Mumbai Indians In the 30th match of the Indian Premier League 2026, they defeated Gujarat Titans by 99 runs at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
Invited to bat on a black-clay wicket in Ahmedabad, Mumbai Indians scored 199/5 thanks to a brilliant unbeaten century from Tilak Verma. They were quickly troubled by Kagiso Rabada's three wickets in the powerplay. Bowling at speeds in excess of 140 kmph, he dismissed debutant Danish Malevar, Quinton de Kock and Suryakumar Yadav, reducing the five-time champions to 44/3.
Naman Dheer and Tilak together improved the innings. Dheer was out for 45 but Tilak made a slow start and progressed. Completing his century on the last ball of the innings, he faced the Titans bowlers single-handedly at the last end.
The visiting team continued this momentum in their bowling innings Jasprit Bumrah Sai Sudarshan was dismissed on the very first ball of the innings, which was his first wicket of this season. In the next over, Hardik Pandya trapped Jos Buttler and Ashwini Kumar, playing his first game of the season, dismissed the in-form Shubman Gill. Mumbai bowlers kept taking wickets to the Titans continuously.
Mitchell Santner dismissed Washington Sundar and Glenn Phillips in the same over, leaving the hosts short of the target. Ashwini finished the game with figures of 4/24 from her four overs. AM Ghazanfar took the last two wickets and bowled out Titans for 100 runs. The five-time champions produced a stellar performance with bat, ball and in the field as they snapped their four-match winning streak with their maiden IPL win at the Narendra Modi Stadium.
Key moments of the match:
1. Tilak's return of runs came in the form of his first IPL century
Mumbai Indians were in dire need of a win and their score in the powerplay was 44-3. enter Tilak Verma. The southpaw's form has come under scrutiny as he has struggled to score runs this season. Starting slowly, he opened the second innings with Naman Dheer and scored 19 runs from his first 22 balls.
What followed was an excellent and brutal display of killing. He scored 82 runs in his next 23 balls and took Mumbai Indians to a strong score of 199/5. Batting on 91 with two balls remaining in the innings, he hit a six and a four off Prasidh Krishna to reach his milestone. The celebration of Tilak, who came to save Mumbai by scoring his first century in IPL, was very lively.
2. Kagiso Rabada breaks MI open in powerplay
Mumbai Indians, and their struggles in the powerplay with the bat, have been a common theme of the 2026 season. The Titans' troubles worsened as the five-time champions were 46/3 in their first six overs.
And the main destroyer was Kagiso Rabada. The South African fast bowler dismissed debutant Danish Malewar, Quinton de Kock and Suryakumar Yadav in his first three overs. Rabada was bowling fast, consistently clocking over 140 kmph and hitting difficult lengths to perfection.
3. Mumbai got initial shocks with the ball
Jasprit Bumrah did not get any wicket for five matches in IPL. But they quickly changed it as Sai Sudarshan edged a boundary to debutant Krish Bhagat at cover. After this Hardik Pandya trapped Jos Buttler with an in-swinger.
While the pair of Shubman Gill and Washington Sundar were taking over Gujarat's innings, the Titans skipper sent a short ball from Ashwini Kumar straight to Naman Dheer at deep square leg. Earlier, Mumbai had taken only five wickets in the powerplay, but on this occasion it took away three big wickets of Titans cheaply, which was important in its victory.
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