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Rickelton and Rohit are at the crease.
Rickelton is on strike.
Siraj will open the attack

0.2
Siraj to Rickelton, out Caught by Sai Sudharsan!! Siraj draws first blood. Strikes in the first over. This was pitched up by the bowler outside off and Rickelton checks his drive. Plays it uppishly towards cover and Sudharsan stationed there takes a good low catch diving forward. Siraj has been among the wickets this season and he doesn't disappoint his captain in this game either.

Rickelton c Sai Sudharsan b Siraj 2(2

0.5
Siraj to Will Jacks, FOUR, Will Jacks opens his account with a boundary. Pitched up by the bowler and Will Jacks has lofted it over mid-on to get going. Supreme timing
0.4
Siraj to Will Jacks, no run, dropped! This could have been the second wicket down. Siraj goes full on off and Will Jacks plays a crisp drive. Was in the air and Sai Sudharsan stationed at covers got his hands to it, however, the ball doesn't stick into his mitts

MI 6/1 (1) CRR: 6

Will Jacks 4(4)
Rohit Sharma 0(0)

2.2
Siraj to Will Jacks, FOUR, another fine shot. Will Jacks makes room and thumps the length delivery over mid-off. Almost goes the distance. Went flat and quick as it landed in front of the cushions
2.1
Siraj to Will Jacks, SIX, lovely shot by Will Jacks! Pitched up by the bowler outside off, hint of outswing, Will Jacks moves away and lofts this over deep extra cover for half-a-dozen. Superb timing!

2.5
Siraj to Rohit, FOUR, Rohit joins the party. Goes down on his knee and scoops the length delivery towards the fine leg fence. No one in the deep,

MI 25/1 (3) CRR: 8.33

Rohit Sharma 7(7)
Will Jacks 16(9)

3.3
Arshad Khan to Rohit, out Caught by Prasidh!!

Rohit c Prasidh b Arshad Khan 7( [4s-1]

4.2
Prasidh to Suryakumar Yadav, FOUR, another excellent shot. This was pitched up by the pacer again and Suryakumar Yadav plays a flawless straight drive. Similar to the straight drive played by Sachin Tendulkar
4.1
Prasidh to Suryakumar Yadav, FOUR, pristine timing! Prasidh starts off with an overpitched delivery and Suryakumar Yadav has creamed this through mid-off for a glorious boundary. No need to run for those

4.6
Prasidh to Suryakumar Yadav, FOUR, to deep mid-wicket
4.5
Prasidh to Suryakumar Yadav, 2 runs, dropped at mid-wicket by Sai Kishore! Suryakumar Yadav flicked it a bit uppishly and the fielder was caught napping.

5.4
Arshad Khan to Will Jacks, FOUR, runs coming thick and fast from both ends. Full and wide outside off, Will Jacks slashes away from his body and the outside edge flies over short third man. Gill having a chat with Arshad Khan who is leaking runs in the final over of the powerplay
5.3
Arshad Khan to Will Jacks, FOUR, 50 up for Mumbai Indians! Full and wide outside off, Will Jacks drives it towards wide mid-off and Prasidh stationed there fails to stop the ball. Put in a dive, but that ball escaped him
5.1
Arshad Khan to Will Jacks, FOUR, on a length outside off, Will Jacks punches it into the pocket at covers and keeps the boundaries coming. Deep backward point moves to deep forward point following that boundar

5.5
Arshad Khan to Will Jacks, 1 run, dropped! Back of a length delivery on middle and leg, Will Jacks flicks it uppishly towards mid-wicket and the fielder stationed there puts down a straightforward chance. Hilarious fielding. Siraj the culprit this time

MI 89/2 (10) CRR: 8.9

Suryakumar Yadav 34(22)
Will Jacks 45(2

10.2
Sai Kishore to Will Jacks, SIX, fifty for Will Jacks! He is on fire tonight. A loopy delivery around off, the England batsman shimmies down the wicket and launches it over long-off for half-a-dozen. Gets there in style and gets an applause from the crowd

11.4
Rashid Khan to Will Jacks, out Caught by Sai Sudharsan!! Tossed up delivery on middle and leg,

Will Jacks c Sai Sudharsan b Rashid Khan 53(35) [4s-5 6s-3]

MI 105/4 (12) CRR: 8.75

Tilak Varma 2(2)
Hardik Pandya 1(1

12.3
Sai Kishore to Hardik Pandya, out Caught by Shubman Gill!! MI skipper is gone without doing much. This was pitched up by the bowler,

Hardik Pandya c Shubman Gill b Sai Kishore 1(3)

MI 106/5 (12.3) CRR: 8.48

13.5
Gerald Coetzee to Tilak Varma, out Caught by Shubman Gill!! A simple catch at mid-off and the Mumbai Indians are falling off quite rapidly.

