Mumbai Indians defeated table toppers Gujarat Titans by 5 runs in an thrilling encounter at Brabourne stadium in IPL 2022. Hardik Pandya was up against his former team Mumbai Indians who played a big role in his growth.
Mumbai Indians successfully defended the target of 178 runs with the impactful performances from Murugan Ashwin and Daniel Sams. Saha and Gill gave a great start to Gujarat in the powerplay. Titans managed to score 54 runs in the Powerplay. Bumrah gave away 26 runs in his two overs in the powerplay.
Both of them converted their great start into a 100 plus runs partnership. Gill kept on attacking spinners in middle overs to release the pressure. Later, Murugan Ashwin dismissed Saha and Gill in a single over to pull back things for MI. Gujarat needed 48 runs in the last 5 overs to win. Hardik’s wicket turned the match towards Mumbai.
In the last over, Gujarat needed 9 runs to win with Daniel Sams bowling the last over. Sams kept his calm in the last over. He bowled smartly and kept it away from the arc of Miller and Tewatia. All the MI fans were delighted with the hard fought victory.
Here are some of top twitter reactions from this match :
Mumbai Indians becomes the first team to defend the total against Gujarat in IPL 2022.
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) May 6, 2022
Omg this is peak Mumbai Indians. They won game from where no body would have imagined…😭😭
— ANSHUMAN🚩 (@AvengerReturns) May 6, 2022
How did GT lost? How did MI won? Sams defended 9 runs where Bumrah gave 48 runs today 😭😭😭
— Sai (@akakrcb6) May 6, 2022
Can't believe #MI pulled it off! It was #GT's game most of the way! One of the overs of the tournament from Sams!
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) May 6, 2022
One of the finest death over from Sams against 2 guys who have literally chased down everything this season from nowhere.
— arfan (@Im__Arfan) May 6, 2022
1,0,W1,1,0,0 in the final over while defending 9 runs – an over to remember for Daniel Sams.
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) May 6, 2022
Daniel Sams conceded 35 in an over against KKR then he was out of the team. Made his comeback and played a vital role in both of MI's victories. Took 1/32 and hit 6 (1) against RR and tonight defended 8 runs against Gujarat Titans. A return to mark for him. pic.twitter.com/JrM2y3bVja
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) May 6, 2022
Ranveer Singh's reaction when Mumbai Indians won the match. pic.twitter.com/d2qY0ZCieO
— CricketMAN2 (@ImTanujSingh) May 6, 2022
4,4,4,0,6,0,4 by Shubman Gill in last 7 balls.
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) May 6, 2022
Well played, Wriddhiman Saha and Shubman Gill what a great opening partnership for Gujarat Titans 💪💪
Now Hardik Pandya & GT fans 💪 #GTvsMI #MIvsGT #GujaratTitans pic.twitter.com/uEOwaERHLS— Ashutosh Srivastava (@kingashu1008) May 6, 2022
The Rohit touch shot. The Rohit pull shot. Back on show.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) May 6, 2022
Form is Temporary but Class is Permanent 🔥
We witnessed Vintage Rohit Sharma pic.twitter.com/e2xHGaiKl8— Asha (@ashaa_45) May 6, 2022
How others how saha
See bumrah saw bumrah tonight pic.twitter.com/WNZLHKhaWL— 𝙍𝘿𝙆 (@Goatcheeku_18) May 6, 2022
Saha. One of the hits of the season.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) May 6, 2022
Tim David’s finishing touch propels MI to 177 runs
After being invited to bat first, Mumbai Indians got an amazing start in powerplay. Mumbai scored 63 runs in first six overs without losing a wicket. Cricket fans today witnessed vintage Rohit Sharma. Hitman scored 43 runs in 28 balls. Ishan Kishan too chipped in with a knock of 45 runs in 29 balls. However both of them failed to convert their innings into big ones.
Suryakumar and Pollard were dismissed cheaply which put MI in trouble. In the end , Singaporean batsman Tim David showed his explosiveness to take Mumbai Indians total above 175. He smoked some long sixes on the bowling of Shami. Rashid Khan was the most impactful bowler for Gujarat Titans.
Written by Harsh Gupta
