball, beaten by lack of pace and he miscues it to the deep and he is out for 48 off 28. A wicket and just 2 come off it.

Kishore continues and he starts strongly with two dots. Hardik then paddle sweeps the next ball for a four.

Kishore and Hardik then have a exchange.

Pandya and SKY then take a single each as just 6 come in the over.

23:07

Kishore removes Minz

MI 112-4 (14 ov) vs GT 196-8 | Scorecard

Hardik is the new man in.

Krishna bowls a slow short bouncer, SKY comes after it, he gets hits him straight on his helmet. SKY goes down. The physio is out to check on him. After a long time, he is ok to continue.

Surya then takes a single next ball to third man.

A dot later, Hardik is off the mark with a couple.

A dot and a single to end the over as 4 runs come off it.

Kishore continues and Surya starts the over with a single.

A dot later, Minz takes a single to short fine leg.

Surya then slog sweeps the ball over backward square leg for a six!

Surya then takes a single to deep cover.

Minz then looks to guide the ball towards third man only to be caught at short third man. He is out for 3.

22:54

Tilak out for 39

MI 99-3 (12 ov) vs GT 196-8 | Scorecard

Robin Minz is the new man in and after a dot, he gets off the mark with a couple to deep point.

Krishna then bowls a bouncer, wide called and Gill reviews the decision. The third umpire calls it a fair ball and the decision has been reversed. A wicket and 2 runs come in the over.

100 needed off 54 now.

Medium pacer Krishna in the attack now and Tilak starts the over with a dot.

Tilak then swings and misses.

Slower ball into the wicket, Tilak plays a swipe across and is caught in the deep as Tewatia completes a lot of ground to complete a good catch. Tilak out for 39.

Kishore continues and Surya and Tilak take a single each off the first two balls.

Surya then lofts the next one over extra cover for a six!

Surya then takes a single before Kishore bowls a wide.

A dot later, Tilak plays the ball to sweeper cover for a single. 11 come off the over,

22:41

MI bat with ease

MI 86-2 (10 ov) vs GT 196-8 | Scorecard

Rashid is back in the attack and Tilak and Surya take three singles to start the over.

Surya then pulls the ball to deep mid-wicket for a couple to bring up the 50 run stand.

Surya then takes a single to deep mid-wicket and a dot to end the over as 6 come off it.

Left-arm spinner Sai Kishore in the attack now and some misfield by Rabada allows Tilak a third run.

Surya then takes a single to deep backward square leg.

Tilak then pulls the ball to deep square leg for a single.

SKY then sweeps the ball to backward square leg for a single.

Tilak then gets a single to the off side next ball before SKY spoils the over for Kishore as the sweeps the ball to deep backward square leg for a four as the fielder puts in the dives but fails to get to the ball and injures himself in the bargain.

22:30

Siraj-Tilak need to get a move on

MI 69-2 (8 ov) vs GT 196-8 | Scorecard

Time out called and MI are struggling a little here. Even though they picked 15 runs off the last over off Ishant Sharma, the GT bowlers have otherwise put a lid on the big shots.

MI's fate now rests on SKY and Tilak.

Ishant back in the attack, he gets a thick edge as the ball runs to third man for a single.

Tilak then pulls the ball down through square leg for a four!

Tilak charges but Ishant bowls it wide of the off stump.

Tilak then drives the ball to cover and Siraj misfields allowing the batter to take a single.

Short and on the leg side and SKY pulls it over deep square leg for a six!

SKY then drives the ball to long off for a single.

A single to end the over as 15 come off it.

Rabada is back in the attack and Tilak gets a leading edge that falls in no man's land. He gets a single.

Surya and Tilak then take three more singles. Tilak then gets a couple to deep square leg. A single to end the over as 6 come off the over.

22:16

Siraj picks his 2nd wicket

MI 48-2 (6 ov) vs GT 196-8 | Scorecard

Rashid in the attack now and first ball he appeals for LBW, umpire raises the finger. Tilak reviews and ultra edge shows the ball hit the glove on the way through to the pad.