Tilak Varma c Shubman Gill b Gerald Coetzee 7(7)

MI 114/6 (14) CRR:

15.1
Gerald Coetzee to Naman Dhir, FOUR, thumped, back of a length and just outside off - Naman stands tall and then drives it through the line, clears mid-off with ease and bounces away to the ropes

18.2
Siraj to Corbin Bosch, FOUR, clubbed, dug in short and well outside off - Bosch gets on top of the bounce, rolled his wrists and then hammered the pull through mid-wicket for a boundary

MI 155/8 (20) CRR: 7.75

Rashid Khan
4-0-21-1
Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore
4-0-34-2

1.2
Boult to Sai Sudharsan, out Caught by Rickelton!! Another corker and this time Boult finds the edge of Sai Sudharsan's bat - lovely delivery once again, pitched up and a hint of shape across the left-hander, made Sai Sudharsan play and he does so very tentatively, feathers an outside edge and Buttler does the rest. For once, the Titans lose an early wicket with the exit of Sai Sudharsan. Sai

Sudharsan c Rickelton b Boult 5(5) [4s-1]

5.1
Boult to Buttler, SIX, cheeky and six, a 3rd over inside the batting PP and Buttler takes his chance against Boult - shuffles across, makes most of the pace and laps it over long leg for a maximum

GT 63/1 (9) CRR: 7 REQ: 8.45
Gujarat Titans need 93 runs in 66 balls

Shubman Gill 25(31)
Jos Buttler 26(20)

10.1
Karn Sharma to Shubman Gill, FOUR, lovely shot! Full ball drifting in on middle, Shubman Gill brings his bottom hand into play and whips it past the right side of short mid-wicket. He generated a lot of power on that stroke

GT 76/1 (11) CRR: 6.91 REQ: 8.89
Gujarat Titans need 80 runs in 54 balls

Shubman Gill 35(3
Jos Buttler 29(25

11.2
Ashwani Kumar to Shubman Gill, 1 run, dropped! GT dropped three catches and MI return the favour now with a drop. A length ball on off, cutting across Shubman Gill. He goes downtown but only manages to toe-end it towards long-on. Looks like Tilak running

11.3
Ashwani Kumar to Buttler, out Caught by Rickelton!! Brilliant call from Jacks to convince his skipper to go for the review and it has resulted in a big wicket for them! Buttler makes some room once again and it's a length ball angling away from around off. He has to reach out to it as he tries to smash it through covers but seems to have got a faint nick behind. There's certainly a bit of deflection as Rickelton moves to his right to catch it. Time for the replays. UltraEdge shows a spike when the ball is next to the bat. Timely wicket for

Buttler c Rickelton b Ashwani Kumar 30(27) [4s-3 6s-1]

Sherfane Rutherford, left handed bat, comes to the crease

11.4
Ashwani Kumar to Rutherford, no run

GT 79/2 (12) CRR: 6.58 REQ: 9.62
Gujarat Titans need 77 runs in 48 balls

Shubman Gill 36(40)
Sherfane Rutherford 1(2)

12.4
Will Jacks to Rutherford, FOUR, to fine leg
12.4
Will Jacks to Rutherford, wide

12.6
Will Jacks to Rutherford, SIX, to deep extra cover
12.5
Will Jacks to Rutherford, FOUR, to deep extra cover

MI 155/8 (20)
GT 94/2 (13) CRR: 7.23 REQ: 8.86
Gujarat Titans need 62 runs in 42 balls

Sherfane Rutherford 15(
Shubman Gill 36(40)

Will Jacks
1-0-15-0

13.4
Ashwani Kumar to Rutherford, SIX, this is quite an impactful knock from Rutherford so far! A shortish delivery on off, Rutherford stands tall and pulls it with aplomb over deep backward

GT 107/2 (14) CRR: 7.64 REQ: 8.17
Gujarat Titans need 49 runs in 36 balls

Sherfane Rutherford 26(12)
Shubman Gill 38(42


RAIN POURING DOWN

In reply to Narper

Why is he a sub all the time? His fielding is a liability? Or is this some consistently cunning plan

22:54 Local Time, 17:24 GMT, 22:54 IST:

The rain has gotten heavier and the umpires have called for the covers.

In reply to Halliwell

played a few matches and did well

I think they felt the top order of Gill , Sai and Butler were firing consistently...so they went for an extra bowler...wid Ruthers as sub

22:54 Local Time, 17:24 GMT, 22:54 IST:
The rain has gotten heavier and the umpires have called for the covers. GT are 8 runs ahead on DLS at this stage.

23:03 Local Time, 17:33 GMT, 23:03 IST:
Harsha Bhogle on air mentions that it has stopped raining while Matthew Hayden says it's like a mist. Hardik Pandya looks towards the heavens and is eager to get going again.

