Ahmedabad, April 20: Tilak Varma’s unbeaten century propelled the Mumbai Indians (MI) to set a formidable target of 200 runs against the Gujarat Titans (GT) in the 30th match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 on Monday.
At the Narendra Modi Stadium, Gujarat Titans’ captain Shubman Gill won the toss and opted to field first. In response, MI scored 199 runs, losing 5 wickets in their allotted overs.
The team faced an early setback, losing debutant Danish Malewar for just 2 runs in the 1.5 overs. Naman Dheer then partnered with Quinton de Kock, but the duo managed only 15 runs in 10 balls.
Quinton contributed a mere 13 runs before captain Suryakumar Yadav fell for 15. By this point, MI had lost three wickets for just 44 runs. Naman Dheer and Tilak Varma then stabilized the innings, adding 52 runs for the fourth wicket in 40 balls.
Naman Dheer scored 45 runs off 32 balls, hitting 1 six and 6 fours. Following his dismissal, Tilak Varma teamed up with Hardik Pandya, forging a partnership of 81 runs for the fifth wicket in just 38 balls. Pandya scored 15 runs before getting out.
By the end of the 17th over, MI had reached 141 runs with 4 wickets down. Tilak Varma unleashed a barrage of boundaries in the 18th over, scoring 26 runs off Ashok Sharma’s over. By the end of the 19th over, he had amassed 80 runs and completed his century in the final over with 4 boundaries. Varma finished with an impressive 101 runs off 45 balls, including 7 sixes and 8 fours. For GT, Kagiso Rabada took 3 wickets for 33 runs, while Mohammad Siraj and Prasidh Krishna claimed one wicket each.
Gujarat Titans’ Playing XI: Shubman Gill (Captain), B Sai Sudharsan, Jos Buttler (Wicketkeeper), Glenn Phillips, Washington Sundar, Shahrukh Khan, Rashid Khan, Mohammad Siraj, Kagiso Rabada, Prasidh Krishna, and Ashok Sharma.
Mumbai Indians’ Playing XI: Danish Malewar, Quinton de Kock (Wicketkeeper), Naman Dheer, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya (Captain), Tilak Varma, Sherfane Rutherford, Mitchell Santner, Krish Bhagat, Jasprit Bumrah, and A M Gajanfar.
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