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Wide and No Ball But Bumrah Helps Mumbai Defend 11 in Super Over

After posting 153/9, Gujarat Lions got Mumbai Indians all out for 153 in 20 overs.

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Excellent bowling by Jasprit Bumrah in the Super Over helped Mumbai Indians beat Gujarat Lions in a thrilling Indian Premier League (IPL) encounter in Rajkot on Saturday.

Chasing Gujarat’s 153, Mumbai were off to a good start before some excellent bowling by young pacer Basil Thampi and excellent fielding by Gujarat saw then lose six wickets in the last four overs to leave the scores tied.

After posting 153/9, Gujarat Lions got Mumbai Indians all out for 153 in 20 overs.

Kieron Pollard gave Mumbai a promising start in the Super Over, hitting James Faulkner for a boundary to long-off and a six over long-on off consecutive balls.

But he hit the very next ball into the hands of the fielder at the long-on boundary.

Jos Buttler also fell when he skied an attempted big hit and Mumbai were restricted to 11 runs.

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Bumrah then had the Mumbai Indians nervous by conceding a no-ball in the first ball but prevented Brendon McCullum from making use of the free hit with a good delivery even as the Kiwi star mistimed his shot.

The next ball was wide but Bumrah made a comeback with another good delivery that was dot ball. The next ball was full and slightly outside the off-stump. McCumllum was unable to connect but ran a bye even as the ball travelled to the wicket-keeper.

Bumrah then produced another couple of excellent deliveries to leave Gujarat needing seven runs off the last ball.

The last ball only produced a single as the host fell six runs short of the target.

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Ishan Kishan Shines for Gujarat

Earlier, Gujarat Lions recovered from a top-order batting collapse to post 153/9 in their 20 overs.

Opener Ishan Kishan smashed 48 off 35 deliveries while others perished without troubling the scorers. But Ravindra Jadeja (28), Andrew Tye (25) and James Faulkner (21) provided some late resistance to lift the hosts to 153/9.

Sri Lankan pace spearhead Lasith Malinga led the charge for Mumbai as he clean bowled Brendon McCullum (6) and Aaron Finch (0) in his opening spell. Fellow pacer Jasprit Bumrah got rid of Suresh Raina (1) when the left-hander chipped one to Kieran Pollard at mid-off.

After posting 153/9, Gujarat Lions got Mumbai Indians all out for 153 in 20 overs.
Ishan Kishan. (Photo: BCCI)

When left-arm spinner Krunal Pandya had Dinesh Karthik (2) stumped by Parthiv Patel, Gujarat were struggling at 56/4 in 8.1 overs.

Kishan was finally dismissed for 48 after being holed out by Kieran Pollard at long-off in the first ball of the 12th over, with Gujarat at 83/5. His score included six fours and two sixes.

Two overs later, all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja (28 off 21) too perished, giving a return catch to bowler Krunal. The spinner than removed Irfan Pathan (2), who was playing his match of the edition.

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Thampi Restricts Mumbai

Mumbai opener Parthiv Patel’s 70 runs off 44 balls helped Mumbai reach 123/4 after 16 overs.

Needing only 31 runs off 24 balls, the visitors were seemingly cruising home to a comfortable win.

But Thampi helped Gujarat stage a late comeback by taking three wickets in his last two overs.

Kieron Pollard’s poor timing while attempting to smash a Thampi delivery into the stands did him in as he could only manage to pick out McCullum at the long-on boundary.

After posting 153/9, Gujarat Lions got Mumbai Indians all out for 153 in 20 overs.

Krunal Pandya got a reprieve in the next over when Gujarat skipper Suresh Raina dropped him at midwicket. Krunal celebrated by smashing the last ball of the over for a boundary.

But the visitors could not make use of the chance as Hardik Pandya fell off the first ball of the next over.

Mumbai suffered another jolt off the fifth ball of the over when Thampi trapped Harbhajan Singh leg before.

The over had another setback in store for the visitors as Mitchell McClenaghan was run out thanks Irfan Pathan who did well to stop a boundary before coming up with an excellent throw that directly hit the stumps.

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After posting 153/9, Gujarat Lions got Mumbai Indians all out for 153 in 20 overs.
(Photo: BCCI)

Mumbai then needed 11 runs off the last over. But Krunal turned things around by hitting Pathan for a six off the first ball of the 20th over.

But Gujarat were not ready to give up just yet.

Ravindra Jadeja was the man of the moment for the hosts effecting two run outs in the space four balls with his accurate throws.

He pulled the hosts back into the game with a direct hit that sent Bumrah back to the pavilion.

Needing one run off one ball, Lasith Malinga attempted to flick an in-swinging yorker but missed. Jadeja pulled off another direct hit to run out Krunal who was caught short of the crease despite a desperate dive.

That pushed the issue into the Super Over.

(With inputs from IANS.)

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