IPL 2023: Gujarat Titans beat Mumbai Indians to reach top

AHMEDABAD: Gujarat Titans reached the top spot in the points table of the Indian Premier League 2023 after defeating Mumbai Indians by 55 runs. With this win their points tally moved to 10 from 7 matches while Mumbai Indians remained at 7th spot.

Losing the toss and batting first, half-century from Subuman Gill (56 off 34) followed by a late onslaught by David Miller and Abhinav Manohar in the death overs guided Gujarat Titans to 207/6 at Narendra Modi Stadium on Tuesday night.

Even after Gill's fifty, Piyush Chawla and Kumar Karthikeya struck in the middle overs and pegged the Titans back but failed to ride the momentum. Manohar (42 off 21) and Miller (46 off 22) turned the tables with a 71-run partnership, while Rahul Tewatia gave the finishing touches with his unbeaten 20 off 5 as GT set a massive target for MI.

In reply, off-colour Mumbai Indians could manage 152 runs in allotted overs losing 9 wickets. Cameron Green scored 33 runs while Nehal Wadhera added 40 runs in the later part of the innings. Left-arm chinaman Noor Ahmed took 3 wickets while Rashid Khan claimed 2 victims.

Brief scores: Gujarat Titans 207/6 in 20 overs (Shubman Gill 56, David Miller 46, Abhinav Monahar 42; Piyush Chawla 2-34) beat Mumbai Indians 152/9 in 20 overs (Nehal Wadhera 40, Cameron Green 33, Suryakumar Yadav 23, Noor Ahmed 3/37, Rashid Khan 2/27). Agencies

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