GT vs MI Eliminator Highlights: Mumbai Indians beat Gujarat Titans; MI to play against PBKS on Sunday

Gleeson starts the over and Tewatia gathers a single. Next is a dot. The crowd goes loud. Two runs on the next ball. Gleeson dismisses SRK. The game goes in Mumbai’s hand now. And the game is now over. Mumbai win. They will play Punjab Kings next.

Boult comes in for the 18th over. And he sends Rutherford back to pavilion. Mumbai is not giving up so easy. Pressure on for Gujarat Titans. Shahrukh Khan walks in to play. Boult has been successful so far in keeping the big shots in check. But SRK doesn’t let him keep it that way. He ends the over with a sixer. GT need 24 off 6 balls.

Bumrah comes in for his last over. The first one is a dot. Mumbai needs a wicket right now. This over is crucial. And Tewatia hits Bumrah’s third delivery for a sixer! 9 runs come off the over. GT need 36 runs off 12 balls.

Rutherford starts Gleeson’s over with a boundary into the gap. He tops it up with another beautiful shot that goes for a boundary. Gleeson takes a big wicket of Sai Sudharsan. The Mumbai unit is back in the game with this wicket. But Gujarat has more batters in the lineup. The game is getting intense. GT need 54 runs off 24 balls.

SS and Washington Sundar are dominating the chase at this point. After the end of 13 over, MI was 143/2. The CRR and RR is very close now. Singles come off so far into the over by Bumrah. And he rises to the occasion and with a fantastic perfect yorker sends Washington Sundar packing. Just the regular Boom-Boom magic! Rutherford comes in to play. GT need 77 runs off 6 overs.

Ashwani Kumar starts the 12th over. SS has completed 750 IPL runs and is currently playing at 74. Kumar replaced as Impact sub in the last over. Rohit Sharma is out of the field. Washington Sundar ends the over with a glorious shot that goes for a boundary. GT need 99 off 48 balls to win.

Gleeson starts his first over. And the first ball goes for a boundary. Bumrah tried stopping it but couldn’t successfully do it. And one more boundary. This one comes off Washington’s bat. The CRR is 10.78 and the RR stands slightly above 12. GT 106/2 (10)

The partnership between Kusal Mendis and SS comes to an abrupt end! Medis gets hit wicket and walks back to pavilion. Washington Sundar walks in to play. SS ends the over with two back-to-back boundaries and completes his half-century with this. GT 76/2 (7)

SS starts Bumrah’s over with boundary. A 56-run partnership between SS and Mendis. Bumrah is looking to tackle Sai Sudharsan but no success so far. Mumbai Indians was 79/0 at the end of the Powerplay. And GT is 66/1 (6)

A partnership is brewing between SS and Mendis. The CRR stands at 10.25 and the RR is above 11. Hardik is now bowling in the powerplay. SS hits a perfect square cut on the third delivery of Pandya for a boundary. Another boundary by Sudharsan and 50 comes up for Gujarat Titans. Mendis ends Pandya’s over with one more boundary. GT 55/1 (5)

First six of the Titans’ innings come from Sai Sudharsan’s bat. The batters are showing some speed at this point. Only three overs remain in the powerplay after this one. Mendis tackles Boult with a sixer. He ends the over with another sixer. GT 30/1 (3)

Bumrah comes in to throw the next over. Dot-2-WD1 in the first half of the spell. Four runs come off this over and this may force batters to hit some big shots. GT 9/1 (2)

Sai Sudarshan is facing Boult for the first over. The first ball is misfield. And Gill is facing Boult now. Loud appeal of lbw for Gill. Umpire says OUT! Review taken. And the decision remains out. The captain walks back at 1. Mumbai Indians celebrate. Kusal Mendis walks in to play. GT 5/1 (1)

Last over begins. First ball is a dot. Second is hit hard into the crowd for a 95-metre-long sixer. And after another dot ball, Pandya goes for another massive sixer over deep square leg. Followed by two wide balls. Hardik Pandya doesn’t miss the second-last ball and hits another sixer! Pandya supremacy for sure right now. And another wide. Three sixes in the over and all of them from skipper Pandya’s bat. Mumbai Indians post 229-run target against Gujarat Titans.

