Yet another loss for Mumbai

A huge win for Gujarat takes them to second position Rohit Sharma’s Mumbai Indians faced a huge defeat against Hardik Pandya’s Gujarat Titans. With this win, GT claimed the second spot in the points table. Mumbai Indians won the toss and opted to field first against Gujarat Titans. In reply, GT had posted 207 runs on the board. Arjun Tendulkar was retained after poor game against Punjab Kings. After their three-game winning streak was snapped by Punjab Kings, five-time champions Mumbai Indians will face Gujarat Titans in an IPL 2023 match in Ahmedabad. Mumbai’s death over bowling proved to be their downfall, conceding 96 runs in the final five overs in their last match. Abhinav Manohar | Player of the Match: Lucky to be in this franchise. We get to bat for as long as we want in the net sessions here. I practice a lot and have a lot of self belief because of it. That’s paying off. I’ve been gifted to time the bowl well and have been doing it since a young age, to do it at this level feels like a dream. This game I couldn’t start going from ball one because of the situation, but it was good to get my eye in and play my game. Hardik Pandya | GT Captain: That has been my motto, always taken calls on situations. T20 is very funny, a couple of sixes can change your mind. Captaincy is something I back my instincts on. Me and Ashu Pa have a similar mindset, we back our calls and we have similar calls. Today, the idea of bowling Rashid and Noor was simple. They like pace with Green and Tim David who are big hitters, and that’s why we wanted to offer them spin and offer them spinners that are difficult to read. Wanted to close the game early because a couple of games haven’t gone in our favour recently. (On Abhinav Manohar) I think it is all hardwork, he bats 2 hours in the nets everyday it feels like, he’s been our best death overs hitter. We spoke to him last year and there were a few things he had to improve on, and this year he’s come out blazing. Rohit Sharma | MI captain: That’s a litt