Ahmedabad, May 26:
Shubman Gill extended his sensational run with a third century of the season as Gujarat Titans crushed Mumbai Indians by 62 runs to storm into their second consecutive IPL final here on Friday
Gill’s 60-ball 129 (7x4s, 10x6s) fired Gujarat Titans to a huge 233/3 and in reply, Mumbai Indians, struck by a string of injuries, went down fighting in Qualifier 2 with Suryakumar Yadav (61) and Tilak Varma (43) providing the resistance.
Mohit Sharma, introduced in the 15th over, finished with figures of 2.2-0-10-5, triggering a collapse as MI collapsed from 149/4 in 14 overs to 171 all-out in 18.2 overs
The 23-year-old Gill scored his third century in the last four innings, recorded the highest score of the season for any batter and took his tally to 851 runs in yet another sensational knock.
Gill’s whirlwind knock made him only the second Indian batter after Virat Kohli (2016) and overall fourth in the history, after Jos Buttler (2022) and David Warner (2016), to score more than 800 runs in an IPL season.
Chasing 234, MI were forced to rejig their batting line-up with Ishan Kishan being substituted after he ran into Chris Jordan during change of overs in the first innings and hurt his eye.
Rohit Sharma also copped a blow to his hand while fielding and Cameron Green had to retire hurt for a bit, after being smacked on his left forearm by Hardik Pandya.
Mohammad Shami caused early troubles for Mumbai, getting rid of makeshift opener Nehal Wadhera (4) and Rohit (8), but Varma took on the India and GT pace spearhead, hitting four fours and a six to collect 24 runs off the fifth over.
However, Varma’s blitz did not last long as Rashid Khan cleaned him up after a 14-ball 43 (5x4s, 3x6s). MI reached 72 for three after the powerplay.
Suryakumar and Green kept the scoreboard ticking with their fourth wicket stand that took MI past the 100-run mark in the 10th over, but in the 12th, Josh Little ended their resistance by cleaning up the Australian.
Green struck four fours and two sixes in his 20-ball 30.
Suryakumar tried to take the game deep with 61 from 38 balls with seven fours and two sixes, but lost his leg stump while attempting to hit Mohit Sharma in the fine leg region. (PTI)
Scoreboard
Gujarat Titans:
Wriddhiman Saha st Ishan Kishan b Chawla 18
Shubman Gill c David b Madhwal 129
Sai Sudharsan retired out 43
Hardik Pandya not out 28
Rashid Khan not out 5
Extras: (LB-2, NB-2, W-6) 10
Total: (For 3 wickets in 20 overs) 233
Fall of wickets: 1-54, 2-192, 3-214
Bowling: Jason Behrendorff 4-0-28-0, Cameron Green 3-0-35-0, Akash Madhwal 4-0-52-1, Chris Jordan 4-0-56-0, Piyush Chawla 3-0-45-1, Kumar Kartikeya 2-0-15-0.
Mumbai Indians:
Rohit Sharma c Little b Mohammed Shami 8
Nehal Wadhera c Saha b Mohammed Shami 4
Cameron Green b Little 30
Suryakumar Yadav b Sharma 61
Tilak Varma b Rashid Khan 43
Vishnu Vinod c Pandya b Sharma 5
Tim David lbw b Rashid Khan 2
Chris Jordan c Sai Sudharsan b Sharma 2
Piyush Chawla c Miller b Sharma 0
Kumar Kartikeya c Miller b Sharma 6
Jason Behrendorff not out 3
Extras: (LB-2, NB-1, W-4) 7
Total: (All out in 18.2 overs) 171
Fall of wickets: 1-5, 1-17, 2-21, 3-72, 4-124, 5-155, 6-156, 7-158,
8-161, 9-162, 10-171
Bowling:Mohammed Shami 3-0-41-2, Hardik Pandya 2-0-24-0, Rashid Khan 4-0-33-2, Noor Ahmad 4-0-35-0, Josh Little 3-0-26-1, Mohit Sharma 2.2-0-10-5.
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