A brilliant performance from Kagiso Rabada has troubled the Mumbai Indians batters as he struck thrice in the powerplay, putting up the pressure on the MI lineup.
Bowling with his extraordinary pace, he went on to pick the wickets of Danish Malewar, Quinton de Kock and Suryakumar Yadav at regular intervals.
Kagiso Rabada has been an integral part of the IPL since 2017. He has played 89 matches till now and has picked a total of 126 wickets ahead of this match.
After being invited to bat first, Quinton de Kock and Danish Malewar opened the innings while Mohammed Siraj opened the bowling attack.
Kagiso Rabada was impressive with the ball, as he dismissed debutant Danish Malewar for 2 runs on a lbw. The pacer attacks the stumps with a lengthy delivery which rapped Malewar’s pads.
He went on to bag the wicket of Quinton de Kock for 13 runs. He got dismissed on a short and quick delivery where the wk-batter attempted the shot and lost his balance as the ball top edged and went straight to Kagiso Rabada.
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Surya Kumar Yadav ✅Kagiso Rabada with a fine piece of new-ball bowling 👌
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He striked for the third time to dismiss Suryakumar Yadav for 15 runs. He deliveried a 152.1 kph ball to SKY where it pitched up slight and the stumps shattered.
With Naman Dhir and Tilak Varma at crease, Mumbai Indians scored only 46 runs in the powerplay for three wickets.
Gujarat Titans Playing 11: Shubman Gill(c), Sai Sudharsan, Jos Buttler(w), Washington Sundar, Glenn Phillips, Shahrukh Khan, Rashid Khan, Mohammed Siraj, Kagiso Rabada, Prasidh Krishna, Ashok Sharma
Mumbai Indians Playing 11: Danish Malewar, Quinton de Kock(w), Naman Dhir, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya(c), Tilak Varma, Sherfane Rutherford, Mitchell Santner, Krish Bhagat, Jasprit Bumrah, AM Ghazanfar
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