It was another last-ball thriller in the IPL. GT held its nerves against MI this time. MI’s planned strategy considering the rain factor, which eventually cost them the game.
First time
GT won the toss and successfully chased the target yesterday against MI. These two sides have faced each other 6 times before yesterday, and the team that won the toss always chose to bowl and lost the match. This is the first time a team has successfully chased a target in this clash.
Shubman Gill- Sai Sudharsan partnership
Shubman Gill and Sai Sudarshan have opened the innings 14 times. Yesterday was the first time that their partnership has been broken for a single-digit score. Sai Sudarshan was dismissed when the team’s score was 6 in the second over. This shows how consistent they are and how crucial their partnership has been in GT’s victories.
GT’s Top 3
GT’s Top-3 batters carried their batting line-up in the entire series. Yesterday, after Sai and Buttler, Gill lost his wicket in the 15th over. This is the first time in this season that all three batters of GT have been dismissed before the 18th over. But, still, two of them played a good innings and made it easy for the middle order to chase.
Last ball victory
GT snatched the victory from MI in the last ball of the innings. This is the fourth time, they have attained victory in the last ball.
Teams with most victories in the last ball :
- Chennai Super Kings – 9 times
- Mumbai Indians – 7 times
- Rajasthan Royals – 5 time
- Gujarat Titans – 4 times
- Punjab Kings – 4 times
- Kolkata Knight Riders – 3 times
- Royal Challengers Bangalore – 3 times
- Sunrisers Hyderabad – 2 times
- Gujarat Lions – 2 times
- Rising Pune Super Giants – 2 times
- Delhi Capitals – 2 times
- Lucknow Super Giants – 1 time
- Deccan Chargers – 1 time
Longest IPL over
MI Captain Hardik Pandya came to bowl the 8th over. GT were 40/1 after 7 overs. He bowled 3 wides and 2 no-balls, and conceded a boundary and a six, ended up conceding 18 runs in the over. He bowled 5 extras and fetched his name into the longest over bowled in the IPL history.
Most balls bowled in an over in IPL :
- Tushar Deshpande – 11 balls vs LSG ( 2023 )
- Mohammed Siraj – 11 balls vs MI ( 2023 )
- Shardul Thakur – 11 balls vs KKR ( 2025 )
- Sandeep Sharma – 11 balls vs DC ( 2025 )
- Hardik Pandya -11 balls vs GT ( 2025 )
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