Gujarat Titans 207 for six (Gill 56, Miller 46, Manohar 42, Chawla 2-34) beat Mumbai Indians 152 for 9 (Wadhera 40, Inexperienced 33, Noor 3-37, Rashid 2-27) by 55 runs

Batting fireworks from Gujarat Titans within the dying overs and 5 wickets shared by Afghan spinners Rashid Khan and Noor Ahmad gave the hosts their second win in a row as they steamrolled Mumbai Indians for his or her second straight loss on a scorching and humid night in Ahmedabad. After defending the large rating of 207 for six comfortably, Titans jumped to second place with 10 factors, the identical as table-toppers Chennai Tremendous Kings.Mumbai’s dying bowling got here within the highlight once more with Jofra Archer sitting out with an sickness, Arjun Tendulkar not bowling in that section, and their quicks leaking 70 runs within the final 4 overs, after conceding 65 in the identical section towards Punjab Kings of their final recreation.After Shubman Gill’s fifty and a boundary-laden partnership of 71 off simply 35 balls between Abhinav Manohar and David Miller for the fifth wicket, Mumbai’s batting firepower fizzled towards Afghanistan’s spin duo as solely one in all their high six crossed 25 they usually fell quick by 55 runs after being diminished to 59 for five within the eleventh over.

Gill lays the platform

Tendulkar stored it tight together with his inswing early on that had Wriddhiman Saha caught down leg and together with Jason Behrendorff, he stored Titans to 33 for 1 after 5 overs. Gill then began his onslaught by milking Cameron Inexperienced for 17 within the final over of the powerplay, with a strong pull, a scythe by off and a surprising lofted straight drive for six to energy the run charge previous eight.

Mumbai introduced on Piyush Chawla instantly and Hardik Pandya holed out to long-off instantly for 13. However that did not deter Gill’s tempo. He drilled Chawla by the covers for 4 and smashed Kumar Kartikeya to the leg aspect subsequent over to achieve a 30-ball fifty and lead Titans to 84 for two on the midway mark.

The take off from Manohar and Miller (and Tewatia)

Gill and Vijay Shankar holed out to long-on towards the spinners in successive overs, and at 103 for 4 after 13 overs, the innings may have tilted both methods.

Manohar bravely took on a miserly Chawla and tilted the pendulum in…

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