Title match with Chennai Super Kings
Ahmedabad (Ahmedabad). Gujarat Titans defeated Mumbai Indians to make it to the Indian Premier League Finals for the second time in a row. Gujarat defeated Mumbai by 62 runs in Qualifier-2 played at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. In the rain-affected match, Rohit Sharma won the toss and decided to bowl first. Gujarat scored 233 runs for three wickets in 20 overs. In response, the Mumbai team was reduced to 171 runs in 18.2 overs.
For Mumbai only Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Verma and Cameron Green could cross the double figure. Suryakumar scored the highest 61 runs off 38 balls. He hit seven fours and two sixes. Tilak Verma scored 43 off 14 balls. At the same time, Cameron Green contributed 30 runs off 20 balls. Eight Mumbai players could not cross the double figure.
Due to injury to Ishan Kishan, Nehal Wadhera opened the innings along with Rohit Sharma. Wadhera became the victim of Mohammed Shami by scoring four and Rohit Sharma eight runs. Vishnu Vinod Panch, who came in place of Kishan as a concussion substitute, and explosive batsman Tim David returned to the pavilion after scoring two runs. Kumar Karthikeya scored six, Jason Behrendorff scored three not out and Chris Jordan scored two runs. Piyush Chawla could not open the account.
Brilliant performance by the Gujarat bowlers. Mohammed Shami gave Gujarat a big breakthrough by dismissing Rohit and Nehal in his first two overs. After him, Mohit Sharma piled up the Mumbai team by taking five wickets. Rashid Khan got two and Joshua Little got one.
Shubman Gill scored the highest 129 runs for Gujarat. He hit seven fours and 10 sixes in his 60-ball innings. This is Gill’s third century in four matches. He scored centuries against Sunrisers Hyderabad and Royal Challengers Bangalore in the last two matches of the league round. Apart from Gill, Sai Sudarshan scored 43 off 31 balls. He retired out. Captain Hardik Pandya scored an unbeaten 28 off 13 balls. He hit two fours and two sixes. Wriddhiman Saha scored 18 runs off 16 balls. Rashid Khan remained unbeaten after scoring five runs off two balls. Akash Madhwal and Piyush Chawla took one wicket each for Mumbai Indians.
It is noteworthy that in the title match, Gujarat Titans will face Chennai Super Kings at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Chennai will play in the final for the 10th time. At the same time, the team of Gujarat Titans will play the second consecutive final after appearing in the IPL last time. He won the title last year by defeating Rajasthan Royals.
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