Mumbai Indians, a five-time winner, will want to improve their death over bowling when they play a resurgent Gujarat Titans in their IPL encounter here on Tuesday after their three-game winning run was broken by a defeat to Punjab Kings.
After a typical slow start, MI had a hat-trick of victories, but Punjab Kings ended their remarkable run with a 13-run victory on Saturday.
Mumbai’s death over bowling fell short as they allowed PBKS to score 214 for 8 after giving up 96 runs in the last five overs. They will need to improve their bowling before the GT match.
Arjun Tendulkar, Jason Behrendorff, Cameron Green, and Jofra Archer, a speed four, were placed under pressure since they all allowed more over 40 runs in their allotted overs.
However, the seasoned Piyush Chawla and his spin bowling partner Hrithik Shokeen have been on point, limiting the flow of runs while the former has claimed two wickets.
The middle and top of MI’s hitting order have looked outstanding, and they are now scoring runs.
The majority of the time, the squad has gotten off to a solid start thanks to Rohit Sharma and Ishan Kishan, but Suryakumar Yadav’s return to form is a great plus for MI, who have benefited from the overseas partnership of Cameron Green and Tim David.
Green and Suryakumar really came close to winning the game against Punjab Kings with a 36-ball 75-run partnership before being undone by Arshdeep Singh’s miraculous overs in the dying stages.
The Titans also have a potent bowling attack, so things won’t get any easier for the MI hitters.
In their previous game against Lucknow Super Giants, GT demonstrated how to defend totals after being criticised for not being able to do so this season with a master class in the last overs.
The highlight of GT’s bowling was comeback kid Mohit Sharma, who won player of the match after successfully using his variations against the Lucknow team.
With LSG cruising at 105 for 1 in 14 overs while chasing 136, GT was in a desperate position. However, the bowlers, headed by Mohit, held them off as he protected 12 runs in the penultimate over.
Veteran Mohammed Shami has also taken wickets with Mohit, who has been a revelation. Hardik Pandya, the captain, has only taken one wicket thus far, so he hasn’t exactly been on fire with the ball.
Gujarat’s spin department, under the direction of Rashid Khan, seems to be strong, with fellow Afghan wrist spinner Noor Ahmad and Jayant Thakur doing well against LSG.
The previous day, Noor claimed two wickets for just five runs in his last two overs to help GT win, while Jayant only allowed seven runs in his final two overs.
GT batsmen have lowered totals, but sometimes they have been guilty of failing to increase the score in middle overs.
While Hardik scored the most runs in their most recent game and Wriddhiman Saha and Shubman Gill have scored runs at the top, GT fell roughly 10-15 runs short against LSG, mostly because of their sluggish batting in middle overs, which the club will need to rectify.
Additionally, GT could need to move its best foreign hitter up the order to allow David Miller more time in the middle.
the following teams:
Yash Dayal, Mohammed Shami, Darshan Nalkande, Noor Ahmad, Urvil Patel, Rashid Khan, Wriddhiman Saha, R Sai Kishore, Sai Sudharsan, Pradeep Sangwan, Dasun Shanaka, Vijay Shankar, Mohit Sharma, Shivam Mavi, Shubman Gill, Odean Smith, Rahul Tewatia, Matthew Wade, and Gujarat Titans are the players on the team.
Arjun Tendulkar, Ramandeep Singh, Shams Mulani, Riley Meredith Nehal Wadhera, Hrithik Shokeen, Arshad Khan, Duan Jansen, Piyush Chawla, Kumar Kartikeya, Raghav Goyal, Jofra Archer, Jason Behrendorff, and Akash Madhwal are the members of the Mumbai Indians. Rohit Sharma is the captain.
