⚡ MI’s Batting Blitz 💣 Sends GT Packing! Sudharsan Shines in Vain 🌟

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  • 📍 MULLANPUR: For the second time in the current IPL edition, Sai Sudharsan's second innings effort threatened to trump a first innings masterclass.

  • 💥 Unlike the match against Delhi Capitals, Sudharsan's 49-ball 80 (10X4, 1X6) fell short against Rohit Sharma's 50-ball 81 (9X4, 4X6).

  • ✅ Mumbai Indians beat Gujarat Titans by 20 runs on Friday.

  • 🏏 Chasing MI's 228/5, Sudharsan displayed elegant strokeplay but GT couldn't reach the target.

  • ❌ GT lost skipper Shubman Gill on the fourth ball of their chase.

  • 🤝 Sudharsan and Kusal Mendis put up a 64-run partnership off 34 balls.

  • ⚠️ Mendis dismissal in the seventh over brought Washington Sundar to the crease.

  • 🔥 Sundar and Sudharsan added a vital 84-run partnership. Sundar scored an explosive 24-ball 48 (5X4, 3X6).

  • 🛑 Sudharsan was dismissed in the 16th over by Richard Gleeson, leaving too much for Sherfane Rutherford and Rahul Tewatia.

  • 🎯 Jasprit Bumrah bowled well in the tense chase, but MI’s victory was built on Rohit Sharma’s foundation.

  • 🪙 Hardik Pandya won the toss and elected to bat first.

  • 🙈 Rohit survived early chances – a dropped catch by Gerald Coetzee and a missed stumping by Kusal Mendis.

  • 🚀 Momentum shifted when Rohit played a straight drive and pull shot for boundaries in the third over.

  • 💣 Bairstow exploded in the fourth over against Prasidh Krishna – scoring 26 runs including 3 sixes and 2 fours.

  • 🧱 MI reached 50 in just 3.5 overs, off to a blistering start.

  • 🔄 Shubman Gill brought in Sai Kishore to slow things down, but Rohit countered with sweep shots for six and fours.

  • 🔥 MI’s 79-run Powerplay was their best of the season.

  • 🧤 Bairstow’s reverse hit off Sai Kishore was caught by Sai Sudharsan at backward point – he scored 47 off 22 balls (4X4, 3X6).

  • 👥 Suryakumar Yadav and Rohit added crucial runs. Surya was dropped once, but later caught off Sai Kishore.

  • 🎯 Rohit reached his fifty in 28 balls, playing beautifully especially against Rashid Khan.

  • 🌪️ Rohit danced down the track and hit Rashid for a six, then swept him for another.

  • 💫 Hardik Pandya’s late flourish powered MI to 228/5.

  • 🔚 GT’s chase ended at 208/6.

  • 🏆 MI will now face Punjab Kings in Qualifier 2 on Sunday. The winner will meet RCB in the final on June 3.

📝 Brief Scores:

  • MI 228/5 in 20 overs (R Sharma 81, J Bairstow 47, S Kishore 2/42)

  • GT 208/6 in 20 overs (S Sudharsan 80, W Sundar 48; T Boult 2/56)

  • MI won by 20 runs ✅

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