GT vs MI Qualifier 2, IPL 2023: Shubman Gill’s century, Mohit Sharma’s fifer power Gujarat to second straight final

GT vs MI, IPL 2023 Qualifier 2 Highlights: Shubman Gill’s third century of the season helped Gujarat Titans score a mammoth 233/3 in 20 overs. Gill smashed 129 off 60 balls and a good finishing act from Hardik Pandya and Rashid Khan did the work for GT. Despite the steep target, MI were kept on target for the first 10 overs thanks to some big hitting from Tilak Varma, Cameron Green and Suryakumar Yadav. SKY kept MI in the hunt after the 10th over as well but the five-time champions unraveled after he fell in the 15th over. Mumbai folded for a score of 171 and the Titans thus became the third team after their opponents for the day and their opponents in the final to reach the title clash in consecutive seasons. Gill earlier brought up his his fifth half century of the season in 32 balls. After that, he went berserk, smashing the MI bowlers all around the park almost nonchalantly throughout the middle overs. He raced past his third century of the season in 49 balls after which he ended up accelerating even further. He ended up being dismissed for 129 off 60 balls, his innings punctuated by seven fours and a whopping 10 sixes.

Gujarat Titans  (20 ovs maximum)

Mumbai Indians  (T: 234 runs from 20 ovs)

MATCH FLOW

• Gujarat Titans innings
• Rain: Gujarat Titans – 0/0
• Wet Ground: Gujarat Titans – 0/0
• Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 – 6.0 (Mandatory – 50 runs, 0 wicket)
• Gujarat Titans: 50 runs in 5.5 overs (35 balls), Extras 1
• 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 35 balls (WP Saha 18, Shubman Gill 31, Ex 1)
• Strategic Timeout: Gujarat Titans – 80/1 in 9.0 overs (Shubman Gill 48, B Sai Sudharsan 12)
• Shubman Gill: 50 off 32 balls (3 x 4, 2 x 6)
• Gujarat Titans: 100 runs in 11.1 overs (67 balls), Extras 3
• 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 29 balls (Shubman Gill 31, B Sai Sudharsan 18, Ex 1)
• Strategic Timeout: Gujarat Titans – 147/1 in 14.0 overs (Shubman Gill 99, B Sai Sudharsan 27)
• Shubman Gill: 100 off 49 balls (4 x 4, 8 x 6)
• Gujarat Titans: 150 runs in 14.3 overs (87 balls), Extras 4
• 2nd Wicket: 100 runs in 49 balls (Shubman Gill 72, B Sai Sudharsan 27, Ex 2)
• Vishnu Vinod kept in place of Ishan Kishan for Mumbai Indians from 16.1 overs
• Gujarat Titans: 200 runs in 17.4 overs (108 balls), Extras 8
• Over 18.1: Review by Gujarat Titans (Batting), Decision Challenged – NoBall, Umpire – Nitin Menon, Batter – HH Pandya (Struck down)
• Innings Break: Gujarat Titans – 233/3 in 20.0 overs (HH Pandya 28, Rashid Khan 5)

• Mumbai Indians innings
• Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 – 6.0 (Mandatory – 72 runs, 3 wickets)
• Mumbai Indians: 50 runs in 4.3 overs (27 balls), Extras 1
• 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 20 balls (SA Yadav 7, NT Tilak Varma 43, Ex 0)
• Strategic Timeout: Mumbai Indians – 72/3 in 6.0 overs (SA Yadav 12)
• C Green retired hurt on 4* from 17/1 to 72/3
• Mumbai Indians: 100 runs in 9.2 overs (56 balls), Extras 1
• Vishnu Vinod replaced Ishan Kishan as a concussion substitute during the Mumbai Indians innings
• 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 29 balls (C Green 26, SA Yadav 22, Ex 2)
• Strategic Timeout: Mumbai Indians – 134/4 in 13.0 overs (SA Yadav 42, Vishnu Vinod 4)
• SA Yadav: 50 off 33 balls (7 x 4, 1 x 6)
• Mumbai Indians: 150 runs in 14.2 overs (87 balls), Extras 4
• Over 15.3: Review by Mumbai Indians (Batting), Decision Challenged – Wicket, Umpire – Nitin Menon, Batter – TH David (Struck down)

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