On Tuesday, April 25, Gujarat Titans (GT) and Mumbai Indians (MI) will face off in Match 35 of the IPL 2023. The much-anticipated matchup will take place in Ahmedabad at the Narendra Modi Stadium. Set fourth in the focuses table, GT will enter this evening’s down on the rear of an undeniably exhilarating success over the Lucknow Super Goliaths (LSG) on Saturday, April 22.
GT lost their fit opener Shubman Gill in the second over after winning the toss and choosing to bat first. Captain Hardik Pandya, in any case, came to bat at No. 3 and defended his position right up until the very end.
Wriddhiman Saha got out for 47 after a quick start and missed out on a well-deserved fifty. But Hardik kept his cool and got his team a low score of 135/6. With two boundaries and four maximums, the GT captain scored 66 runs in 50 balls.
LSG, on the other hand, ruined a straightforward chase. While KL Rahul began splendidly, scoring his second IPL 2023 50 years, the other Lucknow hitters couldn’t contribute a lot.
With nine wickets remaining and just 36 runs needed from their remaining six overs, LSG were on track for a straightforward victory. However, GT’s incredible bowling and erratic batting were the primary factors in the game’s gradual shift in favor of the defending champions.
Mohammed Shami and Mohit Sharma, two seasoned Indian pacers, bowled superbly at the end to stifle the Super Giants’ batters in front of their home crowd. Prompting one of the most emotional implosions in IPL history, LSG could assemble 128/7 and lost the game by seven runs.
Scorecard for MI’s most recent IPL 2023 match.
Mumbai, unlike GT, lost their most recent IPL 2023 match against the Punjab Kings (PBKS) on April 22.
MI were supposed to chase 215 in their third home game of the season, but they lost the big wicket of Ishan Kishan (1) in the powerplay itself.
After that, Cameron Green (67) and Rohit Sharma (44) added 76 runs for the second wicket, and the MI captain once more squandered a fantastic start. Rohit’s excusal carried Suryakumar Yadav to the center, and he went wild from the word go.
Suryakumar saw his best, crushing 57 runs off only 26 balls. The hosts, notwithstanding, lost the plot, losing Green and Suryakumar in the sixteenth and eighteenth overs, separately. Arshdeep Singh stayed calm and collected in the passing overs and conveyed a magnificent spell. He did it for fun by shaking the stumps, and his four wickets helped Punjab win the game by 13 runs. PBKS batted first earlier in the evening on a Wankhede surface that was conducive to batsmanship. In the powerplay, the Kings lost Matthew Short, but Prabhsimran Singh and Atharva Taide combined to score 47 runs for the second wicket to stabilize the innings. The Mumbai Indians came back with three wickets, but Harpreet Bhatia and Sam Curran’s partnership of 41 changed the game completely.
In his 55-run score, Curran hit five fours and four sixes. He was the top scorer for PBKS. With figures of 2/15, Mumbai’s pick of the bowlers was Piyush Chawla.