Mumbai Indians’ quartet of Australians have had a chastening night with the Indian Premier League giants struggling a heavy defeat to defending champions Gujarat Titans.
Jason Behrendorff bowled properly sufficient within the face of a Titans onslaught that piled up 6-207 in Ahmedabad, however he, Riley Meredith and Cam Green went for a cumulative 70 off the final 4 overs as South African big-hitter David Miller minimize free.
Behrendorff dropping Miller off a troublesome boundary probability off Meredith – that went for six – did not assist, although he did finally decide up the bruiser for a 22-ball 46.
That gave Behrendorff 1-37 off 4 overs. Meredith’s quartet went for 49 whereas Green’s two overs disappeared for 39.
Green then produced some huge hits with the bat, making 33 off 26 balls with three sixes. But with himself and Tim David (0) perishing inside three balls mid-innings Indians have been restricted to 9-152, a 55-run loss.
Put into bat on Tuesday Titans opener Shubman Gill made 56 off 34 balls whereas Abhinav Manohar thrashed 42 off 21 late on. Indians’ most economical bowler was Sachin Tendulkar’s son Arjun who took 1-9 off two overs within the energy play however was surprisingly not requested to bowl once more.
Mohammed Shami (0-18 off 4) and Hardik Pandya (1-10 off two) then bowled fantastically to place Mumbai behind the speed and supply a platform for Afghan spin twins Rashid Khan and Noor Ahmad to tear the middle-order aside. They shared 5 wickets with solely Green and Nehal Wadera (40 off 21) placing up any resistance.
One Australian was on the victorious aspect. Matthew Wade is within the Titans squad. But whereas he was of their successful XI final 12 months he has to date been unable to pressure his method right into a Titans aspect that has received 5 of their seven matches to share the lead on the IPL’s mid-point with Chennai Super Kings.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