Tilak then turns the ball towards the leg side for a single.

A dot later, Surya flicks the ball to the leg side for a single.

A wide later, Tilak clips the ball to square leg for a single.

A dot to end the over as just 4 come off it.

Suryakumar Yadav is the new man in and after a dot, Siraj bowls a wide.

Full on the pads and SKY just swings it over deep backward square leg for a six!

Surya then mistimes a pull, ball falls in no man's land, Surya gets a couple. 12 runs and wicket come off it.

Siraj continues and he hits Rickelton on the pads first ball, appeals for LBW, turned down. The batter takes a single off a leg bye.

Tilak then takes a single next ball.

A wide later, Siraj bowls length ball, Rickelton swings and misses and the inside edge sees the ball crashing into the stumps and Rickelton is out for 6.

22:04

Just 8 come off the next two overs

MI 32-1 (4 ov) vs GT 196-8 | Scorecard

Impact player Ishant is in the attack now and after a dot, he bowls a wide.

Rickelton then takes a single.

Tilak then plays four dots as just two come off the over.

Siraj continues, Tilak starts the over with a single.

Two dots later, Rickelton opens his account with a four over mid-wicket.

A dot and a single to end the over as 6 come off it.

21:54

Rabada clobbered for 15 runs

MI 24-1 (2 ov) vs GT 196-8 | Scorecard

Rabada opens at the other end and Tilak Varma takes him on.

After two dots, Tilak smashes two fours and a six before ending the over with a single as 15 come off it.

21:50

MI lose early wicket

MI 9-1 (1 ov) vs GT 196-8 | Scorecard

Tilak Varma is the new man in and after a dot, he gets off the mark with a single as 9 runs and a wicket come off it.

Rohit and Rickelton come out to chase 197.

Siraj will open the attack and after a dot, a full ball down the leg side and Rohit flicks it over mid-wicket for a four!

Siraj then bowls down the leg side and Rohit plays it to fine leg for a four!

Siraj then bowls a scramble seam that comes back and beats Rohit's defence to clip the bails and Rohit is bowled out for 8.

21:44

GT lose 4 wickets in last 2 overs

GT 196-8 (20 ovs) vs MI | Scorecard

Gujarat Titans made 196 for 8 against Mumbai Indians in their IPL match in Ahmedabad on Saturday.

Sent in to bat, GT rode on a 41-ball 63-run knock by opener B. Sai Sudharsan and useful contributions from skipper Shubman Gill (38), Jos Buttler (39) and Sherfane Rutherford (18).

Sai Kishore is the new man in and he is off the mark with a single.

A wide later, Rabada runs for a single but Kishore is run-out for 1 at the batter's end.

The batters take a review for a wide and it is lost review and GT finish at 196 for 8. Raju takes a wicket and gives 10 runs in the last over.

Raju back in the attack and he starts from around the wicket with a slower ball towards the keeper. The batters steal a single off a bye.

Raju then bowls a wide on the off side.

Overpitched and Rashid swings and sends it sailing over long on for a six!

Raju then bowls a wide yorker just outside off stump.

Rashid then goes for the swipe over mid-wicket, the ball flies in the air and he is out caught at mid-on by Hardik. He is out for 6.

Rabada is the new man in and after a dot, Rabada lofts the ball effortlessly over long off for a six!

Rabada then takes a single to long off. Rashid is beaten off the last ball of the over off the slower ball. 7 runs and 2 wickets come in the over.

Rashid is the new man in.

Rutherford then goes for the lofted shot only to be caught out in the deep for 18. GT losing wickets in a heap here.

Tewatia is the new man in.

Chahar is back in the attack, and Tewatia is run out for a duck without facing a ball.

Rutherford plays the ball to mid-off takes a couple of steps, Tewatia runs half the length of the pitch, Pandya fires in the direct hit and he is run out at the bowler's end.

