Umran Malik ran by the Gujarat Titans top-order along with his maiden Indian Premier League (IPL) five-wicket haul however a shocking cameo from Rahul Tewatia and Rashid Khan snatched away the victory from the jaws of Sunrisers Hyderabad. After a outstanding knock from Wriddhiman Saha (68 off 38 balls); Rashid and Tewatia stitched an unbeaten 59-run stand for the sixth wicket to take Gujarat Titans dwelling with 5 wickets in hand. Following the victory, the Hardik Pandya-led facet jumped to the highest of the factors desk with 14 factors.
In pursuit of a difficult 196-run goal, Gujarat Titans went off to a terrific begin. The opening duo of Wriddhiman Saha and Shubman Gill kicked off the chase with a 69-run partnership for the primary wicket. But as soon as SRH introduced their spearhead in Umran Malik into the assault, Titans’ batting started to scatter like a home of playing cards.
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The 21-year-old pacer drew the primary blood by knocking over Gill within the 8th over. The opener appeared to have discovered his rhythm again after a sequence of failures however Umran halted his journey halfway. He bowled a 144 kph size supply that pierced the room made by Gill, castling him for 22 off 24 balls.
Gujarat skipper Hardik Pandya entered the sport on the again of three consecutive fifties however his wonderful spree was jolted by Umran on Wednesday evening. The speedster bowled a brief ball, tempting the opposition captain to go for the pull. While doing so, Pandya ended up getting caught by Marco Jansen who was stationed at effective third man.
Meanwhile, Saha anchored the chase with an array of photographs and introduced the primary fifty of this season. He featured in a 37-run stand with David Miller for the third wicket earlier than getting clear bowled by Umran within the 14th over. The wicketkeeper-batter ended up scoring 68 off 38 balls and his innings was laced with a six and 11 boundaries.
Umran returned within the 16th over to finish his spell and accomplished a five-wicket haul by pocketing the wickets of Miller (17) and Abhinav Manohar (0). Not solely it was his maiden IPL fifer but additionally his finest bowling figures – 5 for25 in 4 overs – within the league.
Earlier, Abhishek Sharma and Aiden Markram struck glowing half-centuries as SRH posted 195 for six after being requested to bat first. Abhishek blazed away to 65 off 42 deliveries, whereas Markram made a 40-ball 56 throughout a third-wicket stand of 96 runs.
Then, Shashank Singh (25 off 6 balls) smashed Lockie Ferguson (0/52 in 4 overs) for 3 successive sixes to attain 25 runs within the innings’ remaining over.
Unperturbed by the autumn of two wickets, Abhishek collected two successive fours off Alzarri Joseph — first he lofted over the infield after which discovered the hole by a packed off-side — to assist SRH rating 53 runs within the six energy play overs on the Wankhede Stadium.
SRH wanted a partnership at that stage and the duo of Abhishek and Markram not simply supplied them that but additionally stored the scoreboard transferring at an excellent charge by recurrently discovering the boundaries.
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While Markram handled the likes of pacers equivalent to Alzarri, Abhishek went after Rashid Khan, hitting the Afghanistan spin ace for his third six to succeed in his half-century in fashion. However, the 21-year-old’s effective innings got here to an finish when he inside-edged a slower supply from Alzarri within the first ball of the sixteenth over.
Shami got here again to dismiss the big-hitting Nicholas Pooran (3) cheaply earlier than Markram received to his fifty by pulling the bowler for a six over deep mid-wicket. Stationed within the deep, Rashid’s day within the discipline received worse as he misjudged it.
(With PTI Inputs)
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