Rain stops play

GT 107/2 (14) CRR: 7.64 REQ: 8.17
- Gujarat Titans need 49 runs in 36 balls

Jasprit Bumrah [2.0-0-6-0] is back into the attack

14.2
Bumrah to Shubman Gill, FOUR, to deep mid-wicket
14.1
Bumrah to Shubman Gill, no run, and a dot to begin with after the break! A back of a length ball seaming in nicely from around off at 137kph, Shubman Gill is cramped for room and can only push it towards short cover

BOWLED !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

14.5
Bumrah to Shubman Gill, out Bowled!!

Shubman Gill b Bumrah 43(46) [4s-3 6s-1]

14.6
Bumrah to Shahrukh Khan, no run, right on the money! 143.1kph short of length ball seaming in from outside off, Shahrukh Khan hops and manages to push it off the toe-end to mid-off. A wicket and 6 runs off the over

Trent Boult [3.0-0-17-1] is back into the attack

15.1
Boult to Rutherford, 1 run, to mid-on

Gawn LBW....rrreview

Rutherford has been trapped in front but he reviews straightaway!
15.3
Boult to Rutherford, out Lbw!! Rutherford has been trapped in front but he reviews straightaway! Looked plumb to the naked eye unless he got an inside edge. Was a skiddy good length ball that seamed in nicely from off, Rutherford was caught in the crease as he tried to work it across but missed to get struck on the pads. UltraEdge shows a gap between bat and ball. Over to ball-tracking and it reveals three reds. It's crashing into leg-stump. MI have roared back into the contest by getting rid of the two set batters

Rutherford lbw b Boult 28(15) [4s-2 6s-2]

16.2
Bumrah to Shahrukh Khan, FOUR, to sweeper cover
16.1
Bumrah to Rahul Tewatia, 1 run, 144.6kph good length ball on off,

16.4
Bumrah to Shahrukh Khan, out Bowled!! Bumrah is the man for MI for big occasions and he has delivered once again! Got to say it was a very rash shot from Shahrukh Khan and he has paid the price for it. A pacy length ball angling in from middle, Shahrukh Khan clears his front leg and looks to slog it across but gets beaten on the inside edge. His stumps are in a miss. This game continues to swing to and fro

Shahrukh Khan b Bumrah 6(6) [4s-1]

16.5
Bumrah to Rashid Khan, 2 runs, to sweeper cover

GT 125/5 (17) CRR: 7.35 REQ: 10.33
Gujarat Titans need 31 runs in 18 balls

Rashid Khan 2(2)
Rahul Tewatia 3(3

Ashwani Kumar [3.0-0-21-1] is back into the attack
17.1
Ashwani Kumar to Rahul Tewatia, 1 run, to deep mid-wicket

Hardik signals the T. It's for an lbw decision against Rashid Khan.

17.2
Ashwani Kumar to Rashid Khan, out Lbw!! Hardik signals the T. It's for an lbw decision against Rashid Khan. Was a very full ball around leg-stump, Rashid Khan was rooted to the crease and also misjudged the length of the delivery. He tried to play it across but got beaten on the under-edge and the ball hit the back leg

Rashid Khan lbw b Ashwani Kumar 2(3)

MI 155/8 (20)
GT 126/6 (17.2) CRR: 7.27 REQ: 11.25
Gujarat Titans need 30 runs in 16 balls

The rain is back to add more drama
17.5
Ashwani Kumar to Rahul Tewatia, 1 run, to deep backward point

17.6
Ashwani Kumar to Gerald Coetzee, FOUR, straight down the ground

GT 132/6 (1 CRR: 7.33 REQ: 12
Gujarat Titans need 24 runs in 12 balls

Covers coming om

GT 132/6 (18 CRR: 7.33 REQ: 12

Match reduced to 19 Ovs.....147 to win

15 needed in the over

18.1
Chahar to Rahul Tewatia, FOUR, the iceman at it again! Not a very good delivery to be honest. A fullish ball on off, Rahul Tewatia clears his front leg and hits it over the bowler's head. Long-on hares across to his right but has no chance to stop it

18.2
Chahar to Rahul Tewatia, 1 run, very full outside off, Rahul Tewatia can't quite underneath it as he carves it to extra cover. Only a single

18.3
Chahar to Gerald Coetzee, SIX, oh, what drama! A slot delivery on off, Gerald Coetzee lines it up and smashes it over long-off for a maximum. A poor delivery and it has got the result. It's a situation Chahar is not accustomed to. A lot of nerves for him. The players in the GT camp are pumped up

18.4
Chahar to Gerald Coetzee, no ball, 1 run, Chahar gets it right this time as he bowls a yorker length ball and gets it to tail in on middle and off, Gerald Coetzee swings at it and gets it off the bottom half of the bat towards backward square leg. Oh, hang on! Chahar has overstepped. Free Hit coming up

18.4
Chahar to Rahul Tewatia, 1 run, a low full-toss on off, Rahul Tewatia crouches in his stance and heaves it to deep mid-wicket. The scores are level now

Arshad Khan, left handed bat, comes to the crease
18.5
Chahar to Gerald Coetzee, out Caught by Naman Dhir!! More and more drama! Are we in for the second Super Over of the season?

Gerald Coetzee c Naman Dhir b Chahar 12(6) [4s-1 6s-1]

Gujarat Titans need 1 run in 1 ball -

18.6
Chahar to Arshad Khan, 1 run, GT have pulled it off!

MI 155/8 (20)

GT 147/7 (19)

Gujarat Titans won by 3 wkts