Former England cricket crew batter Kevin Pietersen was left surprised by Hardik Pandya getting booed by the Ahmedabad crowd in the course of the IPL 2024 match between Mumbai Indians and Gujarat Titans on Sunday. This is the primary time that Hardik was enjoying on the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad since finishing his sensational commerce transfer from Gujarat Titans to Mumbai Indians and he acquired a heated welcome from the native crowd. Pietersen acknowledged the boos from the gang on commentary and mentioned that it’s uncommon for an Indian cricketer to get booed on dwelling soil.

“I have never seen any Indian player getting booed like they are booing Hardik Pandya here in Ahmedabad. This is a rare happening,” Pietersen mentioned on commentary.

Fine dying bowling by Gujarat Titans (GT), pacers Umesh Yadav and Spencer Johnson particularly, helped the facet safe an exhilarating six-run win over Mumbai Indians (MI) of their Indian Premier League (IPL) match at Ahmedabad’s Narendra Modi Stadium on Sunday.

MI begin their Hardik Pandya captaincy period with a loss.

In the chase of 169 runs, Mumbai Indians was off to a nasty begin as Ishan Kishan feathered an edge to wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha, dismissed for a four-ball duck by Azmatullah Omarzai. MI was 0/1 in 0.4 overs.

Rohit Sharma afterward developed a short partnership with younger batter Naman Dhir, a 24-year-old with an expertise of 4 T20 innings. Rohit smacked Umesh Yadav for 2 cracking fours whereas Naman smashed Omarzai for 3 fours and a six.

However, Omarzai had the final chortle, trapping Naman leg-before-wicket for 20 in 10 balls, with three fours and a six. MI was 30/2 in three overs. Rohit, nonetheless, was unfazed as he continued punishing Umesh with a 4 and a six.

Dewald Brevis was subsequent up on the crease. With a pleasant boundary on Rashid Khan’s supply, Rohit helped MI attain the 50-run mark in 5.4 overs.

Australia pacer Spencer Johnson delivered an costly over to conclude the primary half of the innings, being hit for 2 fours by Rohit and a six by Brevis. At the tip of 10 overs, MI was 88/2 with Rohit (40*) and Brevis (26*) unbeaten.

Brevis hit Mohit Sharma for a 4 to assist MI attain the 100-run mark in 11.1 overs.

The 77-run partnership for the third wicket was ended by Sai Kishore, who trapped Rohit leg-before-wicket for 43 in 29 balls, with seven fours and a six. MI was 107/3 in 12.1 overs.

At the tip of 15 overs, MI was 126/3, with Brevis (46*) and Tilak Varma (15*) unbeaten.

Mohit turned issues round for GT, dismissing Tim David for 11 in 10 balls after he was caught by David Miller. MI was 142/5 in 18 overs, needing 27 runs within the closing 12 balls.

In the subsequent over, Spencer began off by conceding a six, however received Tilak on the subsequent ball, caught by Abhinav Manohar for 25 in 19 balls. MI was 148/6, needing 21 in 10 balls.

Hardik Pandya and Gerald Coetzee have been the recent pair they usually took the crew to the final over with 19 runs to get within the closing over as Gerald was dismissed on the ultimate ball of the over by Spencer for one run. MI was 150/7 in 19 overs.

Shams Mulani was subsequent up on the crease. Hardik began the subsequent over with a six and 4. However, he was dismissed for 11 in 4 balls by Umesh, caught by Tewatia. MI was 160/8, needing 9 runs in three balls. Umesh was on a hat-trick, getting Piyush Chawla on subsequent ball for a duck. MI was 160/9, needing 9 in two balls.

MI completed their innings at 162/9 in 20 overs, shedding by six runs.

Spencer (2/25), Mohit (2/32), Omarzai (2/27) and Umesh (2/31) have been the highest bowlers for GT.

(With ANI inputs)