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The tradition of Mumbai Indians for the last 12 years continued this year also. Mumbai Indians could not win their first match in IPL since 2012. In IPL-2024, Mumbai Indians had to face defeat by 6 runs at the hands of Gujarat Titans on Sunday.
In the fifth match of the tournament played at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, Gujarat Titans, batting first, scored 168 runs at the loss of 6 wickets in 20 overs. In reply, Mumbai Indians team could score only 162 runs after losing 9 wickets in 20 overs.
Even new captain Hardik Pandya could not change the fortunes of Mumbai Indians. The way Mumbai Indians started chasing the target at Narendra Modi Stadium, it seemed that this time the target drought will end. But Umesh Yadav kept Mumbai's hopes alive by saving 19 runs in the last over.
Gill's important statement
Gujarat Titans captain Shubman Gill praised his bowlers after the match and said that they deserve special praise for the way they bowled despite the fog. Gill said, “I think the way the boys did not give up and bowled the last overs was special. The spinners bowled with the fog and made sure we stayed in the match.”
He further said, 'I think our score was good, but we could have definitely scored 10-15 more runs. Just look at Mumbai. He was scoring well, but it was very difficult to play shots on the old ball and slow pitch.
What did Pandya say?
Hardik Pandya said after the defeat that we were confident that we would score 42 runs in the last five overs. However, we did not succeed in doing so. We also lost our rhythm at the same stage.” Mumbai Indians have to play their next match against Sunrisers Hyderabad on Wednesday.