Gujarat Titans (GT) surprised the five-time IPL champions, Mumbai Indians (MI), with a slender six-run victory on Sunday, March 24. Chasing a seemingly achievable goal of 169, Mumbai’s batting collapsed dramatically after the dismissal of their skilled opener Rohit Sharma (43 off 29).
MI’s batting crumbles beneath stress
Aside from Dewald Brevis (46 off 38), no different middle-order batter may step up and deal with the stress. A catastrophic collapse noticed them lose seven wickets for a mere 53 runs, in the end falling in need of the goal. Although their captain Hardik Pandya performed some massive pictures in the long run, he couldn’t salvage the chase.
For Titans, bowlers held their nerves to safe a win. Medium pacer Mohit Sharma supplied essential breakthroughs with two wickets in demise overs. Skilled campaigner Umesh Yadav additionally displayed his magic, choosing up the wickets of Hardik and Piyush Chawla on again to again deliveries regardless of being hammered for ten runs within the first two balls of the ultimate over.
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Spenser Johnson redeems himself with Ashish Nehra’s steering
Making his IPL debut, younger Australian fast Spencer Johnson conceded 17 runs in his first over. Nevertheless, he displayed distinctive resilience, adhering to go coach Ashish Nehra‘s advice to stay calm. Johnson bounced back spectacularly, claiming two big wickets in the 19th over and swinging the game back in favour of Gujarat.
“Absolutely incredible (feeling) to get the win in front of a full house is pretty special,” Johnson expressed to the official broadcaster after the match.
Acknowledging his coach’s phrases on the boundary rope, Johnson stated: “Ash (Ashish Nehra) told me to be calm, you are going to win the game. What worked well for me was the hard length and keeping calm and not panicking and sticking to what I do well.”
The Titans will subsequent face the defending champions, Chennai Tremendous Kings (CSK), in an away recreation on Tuesday, March 26.