GT vs MI

From the foot of the table all the way down at number 10, MI have jumped up to 7 with a massive win and their NRR has gone from -1.076 to +0.067 which means that they are right in the thick of things now with 2 wins in 6 games. Hardik Pandya said yes when asked that if this is that game when MI start a stunning comeback yet again and if this was an evidence of things to come, the other teams better be wary. GT will need to brush this under the carpet but this has done a huge damage to their NRR which is now -0.82 after being in the positives before this match. Well, the tournament is heating up nicely and tomorrow it is number 4 vs number 5 in a middle-of-the-table clash as SRH host DC in Hyderabad. We will catch you there, for now this is a goodbye from here from Sourabh Agrawal on behalf of Pradeep and the rest of the team. Sleep tight, good night!

Tilak Verma is the Player of the Match for his maiden IPL century, a spectacular 101* off 45 balls for him tonight, this is what he had to say: The first 100 will always be special. It was very important for us, we do not have a lot of time. In the last 5 games, I did not spend a lot of time in the middle and that is why for the first 20 balls I was taking it ball by ball

I know the ability I have, I have all the shots that the team needs. I was just seeing the situation, was trying to keep my head steady and follow the basics. When the team is under pressure, sometimes it is all about backing your skills and it has given me good results today

(partnership with Naman Dhir) It was very crucial for us. The way Naman batted, with intent and positivity, the credit goes to him

Hardik Pandya (MI captain): Very important (win). It is always challenging to go away and win, Ahmdebad has been tough for us as Mumbai Indians but this win was very important, very satisfied. (What happened at the timeout in their batting?) The message was that Tilak does not need to think so much with the kind of talent he has got, I genuinely believe that the ball flies off his bat. Couple of times, I went so loud that I went dizzy.

(giving Jasprit Bumrah the first over) It is quite fascinating. I have seen people asking why Jasprit Bumrah is not bowling the first over. If you see, in 138 IPL games, Jasprit Bumrah has only bowled the first over 7 or 8 times. So it is not a Hardik Pandya problem. It is just that he is so special that you have got to use him wisely

(on the youngsters) Amazing from the youngsters. Ashwani did it last year as well against KKR, it turned around for us. Special mention to Naman as well, the fielding had to click. (Is this that match?) Yes (where it all flips around for MI

Ashwani Kumar [Mumbai Indians]: "(On his game plan and execution) There wasn’t anything too complicated in the plan. Once I got onto the field, I realized that hitting the right length was key on this surface, so I focused on that and stuck to it.(On variations and adapting to conditions) I worked closely with the captain on the plan. It was about reading what the pitch and situation demanded—mixing up yorkers, slower balls, and short deliveries accordingly.(On overall bowling performance) There was solid planning from the entire bowling unit, and it came together well today. Everyone executed their roles effectively, which reflected in the economy rates.(On picking key wickets) The approach was always based on what the pitch required. We discussed it as a group, and the aim was to take wickets by sticking to those plans.(On his four-wicket haul and confidence) I had been thinking about making an impact whenever I got the opportunity, and I’m really happy it worked out today. It’s similar to what happened last season, and I’m pleased to contribute strongly for the team."

Shubman Gill [Gujarat Titans captain]: "(On the team’s bowling performance) We lost too many wickets in the powerplay, and in hindsight, we conceded a few too many runs in the middle overs. On a surface like that, 160–170 would have been a competitive total, so there are definitely lessons to take from this game.(On bouncing back from the defeat) It’s a small setback, but sometimes games like these help you reset. We’ll go back, reassess, and look to come back stronger, especially with a couple of away games coming up.(On execution in the middle overs) The pitch was slightly on the slower side, and we didn’t consistently hit the right areas. The lengths weren’t quite right, with some balls holding up and others keeping low. We needed to be more disciplined in those middle overs.(On batting conditions) The surface remained largely the same while batting, if anything, it got a bit better with some dew coming in later on."

11:02 PM local time and IST: MATCH SUMMARY

Mumbai Indians (199/5 in 20 overs) beat Gujarat Titans (100 all-out in 15.5 overs) by 99 runs

Tilak Verma 101(45) | Ashwani Kumar 4/24(4)
Washington Sundar 26(17) | Kagiso Rabada 3/33(4)

Absolute annhailation, MI have steamrolled GT and they have announced themselves into the season finally registering their first-ever win at the Narendra Modi Stadium, on the fifth time of asking

This is a statement that they have issued to the rest of the teams in the competition and they would do well to take notice because the 5-time champions have truly played like a team like them should do and played like how they were expected to since when the season started

MI start late and in true MI fashion they started late in this contest as well because they were 103/4 in 14 overs with the bat with Tilak Verma and Hardik Pandya sturggling to get going. The strategic timeout after that over seemed to cause some magic and then Tilak Verma unleashed absolute carnage as MI racked up 96 runs in the last 6 overs with Tilak Verma getting to his maiden IPL century which also was MI's joint-fastest MI hundred making Tilak Verma the youngest MI batter to score a ton

They took every bit of momentum into the innings break and came out with all of it again, Jasprit Bumrah struck on the first ball of the run chase taking his first wicket of the season finally as he got the first over of the innings for the first time this season

Hardik followed suite from the other end trapping Jos Buttler in the next over, GT then needed their skipper Shubman Gill to hold fort but it was simply not to be. Ashwani Kumar struck in his first over, fifth over of the innings and for the first time ever GT's famous top-3 Sai Sudharshan, Shubman Gill and Jos Buttler were all dismissed inside the powerplay

Things just kept getting worse and worse for GT, there were a couple of spectacular catches to give Santner two wickets in his first over. Only 4 batters got to the double-digit mark for GT, Sundar top-scored with 26 but it was far from enough, they simply capitulated against an MI unit which was at the top its game and succumbed to their biggest defeat ever

15.5 Allah Mohammad Ghazanfar to Mohammed Siraj, OUT! BIG APPEALS FOR LBW, FINGER GOES UP! Siraj reviews it. Length delivery on middle and leg. Siraj has a big slog sweep and misses, raps on the pad.

Clear gap between bat and ball. THREE REDS on ball tracker and it's all over. MI THUMP GT, what a statement win this from MI as they are back to winning ways now!

15.4 Allah Mohammad Ghazanfar to Mohammed Siraj, BEAUTY! Length delivery on fifth stump, lures Siraj into the drive, that straightens to beat all ends up.

Could almost see it coming, Ghazanfar joins the wicket-taking list as well and it is all 9s on the scorecard for GT. 99/9, will they reach 100?

15.2 Allah Mohammad Ghazanfar to Kagiso Rabada, OUT! STUMPED! Ghazanfar with his first wicket of the night. MI just one wicket away now. Skips down the wicket, ball spun back in sharply. Rabada swings and misses. de Kock had all the time in the world to whip the bails off. Rabada doesn't even bother to get his bat back.

15.1 Allah Mohammad Ghazanfar to Kagiso Rabada, on a length on the off-stump, drifts in. Rabada lunges to defend, but finds a thick inside edge back on to the pad.