Ahmedabad: T20 World Cup winning captain Suryakumar Yadav failed. Another hero of the failed T20 World Cup Hardik Pandya. The form of both of them is being repeatedly questioned in the current IPL. And on that stage alone, Tilak Varma burned like a hundred. With his batting power, Mumbai Indians showed Dadagiri at the home ground of Gujarat Titans. Batting first, Mumbai made 199/5. Chasing the target of 200 runs, Shubman Gilder’s innings ended with only 100 runs! After winning the match by 99 runs, Mumbai Indians climbed to the seventh position in the points table. From Last Boy’s place. Mumbai Indians got 4 points in 6 matches. Kolkata Knight Riders Went to the bottom of the points table. Shahrukh Khan-Juhi Chawla team has 3 points.
After losing four matches in a row, Mumbai Indians entered the field against Gujarat Titans. Mumbai had to win to keep even the slightest chance of making it to the playoffs. Virtually a do or die situation. Mumbai not only won, but won by a huge margin of 99 runs.
Tilak Verma is the hero in the victory. And said Ashwani Kumar lit up. As an impact player, he took 4 wickets for 24 runs in 4 overs. Chasing the target of 200 runs, Gujarat’s innings ended with 100 runs in 15.5 overs.
Mumbai Indians scored 58 runs in the last three overs! 19.33 run rate! That’s where the match turned. Tilak scored 56 runs in the last 15 balls of his innings! Tilak had 19 runs off the first 22 balls. Then the explosion. He was hitting the rhythm in the current IPL. current IPLTilak scored a total of 43 runs in 5 innings till Monday’s match. On Monday, he scored 101 runs off 45 balls and remained unbeaten. With a strike rate of 224.44.
That winning feeling 🥳@mipaltan fans, how delighted are you? 😉
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In reply, Gujarat lost Sai Sudarshan on the first ball. The killer is Yashpreet Bumra. Then Gujarat collapsed in the innings. Gill 14, Jos Buttler 5 runs out.
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