Gujarat Titans vs Mumbai Indians (Match 35) – Highlights

In IPL Match 35, Gujarat Titans host Mumbai Indians at home on Tuesday, April 25. In the game, the Gujarat Titans batted first and set a lofty goal in the allotted 20 overs. But the target was not reached by Mumbai Indians as the allotted 20 overs came to an end. In addition, Abhinav Manohar’s outstanding batting earned him the title of Man of the Match.

The struggle at the point table is well underway. For a while, Rajasthan Royals held the top spot. After them, Chennai Super Kings rose to the top. Even if they were unable to reach the top this time, the current champion Gujarat Titans have nonetheless attained the same parallel position.

In a crushing victory on Tuesday at the Motera Stadium in Ahmedabad, the Gujarat Titans defeated Rohit Sharma’s Mumbai Indians by a score of 55 runs. With 10 points from 7 games with this remarkable triumph, Hardik Pandya’s squad moved up to second place in the standings. With identical points, Chennai Super Kings are ahead of the run rate. Apart from that, Mumbai has six points and is in seventh place.

First-innings batters Gujarat Titans scored 207 runs while losing 6 wickets. After that, Mumbai Indians’ response saw them score 152 runs while losing 9 wickets. Then, Rohit Sharma was forced to concede defeat as a result of the significant 55-run deficit.

After winning the toss, Mumbai decided to put Gujarat to bat first. The validity of Rohit Sharma’s choice was initially ambiguous. Mumbai returned Wriddhiman Saha for 4 runs, thus. Thanks to Arjun Tendulkar for whom, Mumbai received a huge boost.

However, then Shubman Gill and Hardik Pandya broke in and Shubman Gill essentially began stormy batting. After hitting 34 balls for 56 runs, he was out. 7 boundaries and 1 six were present in his innings. For 13 runs off of 14 balls, Hardik Pandya was also out.

Also struggling to bat well in the middle order was Vijay Shankar. After hitting 16 balls for 19 runs, he was out. But together, David Miller and Abhinav Manohar sparked a maelstrom. Gujarat used two below-par innings from the duo to push their score past 200.

David Miller used 22 balls to score 46. He made 2 boundaries and 4 sixes. With 42 runs off 21 balls, Abhinav Manohar was undefeated. He made three sixes and three boundaries. Rahul Tewatia scored 20 runs in the final minute using just 5 balls. He made three sixes. 

For the Mumbai Indians, Piyush Chawla grabbed 2 wickets and gave 34 runs in 4 overs. In addition, one wicket apiece was taken by Arjun Tendulkar, Jason Behrendorff, Riley Meredith, and Kumar Kartikeya.

Rohit Sharma’s wicket was lost early in the Mumbai Indians’ reply. He barely managed two runs. Ishan Kishan scored 13 runs. With 29 balls, Cameron Green scored 33 runs. With 2 runs, Tilak Verma was out of the game. Suryakumar Yadav scored 23 runs. Tim David was expelled for failing to run.

The maximum of 40 runs was achieved by Nehal Wadhera. 18 runs were scored by Piyush Chawla. In 9 balls, Arjun Tendulkar scored 13 runs. They ultimately exited the field having lost and with an additional 5 runs.

For Gujarat, Noor Ahmed took 3 wickets. Each Rashid Khan and Mohit Sharma collected two wickets. In addition, Hardik Pandya claimed one wicket.

Gujarat Titans vs Mumbai Indians Scoreboard   

Gujarat Titans – 207/6 (20.0)  

Mumbai Indians – 152/9 (20.0)  

Result – Gujarat Titans won by 55 runs 

Player of the match – Abhinav Manohar

Abhinav Manohar

Gujarat Titans vs Mumbai Indians Playing XIs