NEW DELHI: Captain Hardik Pandya on Tuesday led Gujarat Titans to a resounding 55-run win against Mumbai Indians (MI) at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Tuesday.
With this win, Gujarat Titans who won the 2022 IPL title under the captaincy of Pandya, have jumped to second spot in the points tally.
"That has been my motto, always taking calls on situations. T20 is very funny, a couple of sixes can change your mind. Captaincy is something I back my instincts on. Me and Ashu Pa (Ashish Nehra) have a similar mindset, we back our calls and we have similar calls. Today, the idea of bowling Rashid and Noor was simple," Pandya said after the match.
"They like pace with Green and Tim David who are big hitters, and that's why we wanted to offer them spin and offer them spinners that are difficult to read. Wanted to close the game early because a couple of games haven't gone in our favour recently. (On Abhinav Manohar) I think it is all hard work, he bats 2 hours in the nets every day it feels like, he's been our best death overs hitter. We spoke to him last year and there were a few things he had to improve on, and this year he's come out blazing."
1/10:IPL 2023: Gujarat Titans beat Mumbai Indians
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2/10:Miller and Manohar
<p>A batting assault by David Miller and Abhinav Manohar powered defending champions Gujarat Titans to a 55-run demolition of Mumbai Indians on Tuesday. </p>IANS
3/10:71-run stand
<p>Miller (46 off 22 balls) and Manohar (21-ball 42) put together 71 runs to steer Gujarat to a mammoth 207/6 in Ahmedabad. </p>IANS
4/10:Rahul Tewatia
<p>An unbeaten five-ball 20 by Rahul Tewatia helped Gujarat get 94 runs from the final six overs of mayhem. </p>IANS
5/10:Shubman Gill
<p>Gujarat opener Shubman Gill set the tone for his team's domination with 56 off 34 balls. </p>IANS
6/10:Flurry of boundaries
<p>Gill departed after his third fifty of the season and Miller and Manohar soon took over to tear into the opposition attack with a flurry of fours and sixes. </p>IANS
7/10:Sixes galore
<p>Both Miller and Manohar were denied fifties but it was raining sixes by the end of the innings and Tewatia joined in the charge in his team's highest IPL total. </p>AP
8/10:Arjun Tendulkar
<p>Arjun Tendulkar had some redemption from his previous match when he was hit for 31 runs in one over as he gave away nine in his two overs and took a wicket. </p>IANS
9/10:Afghan spinners
<p>With their task cut out, Gujarat bowlers kept down five-time champions Mumbai to 152/9 as Rashid Khan and Noor Ahmad shared five wickets between them. </p>PTI
10/10:Rohit Sharma
<p>Mumbai were never in the chase after skipper Rohit Sharma fell caught and bowled, for two, to his opposite number Hardik Pandya and wickets kept tumbling. </p>APWhile defending 208, captain Pandya provided Gujarat Titans with a good start as he sent back the MI captain Rohit Sharma for a paltry 2.
Pandya, who scored 13 runs, returned with figures 2-0-10-1.
