Gujarat beat Mumbai to register third win in IPL

In a nail-biter at the Wankhede Stadium, the Gujarat Lions outclassed the Mumbai Indians to register their third win in VIVO IPL 2016. After opting to field and restricting the hosts to a modest 143-8, a composed and mature half-century from Aaron Finch took take them past the finish line, reports iplt20.com.
The visitors lost dangerous Brendon McCullum in the second over. Skipper Suresh Raina and Finch stitched together 53 runs before the former was dismissed for 27.
Akshdeep Nath was dismissed at the start of the seventeenth over and the Lions were left to score 35 runs from 23 balls. Things became tighter when Mitchell McClenaghan struck twice in the penultimate over and conceded only two runs. The Lions needed 11 from the last over. After picking up three runs off the first two balls, local-lad Dhawal Kulkarni picked up a boundary over mid off of the third delivery to bring the equation to 4 from three balls. It came down to the visitors needing a single off the final delivery, and Aaron Finch duly put away a Jasprit Bumrah short delivery to the midwicket boundary. Finch, together with his winning hit, remained unbeaten on 67 from 54 balls, decorated with seven boundaries and a six.
For the home side, McClenaghan was the most successful bowler; he returned with figures of 4 for 21, this despite bowling one over in the Powerplay period and two of the last four overs. Bumrah (2-32) and Krunal (1-20) were the other wicket-takers.
Earlier in the evening, after being put in to bat, the Mumbai Indians never really came to terms with the pitch, one on which the ball tended to stop on the batsmen at times. Rohit Sharma and Hardik Pandya were dismissed in similar fashion – pulling a back of a length delivery to the fielder at square-leg within the circle.
Jos Buttler (16), batting at four, and Parthiv Patel applied well briefly, adding 32 runs. But in an attempt to push the scoring rate, Buttler came down the track a little too early, giving enough time for Shadab Jakati to fire the ball down the leg-side; Dinesh Karthik duly completed the stumping.
Things went from bad to worse when poor choice of shots from Kieron Pollard and Parthiv Patel – who was dismissed in the 30s yet again – saw MI slump to 77 for 5. When Harbhajan Singh and Ambati Rayudu (20) were dismissed in the 16th and 17th overs, it appeared the home side would be bowled out for under 100.
However, debutant Krunal Pandya hit three boundaries and remained unbeaten on 20, while Southee hit two sixes and a boundary in his 11-ball 25. The 42-runs from Krunal and Southee was the highest partnership for the hosts. MI added 43 runs in the final three overs and finished their 20 overs at 143-8.
For the visitors, Dhawal Kulkarni and Pravin Tambe picked up the key wickets; Kulkarni, playing his first game of the season – but in the familiar surrounds of his home ground – dismissed Rohit and Hardik and finished with impressive figures of 4-1-19-2, while Tambe (2-0-12-2) accounted for the dismissals of a well-set Parthiv and Pollard.
Man of the Match: Aaron Finch, for his match-winning 67*.

 

 

 

Gujarat beat Mumbai to register third win in IPL

In a nail-biter at the Wankhede Stadium, the Gujarat Lions outclassed the Mumbai Indians to register their third win in VIVO IPL 2016. After opting to field and restricting the hosts to a modest 143-8, a composed and mature half-century from Aaron Finch took take them past the finish line, reports iplt20.com. The visitors lost dangerous Brendon McCullum in the second over. Skipper Suresh Raina and Finch stitched together 53 runs before the former was dismissed for 27. Akshdeep Nath was dismissed at the start of the seventeenth over and the Lions were left to score 35 runs from 23 balls. Things became tighter when Mitchell McClenaghan struck twice in the penultimate over and conceded only two runs. The Lions needed 11 from the last over. After picking up three runs off the first two balls, local-lad Dhawal Kulkarni picked up a boundary over mid off of the third delivery to bring the equation to 4 from three balls. It came down to the visitors needing a single off the final delivery, and Aaron Finch duly put away a Jasprit Bumrah short delivery to the midwicket boundary. Finch, together with his winning hit, remained unbeaten on 67 from 54 balls, decorated with seven boundaries and a six. For the home side, McClenaghan was the most successful bowler; he returned with figures of 4 for 21, this despite bowling one over in the Powerplay period and two of the last four overs. Bumrah (2-32) and Krunal (1-20) were the other wicket-takers. Earlier in the evening, after being put in to bat, the Mumbai Indians never really came to terms with the pitch, one on which the ball tended to stop on the batsmen at times. Rohit Sharma and Hardik Pandya were dismissed in similar fashion pulling a back of a length delivery to the fielder at square-leg within the circle. Jos Buttler (16), batting at four, and Parthiv Patel applied well briefly, adding 32 runs. But in an attempt to push the scoring rate, Buttler came down the track a little too early, giving enough time for Shadab Jakati to fire the ball down the leg-side; Dinesh Karthik duly completed the stumping. Things went from bad to worse when poor choice of shots from Kieron Pollard and Parthiv Patel who was dismissed in the 30s yet again saw MI slump to 77 for 5. When Harbhajan Singh and Ambati Rayudu (20) were dismissed in the 16th and 17th overs, it appeared the home side would be bowled out for under 100. However, debutant Krunal Pandya hit three boundaries and remained unbeaten on 20, while Southee hit two sixes and a boundary in his 11-ball 25. The 42-runs from Krunal and Southee was the highest partnership for the hosts. MI added 43 runs in the final three overs and finished their 20 overs at 143-8. For the visitors, Dhawal Kulkarni and Pravin Tambe picked up the key wickets; Kulkarni, playing his first game of the season but in the familiar surrounds of his home ground dismissed Rohit and Hardik and finished with impressive figures of 4-1-19-2, while Tambe (2-0-12-2) accounted for the dismissals of a well-set Parthiv and Pollard. Man of the Match: Aaron Finch, for his match-winning 67*.