Following his facet’s 27-run loss to Mumbai Indians (MI) of their Indian Premier League (IPL) match, Gujarat Titans skipper Hardik Pandya stated that it felt that solely Rashid Khan turned up from their group for the sport and their bowling felt flat. Rashid Khan’s valiant knock of 79(32) was inadequate as Mumbai Indians registered a 27-run victory towards Gujarat Titans within the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 on the Wankhede Stadium in Maharashtra’s Mumbai on Friday.

“Felt like from our team only he (Rashid) turned up. The way he batted, the way he bowled, it was tremendous. Do not have to try much (after this result). As a group, we were not there. In bowling also we were very flat. Did not have clear plans or did not execute. Wicket was very flat but I felt we gave 25 runs extra. Have spoken enough about him (Surya). One of the best batters in T20 cricket. You saw what can happen if you do not execute your plans. For me, it is very important that as a bowler you are clear. I can only set the fields. We lacked a lot of execution and heart. That cost us the game. The intensity was also flat. Expected things to happen, but everyone knows at this level it does not just happen,” stated Hardik in a post-match presentation.

Being put to bat first by GT, MI put up 218/5 on the board of their 20 overs. Openers Ishan Kishan (31 off 20 balls) and skipper Rohit Sharma (29 off 18 balls) offered a fast begin with a fast 61-run opening stand.

However, Rashid Khan eliminated the openers and Nehal Wadhera (15) to scale back MI to 88/3. From there, it was a ‘Suryakukar Yadav present’. He placed on a 65-run stand for the fourth wicket with Vishnu Vinod (30 off 20 balls). Suryakumar ended up scoring his maiden IPL century, a knock of 103* in 49 balls with 11 fours and 6 sixes.

Rashid Khan (4/30) was the choose of the bowlers for GT. Mohit Sharma bought a wicket as effectively.

Chasing 219, GT misplaced wickets proper from the beginning. They had been lowered to 55/5, regardless of a knock of 29 runs from Vijay Shankar. But a partnership of 45 runs between David Miller (41 in 26 balls) and Rahul Tewatia (14 in 13 balls) helped GT attain three figures.

Following their dismissal, it was Rashid Khan who stored the combat going. Even if the facet appeared out of the competition, his sixes helped in decreasing the margin and didn’t let his facet’s net-run charge take a success.

The Afghan all-rounder slammed 79* in simply 32 balls, consisting of three fours and 10 sixes. He placed on an 88-run stand for the ninth wicket with Alzarri Joseph (7*) to take GT to 191/8 of their 20 overs. MI gained the match by 27 runs.

Akash Madhwal (3/31) was the choose of the bowlers for MI. Piyush Chawla (2/36) additionally continued his spectacular run in IPL 2023. Jason Behrendorff bought a wicket as effectively.

Suryakumar gained the ‘Man of the Match’ award for his match-winning century.

With this win, MI is within the third place within the factors desk with seven wins and 5 losses. They have a complete of 12 factors. GT remains to be on the high with eight wins and 4 losses. They have a complete of 16 factors.