Yesterday’s second match was a thrilling match. The match was played at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai.
Gujarat Lions won the toss and chose to bowl first. Mumbai was not having a good note. They lost Rohit Sharma & Hardik Pandya early in 2nd & 4th over respectively. The 32-run stand between Parthiv Patel & Jos Buttler in 32 balls. Parthiv Patel scored a fine 34 off 29 balls. This was the highest score in this innings. Mumbai was comfortably placed at 51 for 2 in 8.4 overs. They lost 5 wickets for 48 runs in the span of 8.2 overs. Mumbai was reduced to 99 for 7 in 17 overs. The 42-run stand between Krunal Pandya & Southee in 17 balls was the highest. Mumbai made a comeback and scored 61 runs in the last 5 overs. Southee run out to Bravo in penultimate ball of the innings. Mumbai was not a respective total of 143 runs for 8 wickets. Dhawal Kulkarni & Tambe took 2 wickets each in Mumbai innings.
Lions was also not having a good note. Finch dropped Buttler early in the Lions innings when he was on 5 runs. Finch went on to score 62 more runs. They lost McCullum early in 2nd over of the innings. The 53-run stand between Finch and Raina in 42 balls was the highest. At that point, Lions was comfortably placed at 65 for 1 in 8.2 overs. Bravo reviewed decision by TV Umpire whether it is out or not but umpire raises his finger whether the decision is out. Faulkner reviewed decision again by TV Umpire. whether it is out or not but umpire raises his finger again took the decision is out. They lost last 6 wickets for 66 runs in the span of 10.2 overs and Mumbai made a comeback. It might Mumbai will win the game. Finch scored a brilliant 67 off 54 balls destroyed the Mumbai bowlers. This was the highest score in this innings. This was third fifty of the season & overall 5th fifty of his IPL career. He was the first player to score 1 or more fifty in this season. Finch hit a winning last-ball four and Lions won in nail-biting finish. It was the first thriller of the season. McClenaghan was the most successful bowler in Lions innings when he took 4 wickets. He was the joint Purple Cap holder with 6 wickets. Lions won the match by 3 wickets. This was Lions 3rd consecutive win in IPL 2016.
Now, Gujarat Lions will take on Sunrisers Hyderbad on April 21. Mumbai Indians will also face Sunrisers Hyderabad on April 18.
We will back with today’s 2 matches tomorrow. Bye for now.
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