21:13

Boult strikes

GT 179-4 (18 ovs) vs MI | Scorecard

Boult is back in the attack, he overpitches and Rutherford pulls it over deep square leg for a six!

A dot later, he pulls the ball towards deep backward square leg for a single.

Sudarshan then digs out the yorker towards third man for a single.

Rutherford then gets a single to the off side.

Full ball and Sudarshan is hit on the pads right in front of the middle as the yorker does it. He is out for 63 off 41. 9 runs and a wicket come off the over.

Raju is back in the attack and Rutherford reviews for a wide ball and the third umpire signals wide.

Full and slow, and Rutherford smacks it over long-off for a six!

Another wide next. Rutherford then takes a single before Sudarshan walks into the line and swipes the ball over deep mid-wicket for a six!

Sudarshan then takes a couple to deep cover.

Sudarshan then drives the ball to cover and scampers for a single.

Yorker next and Rutherford digs it out towards the off side for a single.

19 come off the over.

21:01

Buttler, Shahrukh back in the hut

GT 151-3 (16 ovs) vs MI | Scorecard

Sherfane Rutherford is the new man in and he is off the mark with a single to fine leg.

Yorker next and Sudarshan flicks it to mid-wicket for a single.

Wide called next for height.

Another bouncer next and wide called for height.

Rutherford then pulls the ball to fine leg for a single as a wicket and 11 come off it.

Hardik back in the attack, he bowls short and Shahrukh pulls it over deep square leg for a six!

Hardik then bowls an off cutter, Shahrukh beaten as he goes for a swipe.

Slow and outside the off stump next and Shahrukh then reaches for it, not a controlled shot and he is caught a deep extra cover and he is out for 9.

Boult back in the attack and Sudarshan starts the over with a single to bring up his 8th IPL half-ton.

Shahrukh and Sudarshan then take 5 singles among them as 6 singles come in the over.

20:50

Buttler out for 39

GT 134-2 (14 ovs) vs MI | Scorecard

Shahrukh Khan is the new man in and Mujeeb bowls a wide down the leg side for 5 runs.

A dot to end the over as 13 runs and a wicket come off it.

Mujeeb back in the attack and Buttler starts the over with a couple to deep point where the fielder puts in the dive at the boundary.

Short ball next and Buttler pulls it to mid-wicket for a four.

Buttler then takes a single to bring up the 50-run stand.

Sudarshan then takes a single next ball.

Mujeeb then strikes as he bowls full and wide. Buttler goes hard at it and is nicely caught behind by Rickelton. He is out for 39.

20:45

MI bowlers get a battering

GT 121-1 (13 ovs) vs MI | Scorecard

Time out now. Sudarshan has slowed down after the Powerplays but Buttler has kept his foot on the accelerator.

Right-arm medium pacer Satyanarayana Raju in the attack now and Sudarshan starts the over with a single to long-on.

Slower bouncer next and Buttler pulls it for a four!

Buttler and Sudarshan then take three singles as Raju manages to keep it tight.

Sudarshan then keeps his eye on the ball and ramps it over the keeper for a four as 12 come off it.

20:37

Buttler starts well

GT 109-1 (12 ovs) vs MI | Scorecard

Santner continues and after two dots, Buttler drives it to deep cover, a single for the taking but Naman Dhir makes a hash of it and the ball goes through his legs to the boundary.

Buttler then takes a single to short third man.

Sudarshan then clips the ball to mid-wicket for a couple.

Sudarshan then takes a single to extra cover for a single as 8 come off it.

Hardik continues and MI take the review for caught behind as Buttler looks to pulls but the ball hits his shoulder and MI lose the review.

Buttler and Sudarshan then take a single each.

Short ball and Buttler then pulls to deep square leg for a four.

Buttler then plays the ball to mid-wicket and he takes a quick couple and Sudarshan makes it in time.

Buttler again pulls the ball to the leg side for a single as 9 come off it.

Santner continues and after a dot, Buttler gets a single.

