Cricket Highlights, 12 May: IPL 2023 (Match 57) – Mumbai Indians vs Gujarat Titans  

Mumbai Indians vs Gujarat Titans (Match 57) – Highlights

Mumbai Indians took on Gujarat Titans at home in the 57th match of the IPL on Friday (May 12). Batting first in that match, Mumbai Indians set a huge target in the 20 overs set by Suryakumar Yadav’s batting. Chasing that target, Gujarat Titans could not reach the target as the scheduled over ended. As a result, they have to leave the field with a loss of 27 runs. Along with that, Suryakumar Yadav won the Man of the Match title with his excellent batting.

In the Indian Premier League (IPL), Suryakumar Yadav has consistently shone. But despite recording several fifty-point performances over the previous ten seasons in this franchise league, he was unable to reach a century. During the game against the Gujarat Titans, he finally reached the required milestone.

On Friday, Suryakumar scored his first IPL century. Based on his unbroken innings of 103 runs against Gujarat Titans, Mumbai Indians received a sizable collection. At the end of the allotted over, they had 218 runs after losing 5 wickets.

Batting first, the squad scored 61 runs in the opening thanks to Ishan Kishan and Rohit Sharma. With the help of four fours and one six, Kishan scored 31 off 20 balls. And Rohit was caught out by Rashid after scoring 29 runs off 18 balls, including 3 fours and 2 sixes.

Nehal Wadhera then made an effort to control the crease. Rashid, though, did not give this batter much time to continue. Before the Afghan spinner bowled him, he amassed 15 runs off 7 balls with 1 four and 1 six. But Rashid was unable to defeat Suryakumar. He started off gently, keeping one end of the crease. Together with Vinod, they scored 65 runs for the fourth wicket. Later, with the help of two fours and two sixes, Vinod was removed for 30 runs off 20 balls.

Then Tim David, who wanted to accompany him, soon departed the crease. They lost two wickets in a row, but Suryakumar still maintained command of the game. He eventually stole his first IPL century after gradually seizing control of the game.

Suryakumar scored his milestone with a six off the final ball of the innings, going undefeated for 49 balls and 103 runs. 11 fours and 6 sixes were scattered across his innings. In his eleventh IPL season, Suryakumar got a century in the 135th game. In 119 innings, he has 20 half-centuries.

Only Rashid Khan for Gujarat was successful with the ball. He bowled 4 overs and claimed 4 wickets for 30 runs. Mohit Sharma secured the final wicket. However, the other bowlers struggled.

Gujarat was under pressure early on as they were batting with a target of 219 runs. Within 26 runs, all three of the top-order batsmen came back. Shubman Gill (6), Hardik Pandya (4), and Wriddhiman Saha (2). After that, David Miller and Vijay Shankar were in charge of withdrawing the inning. But Gujarat once more suffered when Shankar was out for only 29 runs. Rahul Tewatia and Rashid Khan then played fantastic innings, but they were unable to significantly cut the gap.

Miller hit four fours and two sixes in his 41 runs off just 26 balls. In just 13 balls, Rahul Tewatia scored 14 runs. Rashid Khan had a fantastic performance, scoring 79 runs off just 32 balls. He also slugged 10 sixes and three fours. After losing 8 wickets, their innings was eventually dismissed at 191 runs.

Akash took 3 wickets for Mumbai Indians. Piyush and Kumar took 2 wickets each. Jason Behrendorff also took 1 wicket.

Mumbai Indians vs Gujarat Titans Scoreboard   

Mumbai Indians – 218/5 (20.0)  

Gujarat Titans – 191/8 (20.0)  

Result – Mumbai Indians won by 27 runs   

Player of the match – Suryakumar Yadav

Suryakumar Yadav

Mumbai Indians vs Gujarat Titans Playing XIs