After Rohit’s fall in the last over, Siraj takes down Tilak Verma now. Verma started the over with a sixer and contributed well to the overall score but could not sustain it for longer. Siraj down on his back and a physio is on the ground. MI 198/4 (18)

And that was the end of Rohit Sharma’s brilliant inning of 81. Prasidh Krishna took down the ‘Hitman’ on his fourth delivery. Rohit misses out on century. Hardik Pandya walks in to play. MI 188/3 (17)

It’s raining sixes at Mullanpur stadium right now. On one side is Rohit Sharma and the other end has Tilak Verma. Coetzee gives 15 runs off the over. MI 175/2 (16)

Tilak Verma comes out to play. Rohit Sharma is patiently standing firm on the pitch and playing some really lovely shots. 10 runs come off this over by Rashid Khan. MI 160/2 (15)

Suryakumar Yadav walks back to pavilion on Sai Kishore’s delivery. This is the second wicket of the match taken by the spinner. The 13th brought 9 runs and 1 wicket. MI 143/2 (13)

Suryakumar Yadav punishes Coetzee with two back-to-back sixers. Coetzee brings in a chance but Mendis drops the catch! You know what they say – catches win matches. 14 runs come off the over. MI 134/1 (12)

Rohit Sharma completes 7000 IPL runs and 300 IPL sixes. The hitman looks in form. The two early catch drops are hitting Gujarat Titans hard now. And comes a half-century for Sharma in just 28 balls. MI 113/1 (10)

Jonny Bairstow departs at 47 on SK’s second delivery. Brilliant catch. Goes in the hand of Coetzee. Seven runs and a wicket come off the over. MI 89/1 (8)

Rashid Khan into the attack after the strategic timeout. He now faces Bairstow, playing at 45 currently, and Rohit Sharma (34). Khan’s loud appeal for lbw but nothing. Three runs come off the over. MI 82/0 (7)

Rohit Sharma and Bairstow’s fireworks have ensured MI’s best powerplay of the season. Sharma took on Sai Kishore and hit a sixer and two boundaries – all in different directions! Classic Hitman on display. Time-out. MI 79/0 (6)

Bairstow smashes a boundary on Siraj’s third delivery. Mumbai Indians is owning the powerplay. Sharma keeps the momentum going. Hits another boundary on the fifth ball. MI 65/0 (5)

PK is not spared in this over as well. Bairstow starts with a long sixer and tops it up with a boundary. And after a dot ball, there goes another sixer from Bairstow after an outside edge. And there goes another sixer. Third of the over! 50 comes up in the fourth over. MI 54/0 (4)

Rohit Sharma starts Siraj’s over with back-to-back boundaries. And Sharma gets another lifeline! This is the wicket-keeper drops his catch. Mumbai unit looks relieved. MI 28/0 (3)

Bairstow starts the second over by Prasidh Krishna with the first boundary of the game. Second ball also hit for a boundary but brilliant fielding efforts by Coetzee saved 2 runs. The batters take another double on the next delivery. And Rohit Sharma gets an early lifeline. The ball went too high, Coetzee goes around but drops. Gujarat will be hope that this miss doesn’t come and bite them later! MI 18/0 (2)

Rohit Sharma and Bairstow are on the pitch and starting the bowling attack is Siraj. The first ball is a misfield by Sai Kishore. The first over brings MI 6/0 (1)

There were more strategic shake-ups on both sides. Mumbai Indians, looking to bolster their pace attack, swapped out batting allrounder Will Jacks for frontline quick Richard Gleeson. To maintain the balance, they also brought in seam-bowling allrounder Raj Bawa in place of swing specialist Deepak Chahar.

Gujarat Titans, on the other hand, made a tactical switch of their own. Reading the surface as likely to assist spin, they opted for the off-spin allround skills of Washington Sundar, replacing seam-bowling allrounder Arshad Khan.