| Indian Premier League, Qualifier 2, Ahmedabad: |
| Gujarat Titans 233-3 (20 overs): Gill 129 (60), Sudharsan 43 (31), Pandya 28* (13) |
| Mumbai Indians 171 (18.2 overs): Yadav 61 (38), Varma 43 (14); Mohit 5-10, Rashid 2-33 |
| Gujarat Titans received by 62 runs |
| Scorecard |
Shubman Gill scored a surprising 129 from 60 balls as holders Gujarat Titans beat Mumbai Indians to achieve the Indian Premier League ultimate.
After being dropped on 30, the Gujarat opener took the Mumbai assault aside with seven fours and 10 sixes.
The century was his third in 4 innings because the Titans posted 233-3, earlier than Mumbai tumbled to 171, with Mohit Sharma taking 5-10.
Gujarat will now play Chennai Tremendous Kings in Sunday’s ultimate in Ahmedabad.
Gill masterclass makes Mumbai pay
After rain delayed the beginning of Qualifier 2 by half an hour, Gujarat had been requested to bat first.
Whereas there have been indicators of the supreme timing that was to comply with, Gill ought to have gone within the final over of the powerplay.
England seamer Chris Jordan pressured a miscue however Tim David couldn’t cling on, regardless of getting each fingers to the ball after diving ahead from mid-on.
David did ultimately take the catch to dismiss Gill – some 99 runs later.
The 23-year-old was imperious and reached 50 from 32 balls, however that was simply the beginning.
Gill wanted simply 17 balls to go from 50 to 100 with a staggering show of hitting that was as elegant because it was explosive.
Akash Madhwal was dispatched for 3 sixes in an over and Piyush Chawla swatted over the ropes twice extra within the subsequent. Having reached three figures, Gill took down Cameron Inexperienced as effectively.
The India batter is simply the third participant to attain three or extra lots of in an IPL season after Virat Kohli and Jos Buttler, who made 4 in 2016 and 2022 respectively.
Even when Gill holed out within the seventeenth over, there was no respite for Mumbai as Titans skipper Hardik Pandya got here in and continued the onslaught.
Mumbai chase runs out of steam
Mumbai misplaced openers Rohit Sharma and Nehal Wadhera inside three overs of the reply, whereas Inexperienced needed to retire damage in between these two dismissals after being hit on the elbow by a Pandya bumper.
The five-time winners had already needed to sub Ishan Kishan because of concussion, following an unintended collision with team-mate Jordan, however managed to remain in competition due to the spectacular hitting of Tilak Varma.
The left-hander thumped 5 fours and three sixes earlier than he was castled by Rashid Khan to finish his 14-ball knock for 43.
Inexperienced was in a position to return and placed on 52 with Suryakumar Yadav, whose presence alone meant Gujarat’s win was removed from assured.
However Eire left-armer Josh Little bowled Inexperienced and Yadav was bowled by Mohit quickly after mentioning a 33-ball half-century to finish the Mumbai cost.
Mohit ran by means of the decrease order to assert career-best T20 figures and ship Gujarat, in simply their second IPL marketing campaign, again to the ultimate.
You may hearken to full ball-by-ball commentary of the IPL ultimate between Chennai Tremendous Kings and Gujarat Titans on Sunday, 28 Might on the BBC Sport web site & app from 14:55 BST (UK customers solely).
