In the storm of Shubman Gill, one famous team after another is flying like straws. Kohli stormed into the IPL group stage with a century against Royal Challengers Bangalore. And Rohit Sharma was sent off from Qualifier 2 against Mumbai Indians on Friday. The Titans make it to the finals with Shubman’s laugh. With this, he set several precedents.
Titans set an example by defeating Rohit by 62 runs at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Friday. Hardik Pandya’s team has joined the list of examples in terms of scoring the most runs in the IPL playoffs. He is at number five in this list. Rajasthan Royals is on top in the list. They beat Delhi Capitals by 105 runs in the 2008 IPL semi-final at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. In 2012, Chennai Super Singh defeated the Delhi team by 86 runs in Qualifier-2. Mumbai Indians beat Lucknow Supergiants by 81 runs in the 2023 Eliminator. In the 2015 Eliminator, Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated Rajasthan by 71 runs. After this, there was a sequence of success for the Titans in the day’s match.
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This Punjab cricketer played a wonderful inning against Mumbai on Friday. Shubman Gill scored 129 off 60 balls. Played a devastating inning of 10 sixes and 7 fours. Batting first, Gujarat scored 233 for the loss of 3 wickets under the influence of Shubman. In response, the Mumbai team was all out for 171 runs in 18.2 overs. Hardik is in front of the trophy for the second year after Gujarat once again became champions on debut in the final of the IPL. With this, Titans set an example by reaching the finals of IPL for two consecutive years. He was placed in the elite group of Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians. Gujarat Titans has become the third team after Chennai and Mumbai to reach the IPL final twice in a row. If he becomes champion this time, he will complete 16th standard.
The day was auspicious. Bad batting. Started off cautiously. He scored a half-century off 32 balls. Then he came out of the shell. The orgy continued for the next 17 balls. Shubman completed his century in 49 balls. Even though the rain stopped, Gill stormed off twenty-two yards. bat an eye. None of the Mumbai bowlers got exemption. In the 12th over, Ashni signaled Mumbai’s hero of the day by hitting Akash Madhwal for three sixes. Then Piyush Chawla, Chris Jordan sent everyone off after having breakfast. Incredible batting. This is Shubman’s best innings in T20. Although Shubman Gill could have been dismissed after scoring 30 runs. But Tim David caught Jordan’s ball. This becomes the turning point of the match. Mumbai will have to pay the price for this. Apart from this, Sai Sudarshan scored 43 runs in 31 balls. Hardik finally added 28 runs in 13 balls with the help of two sixes and a four.
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On this day, before the 17th over of Titans’ innings, Jordan’s elbow caused Ishan Kishan’s eye injury. He had to leave the field due to injury. He didn’t even come out to bat. As a result, Nehal Wadhera opened with Rohit. But could not score a run. Returned after scoring only 4 runs. Nothing went in favor of Mumbai on this day. Cameron Green went off the field in the second over with a hand injury. Suryakumar brought the second over of the innings. Rohit should have played captaincy innings in this poor condition of the team. But got out after scoring only 8 runs. Mumbai lost 2 wickets for 21 runs in 2.2 overs. Tilak Verma’s innings brought the team back a bit in the fight. The left-handed batsman took 24 runs from Mohammed Shami’s over. But in the last over of the power play, Rashid got bowled for sixes. Tilak scored 43 runs in 14 balls with the help of 3 sixes and 5 fours.
Later, Green added 52 runs for the fourth wicket with Suryakumar. But could not stay on the wicket for long. Auji got out after scoring 30 runs in 20 balls. It’s almost over here. Still Suryakumar was fighting alone. Skye was the last hope. But after being bowled after scoring 61 runs in 38 balls, Jalanjali’s final dream was shattered. Vishnu Vinod (5), Tim David (2) could not score a run. Mohit Sharma took 5 wickets for 10 runs in 2.2 overs. The Gujarat fast bowler made a brilliant comeback. The entire Mumbai team was all out for 171 runs in 18.2 overs. Titans won by 62 runs.
