MI vs GT Highlights: Gujarat's journey ends, Mumbai beats them by 20 runs; now face Punjab in Qualifier-2..

Mumbai Indians defeated Gujarat Titans by 20 runs. With this win, the team led by Hardik Pandya has reached Qualifier-2. Now it will face Punjab Kings in Ahmedabad on June 1. In the eliminator match played in New Chandigarh on Friday, Mumbai Indians won the toss and decided to bat first and scored 228 runs for the loss of five wickets in 20 overs. In reply, Gujarat could score only 208 runs for the loss of six wickets in the stipulated overs. Sai Sudarshan scored 80 runs for them.

Gujarat started with a setback. Captain Shubman Gill could score only one run. He was made his victim by Trent Boult. After this, Kusal Mendis, who came to the crease, returned to the pavilion after being hit wicket. He shared a partnership of 64 runs in 34 balls with Sai Sudarshan. Mendis contributed 20 runs in this. Then Sudarshan was joined by Washington Sundar. There was a partnership of 84 runs in 44 balls between the two. Sundar scored 48 and Sudarshan scored 80 runs. At the same time, Rutherford scored 24, Shahrukh Khan scored 13 runs. Rahul Tewatia remained unbeaten on 16 and Rashid Khan without opening the account. For Mumbai Indians, Trent Boult took two wickets while Jasprit Bumrah, Richard Gleeson, Mitchell Santner, and Ashwini Kumar took one wicket each.

Earlier, the opening pair of Rohit Sharma and Jonny Bairstow gave Mumbai a quick start. There was a partnership of 84 runs for the first wicket between the two. Sai Kishore got Bairstow, who made his debut in this match, caught by Gerald Coetzee. He was dismissed after scoring 47 runs in 22 balls with the help of four fours and three sixes. After this, Rohit got the support of Suryakumar Yadav. Both added 59 runs in 34 balls. During this, Suryakumar faced 20 balls and returned to the pavilion after scoring 33 runs.

In this match, Rohit Sharma completed his half-century in 28 balls. Apart from this, he also completed 300 sixes in IPL. He became the first active player to touch the figure of 300 sixes in IPL. Now he has 302* sixes to his name. Chris Gayle holds the record for hitting the most sixes in IPL. Hitman added 43 runs in 22 balls for the third wicket with Tilak Verma. The former captain managed to score 81 runs in 50 balls with the help of nine fours and four sixes. At the same time, Tilak scored 25 runs in 11 balls and Naman Dheer was out after scoring nine runs. Hardik Pandya remained unbeaten after scoring 22 runs in nine balls with the help of three sixes while Santner remained unbeaten without opening the account. At the same time, Prasidh Krishna and Sai Kishore took two wickets each for Gujarat while Mohammad Siraj got one success.

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