Former England batsman Kevin Pietersen and legendary Indian cricketer Sunil Gavaskar take on Hardik Pandey during the IPL 2024 match between Mumbai Indians and Gujarat Titans on Sunday Ya’s pitching decisions were extremely criticized. The MI captain decided to start the match with the new ball instead of picking star fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah, a choice that created a lot of discussion in the commentary box. Things took a turn for the worse when Hardik was treated as a cleaner by GT opener Shubman Gill and Wriddhiman Saha and the all-rounder was bowled out in the first 6 deliveries Lost 20 points.
“Why doesn’t Jasprit Bumrah start bowling? I don’t understand that,” said Pietersen.
“Very good question. Very, very good question,” Gavaskar replied in the comments.
Even Irfan Pathan took to social media to express his opinion on the matter.
“Where is Bumra?” he posted on X (formerly Twitter).
Where is Bumra?
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) March 24, 2024
Gujarat went on to score 169 runs with the bat, which was a good wicket score. Mumbai Indians got off to a bad start with Ishan Kishan giving the edge to wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha who was caught by Azmatullah O for a four-ball duck Azmatullah Omarzai was sent off. MI are 0/1 in 0.4 overs.
Rohit Sharma later formed a brief partnership with young batsman Naman Dhir, a 24-year-old batsman with 4 T20 innings experience of. Rohit smashed Umesh Yadav for two while Naman smashed Omarzai for three and a six guard.
However, Umarzai had the last laugh as he trapped Naman at leg in front of the wicket and made 20 off 10 balls with three fours and a six. MI’s score in three overs is 30/2. However, Rohit was unfazed and continued to punish Umesh with fours and sixes.
Dewald Brevis was the next player to take the field. Rohit helped MI reach 50 runs in 5.4 overs on the back of a brilliant performance from Rashid Khan.
Australian pacer Spencer Johnson hit a costly knock at the end of the first half of the innings, with Rohit hitting two fours and Brevis hitting a six. At the end of 10 overs, MI were 88/2 with Rohit (40*) and Brevis (26*) remaining unbeaten.
Brevis hit Mohit Sharma for four to help MI reach the 100-run mark in 11.1 overs.
A 77-run partnership for the third wicket was ended by Sai Kishore, who trapped Rohit for 43 in front of the wicket with 7 fours and a six in 29 balls point. In 12.1 overs, MI was 107/3.
At the end of 15 overs, MI were 126/3 with Brevis (46*) and Tilak Varma (15*) remaining unbeaten.
Mohit turned things around for GT, getting dismissed for 11 off 10 balls after Tim David was caught by David Miller. MI were 142/5 in the 18th over, needing 27 runs off the last 12 balls.
In the next over, Spencer conceded six first balls but the next ball went to Tilak and was caught by Abhinav Manohar for a loss of 19 25 balls. MI was 148/6, needing 21 off 10 balls.
Hardik Pandya and Gerald Coetzee were the newly minted duo who led the team into the final round with 19 points while Gerald Spencer was bowled out for one on the last ball of the over. MI was 150/7 in 19 overs.
Shams Mulani was the next player to take the field. Hardik started the next over with a six and a four. However, he was dismissed by Umesh for 11 runs off 4 balls and was caught by Tewatiya. MI were 160/8, needing 9 runs from three balls. Umesh took a hat-trick and the next ball came to Piyush Chawla. MI’s odds are 160/9, requiring 9 runs from two goals.
MI ended their innings at 162/9 in 20 overs, losing by six runs.
With ANI input
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