NEW DELHI: Mumbai Indians' bid to finally beat Gujarat Titans at Ahmedabad's Narendra Modi Stadium was foiled again in a thrilling finish to Sunday's late game.
Hardik Pandya
, who led Gujarat in the 2022 and 2023 seasons, came back to his former home ground only to watch
Shubman Gill
make a winning start as Titans captain.
Chasing 169 to win, Mumbai were propped up by 46 runs from impact substitute
Dewald Brevis
.
Former skipper
Rohit Sharma
scored 43 off 29 balls.
An inexplicable batting strategy saw Pandya coming out to bat at number seven and the MI captain was on 1 when
Umesh Yadav
came on to bowl the last over, with MI needing 19 runs.
Pandya smashed the first ball, a slower one, for a six over extra cover.
Next delivery,
Umesh
bowled a short length ball with enough width for Pandya to pounce and bash that along the ground through extra cover.
But Umesh had his revenge on the next delivery with a pacy short ball that Pandya couldn't get the desired connection on the pull.
Pandya dragged it off the toe end of the bat and
Rahul Tewatia
took a simple catch at long-on, triggering the biggest roar from the crowd.
Watch the video of the dismissal here:
Gujarat Titans won by 6 runs for their third win against Mumbai Indians at the venue.
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