MI vs GT / Rashid's stormy innings did not work in front of Surya's century - MI beat GT by 27 runs

MI vs GT: Surya (103 not out off 49 balls) scored his maiden century as Mumbai Indians secured a 27-run win over defending champions Gujarat Titans in the Indian Premier League 2023. With this win, the team has regained its place at number three in the table. The team has 14 points in its account and is 3 points away from the playoffs, while the wait for Gujarat standing on the threshold of the playoffs has increased. The team is one win away from qualification.

Gujarat won the toss and chose bowling at the Wankhede Stadium. Batting first, Mumbai scored 218 for 5 in 20 overs with the help of Suryakumar Yadav's first IPL century. In reply, Gujarat batsmen could only manage 191 runs for 8 wickets in 20 overs.

Gujarat's wickets fell like this...

First: Impact player Akash Madhwal made Wriddhiman Saha LBW on the 5th ball of the second over.

Second: On the third ball of the third over, Behrendorff got captain Hardik Pandya caught by wicketkeeper Ishan Kishan.

Third: Shubman Gill was bowled by Akash Madhwal on the fifth ball of the fourth over.

Fourth: Vijay Shankar was bowled by Piyush Chawla on the first ball of the 7th over.

Fifth: Abhinav Manohar was bowled by Kumar Kartikeya on the first ball of the 8th over.

Sixth: On the last ball of the 12th over, Akash made David Miller LBW.

Seventh: On the first ball of the 13th over, Piyush Chawla got Rahul Tevita caught by Cameron Green.

Eighth: Kumar Kartikeya bowled Noor Ahmed on the second ball of the 14th over.

GT lost 3 wickets in powerplay

Chasing the target of 219 runs, Gujarat got off to a bad start. The team lost the wicket of Wriddhiman Saha in the very second over. Captain Hardik Pandya was also caught out in the third over. In the fourth over, opener Shubman Gill was bowled by Akash Madhwal. The team could only manage 48 runs at the loss of 3 wickets in 6 overs.

Mumbai scored 218 runs on the basis of Surya's century.

Gujarat won the toss and chose bowling at the Wankhede Stadium. Batting first, Mumbai scored 218 for 5 in 20 overs with the help of Suryakumar Yadav's first IPL century.

Suryakumar remained not out after scoring 103 runs in 49 balls. Rashid Khan took 4 wickets from Gujarat.

Surya's first IPL century in 49 balls

Suryakumar Yadav from Mumbai remained not out after scoring 103 off 49 balls. He completed the century by hitting a six off the last ball of the innings. He shared a not out partnership of 65 off 42 balls with Vishnu Vinod and 54 off 18 balls with Cameron Green. In partnership with Green, Surya scored 50 off 15 balls.

Surya scored the fourth century of the current season of the tournament. Before him, Harry Brook of Hyderabad, Yashasvi Jaiswal of Rajasthan and Venkatesh Iyer of Kolkata have also scored centuries this season. Suryakumar has 3 centuries in T20 International.

Rashid took 4 wickets

Electing to bowl first after winning the toss, Gujarat Titans could not take a single wicket in the powerplay, but in the 7th over, Rashid Khan gave the team two successes. He also took the wicket of Tim David in the 17th over of the innings after dismissing Nehal Wadhera in the middle. In this way, he took 4 wickets for 30 runs in his 4 over spell.

None except Rashid walked

Apart from Surya from Mumbai, Nehal Wadhera scored 15, Vishnu Vinod 30, Tim David scored 5 and Cameron Green scored 3 runs. Apart from Rashid from Gujarat, only Mohit Sharma could take a wicket. None of the other bowlers got success. Mohammed Shami and Alzarri Joseph gave more than 50 runs in their spell of 4-4 overs.

MI did not lose wicket in powerplay

Batting first after losing the toss, Mumbai Indians got off to a brisk start in the powerplay by captain Rohit Sharma and Ishaan Kishan. Both scored 14 runs in the first over of Mohit Sharma and 17 runs in the second over of Mohammed Shami. The team added 61 runs without loss in 6 overs.

Rohit Sharma got out on the very first ball of the 7th over after not losing a wicket in the powerplay. In the same over, Rashid Khan made Ishaan Kishan walk as well. Rohit scored 29 and Ishaan scored 31 runs.

Mumbai's wickets fell like this...

First: On the first ball of the 7th over, Rashid Khan got Rohit Sharma caught by Rahul Tewatia.

Second: Rashid made Ishaan Kishan LBW on the 5th ball of the 7th over.

Third: Rashid Khan bowled Nehal Wadhera on the last ball of the 9th over.

Fourth: Mohit Sharma bowled a full toss in the last ball of the 16th over. Vishnu Vinod is caught out. He scored 30 runs.

Fifth: The last ball of the 17th over, Rashid Khan bowled fuller length leg spin. Tim David was caught by Rashid. David scored 5 runs.

See the playing-11 of both the teams

Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma (Captain), Ishan Kishan, Cameron Green, Suryakumar Yadav, Tim David, Nehal Wadhera, Chris Jordan, Piyush Chawla, Vishnu Vinod, Kumar Karthikeya and Jason Behrendorff.

Impact Players: Ramandeep Singh, Madhwal, Brewis, Sandeep Warrier and Hrithik Shokeen.

Gujarat Titans: Hardik Pandya (Captain), Wriddhiman Saha (Wicket-keeper), Vijay Shankar, David Miller, Abhinav Manohar, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Noor Ahmed, Alzarri Joseph, Mohammed Shami and Mohit Sharma.

Impact Players: Shubman Gill, Sai Sudarshan, KS Bharath, Shivam Mavi, RS Sai Kishore.