Gujarat Titans defeated Mumbai Indians by 36 runs on Saturday to register their first win in the Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket season. Mumbai have lost their first two matches. Mumbai also lost to Chennai Super Kings in the first match.
After losing the toss and being invited to bat, Gujarat scored 196 runs losing 8 wickets in the scheduled 20 overs. Opener Sai Sudarshan scored 63 runs in 41 balls while making his second consecutive fifty.
He hit 4 fours and 2 sixes. Captain Shubman Gill scored 38 off 27 balls, Jos Buttler scored 39 off 24 balls and Serfan Rutherford scored 18 off 11 balls. Captain Hardik Pandye, who missed the first match due to suspension, took 2 wickets for 29 runs in 4 overs.
In response, Mumbai lost 6 wickets and scored only 160 runs. Tilak Verma scored 39 runs in 36 balls with 3 fours and 1 six and Suryakumar Yadav scored 48 runs in 28 balls with 1 four and 4 sixes.
Both Naman Dhir and Mitchell Santner remained unbeaten on 18 runs. The famous Krishna and Mohammad Siraj from Gujarat took 2 wickets each. Famous spent only 18 runs in 4 overs. Siraj gave 34 runs in 4 overs.
