Gujarat Titans vs Mumbai Indians: IPL 2024 – as it happened
All the updates as the Gujarat Titans beat the Mumbai Indians by six runs in the Indian Premier League 2024 at Ahmedabad.
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This page is now closed. Thanks for joining us. These were the updates as cricket’s Gujarat Titans staged a late comeback to beat the Mumbai Indians by six runs:
- Gujarat Titans beat Mumbai Indians by six runs in their Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 encounter in Ahmedabad.
- Mumbai lost five wickets for 31 runs as their chase of 169 faltered towards the end of their innings.
- Gujarat’s four pace bowlers took two wickets apiece.
- Sai Sudharsan top-scored for Gujarat with 45.
- Jasprit Bumrah finished with figures of 3-14 from his four overs as Gujarat posted 168-6.
Goodbye!
That’s it from our coverage of this grudge match at the IPL 2024!
Mumbai started the chase well with Rohit and Brevis, but as soon as those two batters departed, Gujarat found their way into the match.
Some tight bowling and good catching took them over the line in a thriller in front of nearly 90,000 home fans.
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‘We wanted to keep the pressure on’
Gujarat captain Gill says his bowlers held their nerve, especially with the dew playing its part.
“There was a lot of dew, but Rashid and Sai kept us in the game. Mohit Sharma has been a revelation for us,” he tells Ravi Shastri at the post-match presentation ceremony.
“We wanted to keep building on the pressure on Mumbai because we knew it was [going to be] hard to hit the ball.”
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Gill a calming figure for Gujarat
Spencer Johnson says Shubman Gill has been a calming influence despite being a young captain.
“He sat with me on the bus ride and talked me through the game to calm my nerves ahead of my first IPL game,” Johnson tells cricket commentator Ian Bishop.
Loss ‘not an issue’ for Pandya
Pandya tells the broadcasters his side lost momentum towards the end of the innings but he is glad the crowd “got a good game”.
Ah, cheeky from the former Gujarat captain.
The Mumbai captain says he is not worried with a loss first up.
“Thirteen games to go.”
Gujarat 1-0 Pandya
It’s a losing return to Gujarat for Pandya, but a winning debut for the home side’s new captain Gill.
Gujarat Titans win by six runs!
Bumrah is the new batter, but he can only take a single off the penultimate ball.
Shams Mulani, the other new batter, faces the last ball and gets a single to his name as well as Gujarat complete an incredible comeback!
WICKET! Mumbai Indians 160-9
Piyush Chawla walks in and walks out the next ball. It’s a rising delivery from Yadav and Chawla pulls it straight to Rashid!
Nine needed off two.
WICKET! Pandya goes. Mumbai Indians 160-8
That’s all for the Hardik Pandya show.
He has a go again but is caught out at long-on where Tewatia makes no mistake, much to the delight of the home crowd.
Pandya hits a four!
A width ball and Pandya is on top of it. He sends it racing to the extra cover boundary for a four.
Nine needed off four.
Pandya smashes the first ball for six
Pandya is cool under pressure and the unwelcoming sounds. He waits for Umesh Yadav’s first ball and dispatches it over extra cover with ease.
Thirteen needed off five.
Nineteen overs. Mumbai Indians 150-7
Pandya’s first run is booed and Gerald Coetzee plays a dot ball next up.
He then offers an easy caught-and-bowled chance to Spencer who makes no mistake to leave Mumbai reeling.
Nineteen needed off six.
WICKET! Varma walks! Mumbai Indians 148-6
Spencer is back in the attack and is dispatched for a huge six by Varma! A full delivery gets dispatched into the stands over long-on.
But Spencer has the last laugh as he gets his man on the next ball. A swing by Varma lands the ball straight down the deep square leg.
Pandya walks in
The former Gujarat captain is welcomed by a booing Ahmedabad crowd.
WICKET! David departs! Mumbai Indians 142-5 in 18 overs
Mohit keeps mixing them up and his fifth ball keeps low to evade David’s swinging bat.
The last ball is slapped away by David in a no-look shot but finds a diving, sliding David Miller who is known for pulling off scorchers in the field.
Gujarat are still in this.
Mohit to bowl his last over
Tim David will back himself against the medium pacer. Swing-and-a-miss first up.
Mohit bowls a wide to ease a bit of the pressure on Mumbai.
David picks up the second delivery off his legs and flicks it away off a boundary over deep midwicket. Straight bats the third ball past the bowler for a couple.
Mumbai need 27 off 14.
17 overs. Mumbai Indians 133-4
Rashid’s last over is a strange one. Mumbai take three singles but turn down one.
The leg-spinner ends with 23-0 off his four.
Mumbai need 36 off 18.
16 overs. Mumbai Indians 130-4
Tim David walks out to face the last ball of the over.
Slashes it through cover for a single.
Mumbai need 39 off 24.
WICKET! Brevis goes! Mumbai Indians 129-4
A dot ball from Mohit Sharma is cheered by the Ahmedabad crowd.
Varma pulls the second and Rashid’s diving stop keeps Mumbai down to a couple. Varma attempts a scoop, but the ball goes straight to the fielder at short fine leg.
Mumbai seem in a rush when they don’t need to be. And they pay for it!
Brevis attempts a heave off a short delivery and offers an easy catch to the bowler, who doesn’t make a mistake this time.
15 overs. Mumbai Indians 126-3
Rashid returns for his third over as Gujarat’s search for a fourth wicket continues. Mumbai won’t mind the singles and doubles off the leg spinner. They run five runs off the first three balls.
A hesitant call for a single off the fourth, but the batters are safe.
A couple of dots to end the over.
14 overs. Mumbai Indians 121-3
Mohit is back on the field after receiving some treatment on his hand after that caught-and-bowled attempt.
Brevis is happy to rotate the strike, and Mumbai will be happy if he is around to see off this chase.
Varma gets lucky with a thick inside edge that races away to the fine leg boundary.
Mohit mixes it up and appeals on the third ball, but the batter edged it onto his pads.
12 overs. Mumbai Indians 112-3
Kishore ends his brilliant spell of four overs with 21-1.
Three singles, a double and the wicket of the India captain. Not a bad outing in a T20 match.
Tilak Varma walks in
And the new batter gets off the mark with a single.
WICKET! Rohit is gone! Mumbai Indians 107-3
Kishore gets the big man on the first ball of his last over.
Bowls a straight one at Rohit who is down on one knee in search of a sweep. Misses the ball and it hits him right in front of the stumps. The umpire raises his finger but Rohit reviews.
No edge and the ball is going on to hit the middle and leg. Rohit goes for 43 off 29.
12 overs. Mumbai Indians 107-2
Mohit Sharma is introduced into the attack and Brevis welcomes him with a four-past backward point.
Brevis is picking up boundaries with punches that would find their way into a Test batter’s rapporteur.
Mohit gets a caught-and-bowled opportunity off Rohit but puts it down.
Mumbai go past the 100-run mark without breaking a sweat.
Both batters are nearing their half-centuries as Mumbai get closer to the target.
11 overs. Mumbai Indians 97-2
Kishore continues for his third over and keeps it down on the first four balls with a couple of singles.
Brevis does not mind playing the waiting game and finds his big shot on the fifth delivery. Kishore’s tossed-up delivery is dispatched by the South African batter over cover for a six.