Sudarshan then takes a single next ball.

Buttler then swipes at the ball and smacks it over long on for a six where Raju puts it down at the boundary.

Buttler then comes down the track and ramps it over fine leg for a four.

A single to end the over as 13 come off it.

20:24

Gill out for 38

GT 79-1 (9 ovs) vs MI | Scorecard

Buttler is the new man in and he beaten on the outside edge first ball.

A dot later, Buttler gets off the mark with a single to mid-wicket.

A wicket and 4 runs come off the over.

Hardik continues and Sudarshan starts the over with a single.

Full ball next and Gill plays the ball mid-wicket for a tight couple.

Slower short ball next and Gill pulls it straight to deep square leg and he is out for 38 off 27. GT lose first wicket.

20:14

Sai-Gill keep runs ticking

GT 75-0 (8 ovs) vs MI | Scorecard

Left arm spinner Santner in the attack now and after a dot, Sudarshan attempts a reverse sweep, doesnn't middle it but gets a single.

Gill then cuts the ball to backward point where Raju dives and stops a certain boundary. Just a single.

A dot later, Sudarshan clips the ball to deep backward square leg for a single as 4 come off it.

After the time out and the expensive Powerplay overs, Hardik Pandya comes into the attack.

Hardik starts with a wide, a slow bouncer.

Sai then clips the ball to mid-wicket for a single.

Gill then plays the ball down to covers for a single.

Sudarshan then takes a single to sweeper cover.

Two dots later, Gill takes a single to long-off as 5 come off it.

20:02

MI going at over 10 an over

GT 66-0 (6 ovs) vs MI | Scorecard

Chahar continues and Sudarshan starts the over with a single.

Gill then clips the ball to mid-wicket for a couple.

Gill then comes down the track and hammers it straight down the ground for a six!

Gill then gets a single to mid-wicket.

Sudarshan then plays the ball to short fine and ambles across for a single. The fielder has a shy at the stumps and that is overthrows as the ball goes to the boundary. 5 runs given.

A wide given next for height.

Gill then just swats the ball past mid-wicket for a four as 20 come off the over.

Offie Mujeeb ur Rahman in the attack now and he starts with a short ball and Sudarshan cuts it through covers for a four!

Next ball is pitched up and Sudarshan lofts it over the bowler for a six!

A dot later, Sudarshan takes single.

Poor ball next and Gill pulls it over short fine leg for a four.

A dot to end the over as 15 come off it.

19:53

Sudarshan finds runs at ease

GT 31-0 (4 ovs) vs MI | Scorecard

Chahar continues, gets a little movement and Gill plays it to point for a single.

Chahar then bowls a bouncer, one for the over says the umpire.

Sudarshan then cuts the ball to deep point for a single.

Gill again comes down the track and plays it to cover for a dot.

Chahar then bowls one on good length and Gill plays it towards point for a single.

A wide and a single to end the over as 5 come off it.

Boult continues and Sudarshan plays it to cover for a dot.

Sudarshan then comes down the track and drives it straight past mid-on for a four!

Sudarshan then works the ball to the leg side for a couple.

Slow and full and Sudarshan clips the ball through mid-wicket for a four!

Sudarshan then plays the ball to deep square leg for a single.

Gill then chops the ball towards short third man for a quick single.

19:41

Gill looking solid

GT 14-0 (2 ovs) vs MI | Scorecard

Chahar opens at the other end and Sadarshan flicks it and it falls just short of deep backward square leg for a single.

Short ball and Gill pulls it through square leg for a four!

Full ball next and Gill plays it to mid-on.

Chahar then bowls fuller and shapes away slightly and Gill defends.

Gill then clips the ball towards the leg side for a couple. Dot to end the over as 7 come off it.

Shubman Gill and Sai Sudarshan come out to open for Gujarat Titans while Trent Boult will open the attack for Mumbai Indians.

And Sudarshan starts the innings with a cut to backward point for a duck as Boult starts over the wicket.

