MI vs GT Highlights: Rashid Late Cameo In Vain,Mumbai Moves To Third Spot

Friday evening at the Wankhede Stadium, Suryakumar Yadav demonstrated once again his batting brilliance. The Mumbai Indians star stunned Gujarat Titans with a powerful unbeaten 103 off just 49 balls, displaying a 360-degree display of batting that thrilled the home audience.

With just one ball remaining in the innings, the talismanic batsman reached his first IPL century with a trademark six, sweeping it over the backward square-leg boundary by stepping across and going down on one knee. The Wankhede throng responded with a deafening roar, previously reserved for Sachin Tendulkar's special shots.

MI amassed 218/6 thanks to Yadav's fireworks after being placed into bat. It posed a challenge for the Titans to achieve the second-highest successful chase in IPL history in order to triumph. They ultimately scored 191 for 8, losing by 27 runs. In the close race for qualification, it was a decisive victory for Mumbai, who moved up to third place with 14 points after 12 games.

Immediately after being reduced to 12/2 after 2.3 overs, the visitors were in a precarious situation. With their prolific opener Shubman Gill also succumbing early, Titans had reached 48/3 after six overs.

After ten overs, they were 82 for five and required 137 runs off of 60 deliveries. However, with Rahul Tewatia and David Miller, their two finest finishers, in the middle, they still had hope. In the 12th over, pacer Akash Madhwal delivered the decisive punch by trapping Miller leg before to reduce the Titans to 100/6. Rashid Khan scored 79 (32 balls), but the target was well beyond his and GT's capabilities.

The crucial phase of play occurred in the last five overs of Mumbai's innings. Mohit Sharma's excellent 16th over, which yielded two runs and a wicket, and Rashid's tight 17th over, which yielded 11 runs and a wicket, gave Titans optimism for a strong performance in the death overs. However, the change in momentum was dramatic. Yadav transformed into an unstoppable force after taking his time to settle into his cadence.

Cameron Green, who had joined him at the beginning of the 18th over, had the finest seat in the house. Yadav scored 50 runs off 15 deliveries while Green contributed three runs off three balls in their 54-run, 18-ball sixth-wicket partnership.

As he returned to the locker room, his opponents raced to congratulate him. Rashid Khan told the broadcaster that it was a "Unbelievable" innings. Rashid stated, "This is how he plays in this format, and this is his reputation."

In the 18th over, Mohit came under heavy barrage from Yadav. In an exhibition of improvisation, he amassed 20 runs. Starting with a four to third man, he hit the next ball to cover, moved across to the off, and got down on one knee to sweep it over the square-leg fence before concluding with a cut shot that beat the backward point fielder.

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In the penultimate over, Mohammed Shami was unable to stop Yadav. The pacer was nabbed for 17 runs as the Mumbai batting total reached 200. Yadav began the final over on 87 (44 deliveries). Alzarri Joseph was able to prevent him from hitting a boundary on the first three balls, but on the fourth ball, he struck a straight drive into the sight screen to reach 95. The following delivery, Yadav hit a double to reach 97. With only one ball remaining, he did not disappoint the home throng by hitting a six.

Yadav has scored 479 runs in 12 innings at a strike rate of 190.83 and an average of 43.55. This after a shaky start to the competition.It was a day when everything in Mumbai came together. Rohit Sharma and Ishan Kishan contributed contributions to a rapid start of 61 runs in six overs. The substitution of Vishnu Vinod (30 off 20 deliveries) in the middle order was also successful.

Rashid was the only bowler who was able to hold his own against Yadav and co., taking four wickets for 30 runs. Mohammed Shami, the leader of the bowling attack, had a poor day, taking no wickets and allowing 53 runs.