Gujarat Titans opener Shubman Gill scored his third century in 4 inningsIndian Premier League, Qualifier 2, Ahmedabad:Gujarat Titans 233-3 (20 overs): Gill 129 (60), Sudharsan 43 (31), Pandya 28* (13)Mumbai Indians 171 (18.2 overs): Yadav 61 (38), Varma 43 (14); Mohit 5-10, Rashid 2-33Gujarat Titans gained by 62 runsScorecard

Shubman Gill scored a surprising 129 from 60 balls as holders Gujarat Titans beat Mumbai Indians to succeed in the Indian Premier League remaining.

After being dropped on 30, the Gujarat opener took the Mumbai assault aside with seven fours and 10 sixes.

The century was his third in 4 innings because the Titans posted 233-3, earlier than Mumbai tumbled to 171, with Mohit Sharma taking 5-10.

Gujarat will now play Chennai Tremendous Kings in Sunday’s remaining in Ahmedabad.

Gill masterclass makes Mumbai pay

After rain delayed the beginning of Qualifier 2 by half an hour, Gujarat had been requested to bat first.

Whereas there have been indicators of the supreme timing that was to comply with, Gill ought to have gone within the final over of the powerplay.

England seamer Chris Jordan compelled a miscue however Tim David couldn’t cling on, regardless of getting each arms to the ball after diving ahead from mid-on.

David did ultimately take the catch to dismiss Gill – some 99 runs later.

The 23-year-old was imperious and reached 50 from 32 balls, however that was simply the beginning.

Gill wanted simply 17 balls to go from 50 to 100 with a staggering show of hitting that was as elegant because it was explosive.

Akash Madhwal was dispatched for 3 sixes in an over and Piyush Chawla swatted over the ropes twice extra within the subsequent. Having reached three figures, Gill took down Cameron Inexperienced as properly.

The India batter is simply the third participant to attain three or extra a whole lot in an IPL season after Virat Kohli and Jos Buttler, who made 4 in 2016 and 2022 respectively.

Even when Gill holed out within the seventeenth over, there was no respite for Mumbai as Titans skipper Hardik Pandya got here in and continued the onslaught.

Mumbai chase runs out of steam

Mumbai misplaced…

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