Another dot ball next as he plays it to cover.

Some swing for Boult and Sudarshan plays it down to backward point for a single to get off the mark.

Boult then bowls a full ball and swinging, Gill digs it to mid-on for a dot.

Gill then clips the ball to backward square leg for a couple.

Gill then gets the first boundary as he dances down, gets a thick edge flies over backward point for a four! 7 come off the over.

19:25

Pandya's inclusion adds firepower to MI's batting

Mumbai Indians skipper Hardik Pandya has won the toss and elected to bowl against Gujarat Titans in Ahmedabad on Saturday.

Playing XIs:

Gujarat Titans: Shubman Gill(c), Sai Sudharsan, Jos Buttler(w), Sherfane Rutherford, Shahrukh Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Kagiso Rabada, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna

Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma, Ryan Rickelton(w), Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya(c), Naman Dhir, Mitchell Santner, Deepak Chahar, Trent Boult, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Satyanarayana Raju

Impact substitutes:

Gujarat Titans: Mahipal Lomror, Glenn Phillips, Ishant Sharma, Anuj Rawat, Washington Sundar

Mumbai Indians: Robin Minz, Ashwani Kumar, Raj Bawa, Corbin Bosch, Will Jacks

Skipper Hardik Pandya's much-anticipated comeback after serving a one-match ban will lend the required balance to Mumbai Indians' line-up when they take on an equally desperate Gujarat Titans in Ahmedabad on Saturday as both teams are chasing their first victory in the ongoing edition of the IPL.

Mumbai could not break their long standing jinx of losing their IPL opener as Chennai Super Kings comfortably won by four wickets while Gujarat Titans lost a high-scoring game to Punjab Kings by 11 runs.

Pandya's comeback means that Robin Minz possibly would have to sit out but MI's batting on a slightly tacky Chepauk surface didn't inspire much confidence.

But on Saturday evening in Ahmedabad, the conditions for batting will be much better after 475 runs cumulatively were scored in the opening match between Punjab Kings (243) and Titans (232).

And on a track which is a batting paradise, a serious question mark remains on Mohammed Siraj's effectiveness. He gave away 54 runs in the opening game and was taken to cleaners by the Punjab Kings batters.

With not many senior Indian pacers in the GT ranks, it will be a strategic call that home team head coach Ashish Nehra will fret upon. The pressure to contain runs as well as take wickets is way too much on Kagiso Rabada and Rashid Khan.

In fact, if one revisits the opening games of both teams, it was evident that both teams are struggling with perfect combination of foreign recruits.

In case of MI, the issues have compounded because India's current T20I skipper Suryakumar Yadav has not been in form for a year now and former skipper Rohit Sharma's current form is also inconsistent to put it mildly.

Pandya's inclusion obviously adds firepower to batting and he can also open the bowling if necessary. He can also bowl those wide yorkers at the death overs, which Vyshak Vijaykumar of Punjab Kings executed effectively.

One of MI's main problems is wicket-keeping as they rely heavily on Ryan Rickleton. Robin Minz, who played as a batter looked out of place even though it was just the first game.

It will also be a test for rookie left-arm wrist spinner Vignesh Puthur, who got three CSK wickets on a helpful track. At Motera, the ball won't grip as much as it did at Chepauk and the turn will also be minimal. How the youngster is managed by his skipper is a big question.

For Titans, skipper Shubman Gill's season with the willow will be an indicator as to how the team performs eventually.

In the opener, the manner in which Vyshak bowled only one type of deliveries -- wide yorker or wide low full-toss -- to Sherfane Rutherford's arc, the home team coaching staff would feel that Glenn Phillips could be a better choice going forward, considering he also bowls off-spin.

But it is the bowling that will give Gill nightmares as most Indian bowlers -- Siraj, Prasidh Krishna and veteran Ishant Sharma are one dimensional hit-the-deck bowlers. No pacer except Rabada has subtle variations in his armoury.

IPL Updates: All-round GT hammer MI by 36 runs

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