Mumbai’s dream of winning 7 consecutive matches to stay at the top of the table was shattered during a rain-affected match. Gujarat won off the last ball with 3 wickets remaining.
After Mumbai’s dream of winning 7 consecutive matches to remain at the top of the list was shattered, captain Hardik Pandya said that bowling a no-ball in T20 is no less than a crime.
Mumbai’s dream of topping the table was shattered during a match played at Wankhede Cricket Stadium (Gurmail Kamboj): The 56th match of IPL ended at 12:40 minutes.
During this rain-affected match both Gujarat and Mumbai teams were continuously trying to win. Gujarat was looking dominant over Mumbai in the beginning of the match.
At one point, Mumbai lost both openers for only 26 runs. After which W. jacks (35-53) and S. Yadav (24-35) made a partnership of 71 runs. After their partnership broken, Mumbai lost their wickets in a row.
Due to which they added 155 runs for the loss of 8 wickets in 20 overs. Gujarat’s G. Coetzee, A. Khan and R. Khan together dismissed 3 Mumbai batsmen for just 49 runs in 9 overs. Apart from these, R. Saikishor sent 2 Mumbai batsmen to the pavilion for 34 runs in 4 overs.
The match witnessed continuous rain. The match was stopped several times due to rain. During which Gujarat, led by S. Gill (46-43), J. Buttler (27-30) and S. Rutherford (15-28), had scored 132 runs in 18 overs after losing 6 batsmen when the rain started for the last time.
At this time, Gujarat (DLS) was 4 runs behind Mumbai as per the rule. At around 0:15 AM minutes the rain stopped and the umpire came to the field to assess the condition of the field and decided to play 1 more over. according to (DLS) that time Gujarat Titans needed 15 runs to win.
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The thrill of the last over
Mumbai Indians captain Hardik gave the 19th over to Deepak Cahayar after conceding 18 runs in his one over and lacking confidence in himself. R. Tewatia added 4 runs on the first ball and 1 run on the second, after which G. Coetzee scored 6 on 3rd ball and 1 run on the 4th ball, chahayar 4th ball was no ball, Tewatia could not take advantage of the free hit and only 1 run was scored on the next ball.
Deepak took the wicket of Coetzee on the 5th ball of the over and the match stood tied. The last ball was faced by A. Khan who played a shot towards Hardik Pandya and ran for a single, during which Hardik missed run out to batsman. In this way, Gujarat Titans broke Mumbai Indians’ dream of topping the table and topped the table themselves.