Chasing 178 runs, the opening pair of MI Titans with Wriddhiman Saha (55 off 40 balls) and Shubman Gill (52 off 36 balls) were sharing a partnership of 106 runs in 12.1 overs.
However, Titans lost wickets including two crucial run outs as they needed nine runs from the last over to win the match. They could only manage to score three runs, while they fell for their second consecutive loss of the season for the loss of a wicket.
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For MI, who were already out of contention for a play-off berth, it was their second win of the season as they finished at the bottom.
as it happened
Opting to bowl, Gujarat restricted MI to 177 for six, despite the opening pair’s quick innings Rohit Sharma (43 runs in 28 balls) and Ishan Kishan (45 runs in 29 balls) and Tim David (44 not out off 21 balls).
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Rashid Khan was the most successful bowler for the Titans with two wickets for 24 runs, while Pradeep Sangwan and Lockie Ferguson took one wicket each. Alzarri Joseph also took a wicket but he conceded 41 runs in his four overs.
Chasing 178, Saha looked in full flow as he hit two boundaries and a six in Jasprit Bumrah’s first over, before Riley smashed Meredith for two.
Shubman Gill hit a six off Murugan Ashwin, and put on a fifty before taking another boundary, taking the Titans to 54 for one in six overs.
The Chandigarh batsman exploded in the eighth over with three boundaries off Daniel Sams, who had bowled a scintillating opening over.
Kumar Karthikeya was next in line as he scored 15 runs with a boundary off his first ball with Saha and Gill produced a clean hit at long off before hitting the bowler for another boundary.
Soon, 100 runs were completed in 11 overs and Saha also completed his half-century.
Gill also joined them as Pollard made him a fifty in 33 balls.
Both Saha and Gill hit six fours and two sixes each.
A bizarre hit wicket ended Sai Sudarshan’s (14) innings, while Hardik Pandya (24) Falling short after going for an unnecessary single.
With 20 runs needed from the last two overs, Miller got Bumrah in at deep mid-wicket, but the Titans could not score nine runs from the final over.
Earlier, invited to bat, Rohit seemed in good touch after a series of low scores as he took the opening lead, dominating the proceedings with his strokeplay as Kishan played the second fiddle.
The MI skipper was particularly hard on Joseph as he smashed the bowler for four boundaries and a six, while Kishan joined the party in the fifth over, slamming Rashid Khan for a boundary, which led to their 50-run partnership.
Rohit then smashed Lockie Ferguson for a boundary as MI scored 63 for no loss, their best performance in the powerplays this season.
Rashid got the breakthrough in the eighth over by dismissing the dangerous Rohit, who was stuck in front while playing a reverse shot.
Kishan then dances on the pitch to send Rahul Teotia to mid-wicket.
Suryakumar Yadav produced his trademark whip for the maximum, but was destroyed in his next attempt by Pradeep Sangwan.
Back in the attack, Joseph bowled a slow delivery, which Kishan sent to Rashid over mid-wicket, as MI slipped to 111 for 3 in 12 overs.
Sangwan and Ferguson bowled two quiet overs and Kieron Pollard won dangerously before he was eventually cleaned up by Rashid, who pitched West Indies with two googlies.
Thus MI foiled a solid start but Tilak Verma (21) and Tim David tried to partner the latter with Mohammed Shami launching for two fours at mid-off and long leg respectively.
Verma was run out by a straight throw from Hardik Pandya, while Daniel Sams was also dismissed with a duck on the second ball.
However, David hit Shami for two sixes in the final over to take the team past 170 runs.