IPL 2024, Gujarat Titans vs Mumbai Indians: Mumbai Indians maintained the tradition of losing their opening match of IPL since 2012 with Gujarat Titans snatching an improbable six-run victory in a thrilling match.
Rohit Sharma (43) and Dewald Brevis (46) came up with fine innings but Mumbai Indians lost their way against some incredible death overs bowling by Spencer Johnson and Umesh Yadav to help Gujarat Giants to a six-run victory as the first-match jinx continued as Gujarat Titans came back strongly at the death and secured a brilliant win.
Earlier, Gujarat Titans posted 168/6 in 20 overs. Sai Sudharsan’s 45-run knock under pressure and some late hits from Rahul Tewatia took GT to a decent total. On the other hand, Jasprit Bumrah returned magical figures of 3 for 14 in 4 overs while Gerald Coetzee picked up 2 wickets.
