Ishan Kishan’s poor form continues as he was dismissed for a four-ball duck in Mumbai Indians’ IPL 2024 match against Gujarat Titans on Sunday . Kishan, who was snubbed from the BCCI central contract list, has struggled to score runs in the past few games and once again failed to score big. Kishan faced just four balls in the match before being dismissed by Azmatullah Umarzai in Mumbai Indians’ first innings. Kishan ended up playing the ball away from his body while dealing with Omarzai’s off-spinner, Friedhiman Saha taking the catch with ease.
Earlier, Jasprit Bumrah (3/14) was at his absolute best in his first IPL match in two years as he fired at will to help Mumbai Indians The men restricted Gujarat Titans to 168/6.
Young left-hander B Sai Sudharsan tops the list with 45 off 39 balls, while Rahul Tewatia is at the bottom with 22 off 15 balls.
But there was no doubt that the night belonged to Bumrah, who missed the entire last edition due to a stress fracture in his lower back.
His dismissal of David Miller and Sudarsan for three deliveries in the 17th over could be a potential game-changer.
Assuming there might be a hint of dew later in the evening, MI’s new skipper Hardik Pandya invited GT to bat first, with Shubman Gill in his first match as captain. this task.
Looking to make an impact against his former team, Pandya opened the bowling and Wriddhiman Saha (19) hit a wicket in the off-side position to start the game with a boundary. GT’s campaign.
Against Gill, Pandya made a mistake in the queue and the stylish batsman whipped him off the pads for four with his wrists and the MI skipper came up short in his surprise 11 runs were conceded after starting the match, at the expense of one of the best bowlers in the world, Jasprit Bumrah.
While Saha found some useful boundaries, Gill found the fence with ease as GT started flying.
However, Bumrah’s introduction in the fourth over brought instant success to MI, with the leading pacer sending back Saha with an Express yoker that hit the bottom of mid-stump. The former India player was unable to bring the bat down in short order.
Shams Mulani started spinning and Gill swung back and drove the left-arm spin ball through covers for four. The GT skipper then got down on one leg and slogged through Mulaney for a huge six-ball deep square leg.
Piyush Chawla bowled an economical first over, although GT lost a wicket in the powerplay and scored just 47 runs.
Jorah continued as Gil tried to disrupt his rhythm, but failed. He bounced around the ground but didn’t get the necessary height as Rohit Sharma, who doesn’t usually find himself in such a position, judged well to finish off a clean finish at deep Clean catch.
The experienced Chawla hooked the big fish with a hook and Gill (31 off 22 balls) walked back after his eye went in to keep Mumbai support at the Narendra Modi Stadium The readers breathed a sigh of relief.
However, with Sai Sudharsan determined to build on his impressive 96 in last season’s title clash with CSK, MI knew their job was accomplished.
South African pacer Gerald Coetzee beat Azmatullah Omarzai (17) while talented Bumrah finished by one David Miller and Sudharsan were sent back before Rahul Tewatia won the GT title with a strong knock.
(with PTI input)
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