Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya was consoled by legendary India batter Sunil Gavaskar following their last-over defeat in opposition to Gujarat Titans on the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. GT beat MI by a slim margin of 6 runs of their opening match of IPL 2024. Pandya needed to take care of a loss in his homecoming match for the Mumbai Indians as his former facet got here out on prime in Ahmedabad. The five-time IPL winners fell 6 runs in need of their 169-run goal in opposition to the 2022 champions.
Talking after the match, Pandya was consoled by Gavaskar following a loss in his first match as Mumbai Indians captain. The all-rounder admitted that his facet misplaced momentum throughout their 169-run chase in opposition to Gujarat Titans, whereas hailing the group on the Narendra Modi Stadium for creating an incredible ambiance.
“Clearly, we backed ourselves to chase these 42 runs. Nevertheless it was a type of days the place if we noticed the rating is much less within the final 5 overs, we misplaced the momentum. It feels good to be again as a result of that is one stadium the place you possibly can benefit from the ambiance. The gang was full they usually received a superb recreation,” stated Pandya.
IPL 2024, GT vs MI: Highlights
When requested about batter Tilak Varma avoiding a single in GT spinner Rashid Khan’s final over, saying he backed Tilak’s determination. The incident occurred within the seventeenth over with the damaging Rashid bowling his closing over within the match. With Tim David struggling in opposition to the Afghan spinner, Tilak determined to keep away from a single and keep on strike as a substitute of getting David to face Rashid. Apparently, David has been dismissed twice in eight balls within the IPL.
“I feel Tilak felt it was the precise determination to not give strike to David and I fully again him,” Pandya added.
GT BEAT MI: AS IT HAPPENED
Gujarat Titans posted 168 for six on the scoreboard within the first innings on the again of serious contributions from B Sai Sudharsan and newly-appointed GT skipper Shubman Gill. Sai Sudharsan scored 45 runs off 39 balls, whereas Gill chipped in with a 22-ball 31.
Rohit Sharma and Dewald Brevis received Mumbai Indians off to an incredible begin regardless of dropping two early wickets. Nonetheless, after their wickets fell, the five-time IPL champions couldn’t discover their toes within the chase and fell 6 runs brief in the long run.
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