MI vs GT, IPL 2023: Suryakumar Yadav Bring The Game By Their Side, Rashid Khan’s Show His One Man Power And Other Stats

A Scintillating century from Suryakumar Yadav followed by good bowling display from bowlers, helped Mumbai Indians  edge over Gujarat Titans by margin by 27 runs despite Rashid Khan’s one man show in the match number 57 of Indian Premier League 2023 at Wankhede Stadium   

The visitors won the toss, as Hardik & Co opted to field first. MI openers got off to a flier as the duo of Rohit Sharma and Ishan Kishan toyed with potent GT bowlers in the powerplay, with the scorecard reading 61in 6 overs. Rashid Khan struck twice just after the powerplay as both the set batters Rohit Sharma and Ishan Kishan departed for 29 and 31 respectively.

Nehal Wadhera soon departed after a short 7-ball 15 runs cameo courtesy of yet a splendid delivery from Rashid Khan. From thereon, MI’s innings was all about Suryakumar Yadav, who went bonkers against the likes of GT bowlers, smacking them all round the ground to bring up what was a magnificent maiden century.

Suryakumar Yadav remained unbeaten on 103 which included 17 boundaries and he was ably supported by Vishnu Vinod, who too contributed with 20 ball 30 runs to help MI post a massive total of 218/5 in 20 overs. For GT. Rashid Khan was the pick of bowlers for his spell of 4/30 in 4 overs.

Chasing a huge 219, top order batter did not live-up the expectations, as MI bowlers rattled the batters in the powerplay, GT were left groggy at 26/3 in the fourth over. Vijay Shankar showed intent in the batting with few glorious looking shots, but Piyush Chawla ended his little cameo with a beauty in his very first ball.

Soon, Kumar Kartikeya cleaned up Abhinav Manohar in his first ball and GT were left in deep trouble at 55/5 in 8^th over. David Miller and Rahul Tewatia kept the chase going by adding 45 runs for sixth wicket, but Akash Madhwal stopped the good-going partnership by trapping Miller in front to pick up his third wicket. Rashid Khan’ s sensational power hitting at the end helped GT to reduce the margin of defeat as MI beat GT by a margin of 27 runs

Meanwhile let us look at the stats and number from game between MI Vs GT.

218 -MI scored 218 against GT, which is the highest total in IPL against GT surpassing KKR’s total of 207 at Ahmedabad.

5 -MI has scored 200 or more for the fifth time this season, this is the most 200+ totals by any team in an IPL season.

2 -Rohit Sharma has hit 252 sixes in IPL and become the second leading six hitter in IPL surpassing AB de Villiers tally of 251. Chris Gayle tops the list with 357 sixes.

5 -Suryakumar Yadav became the fifth player to score a century for MI in IPL.

4 -Rashid Khan became the fourth overseas player along with Kieron Pollard, JP Duminy and Mitchell Marsh to achieve the feat of four wickets and 50 runs in the same game in IPL.

1 -MI became the first team to defeat GT twice in IPL.

3 -GT has now lost just the third game while chasing out of 16 games.

1 -Rashid Khan registered his 15^th 4 wicket haul in T20s and he now has the joint most number of 4 wicket haul in T20s along with Lasith Malinga and Shakib Al Hasan.

201 -Rohit Sharma completes 200 sixes for MI.

551 -Rashid Khan completes 550 wickets in T20s, becoming the just second player to do so. Dwayne Bravo was the first player to achieve this feat.

4 -Rashid Khan became the fourth player, along with Pat Cummins, Chris Morris and Harbhajan Singh to score a fifty while playing at number 8 or below.

1 -Rashid Khan smashed ten sixes in the innings, with that he has the most sixes for a GT in an IPL innings surpassing Shubman Gill’s tally of 7

2 -Rashid Khan (10) has smashed the second-joint most number of sixes in an IPL runs chase, along with Adam Gilchrist and Kieron Pollard. Sanath Jayasuriya tops the list with 11 sixes.

8.22 -Shubman Gill has an average of 8.22 at Wankhede Stadium.

Shubman Gill in Indian T20 League at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai:

9 – Matches

9 – Inns

74 – Runs

8.22 – Average

22 – HS

0 – 50s