mumbai indians defeated gujarat Titans by 20 runs in the eliminator match. With this, the mumbai team has entered the second qualifier, where it will face punjab Kings. In the eliminator match, mumbai had scored a huge score of 228 runs while playing first. In response, gujarat could only score 208 runs in the match that went on till the last over. rohit sharma and Sai sudarshan played strong half-century innings in this match.
mumbai in the second qualifier
mumbai indians have now reached the second qualifier. MI will face punjab Kings in the Qualifier-2 match on june 1. In this eliminator match played at narendra modi Stadium, gujarat Titans got a target of 228 runs. GT team had a very bad start as captain Shubman Gill was out after scoring just 1 run. After that Sai sudarshan and Kusal Mendis together added 64 runs, but Mendis got out after scoring 20 runs.
Sai sudarshan along with washington sundar made a quick partnership of 84 runs, but could not ensure Gujarat's victory. Sundar played a stormy innings of 48 runs in 24 balls. After Sundar's dismissal, gujarat lost wickets at regular intervals. Sherfan Rutherford got out after scoring 24 runs and shahrukh khan got out after scoring 13 runs. At the same time, rahul Tewatia could score only 16 runs despite being set.
rohit sharma overshadowed Sai Sudarshan
Sai sudarshan had kept Gujarat's hopes of victory alive by playing an innings of 80 runs in 49 balls in the eliminator match. sudarshan hit 10 fours and a six in his innings. But his strong innings could not overpower Rohit Sharma's 81 runs. Rohit scored 81 runs in 50 balls, during which he hit 9 fours and 4 sixes..jpg)
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