Mumbai, April 16: Mumbai Indians (MI) picked up their fourth consecutive win by beating Gujarat Lions (GL) by 6 wickets in the match 16 of IPL 2017. [Match Report]
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Nitish Rana scored a brilliant half-century and Kieron Pollard and Rohit Sharma scored a quickfire 39 and 40 respectively to chase down the 177 runs total. [Match Scorecard]
Brendan McCullum earlier had scored 64 and Dinesh Karthik scored 48 to guide Gujarat to a decent total of 177 runs for the loss of 4 wickets.
Here are the highlights of the match between Mumbai and Gujarat:
# Dwayne Smith and Brendon McCullum opened the innings for Gujarat Lions
# Mitchell McClenaghan took Dwayne Smith's wicket in the very first over
# Gujarat Lions were 46/1 at the end of powerplay
# Brendon McCullum scored his 12th half-century in IPL
# Harbhajan became the second bowler in IPL after Praveen Kumar to bowl 1000 dot balls.
# Suresh Raina was dismissed in the 12th over by Harbhajan Singh for 25
# Brendon McCullum was dismissed for 64 in the 14th over by Lasith Malinga
# McCullum and Raina strung a partnership of 80 runs for the second wicket
# Dinesh Karthik hit the 200th six of IPL 2017
# Dinesh Karthik and Ishan Kishan formed a 54 runs partnership for the fourth wicket
# Dinesh Karthik remained unbeaten at 48 off just 26 balls
# Mitchell McClenaghan was the peak of the Mumbai bowlers (2/24 in 4 overs)
# Jaspreet Bumrah conceded 10 runs off the final over
# Praveen Kumar dismissed Parthiv Patel in the second ball of the opening over.
# Mumbai were 56/1 after the powerplay
# Nitish Rana is now the orange cap holder with 193 runs
# Nitish Rana and Jos Buttler created an 89 runs partnership for the second wicket
# Nitish was dismissed in the 10 over by Andre Tye for 53
# Kieron Pollard and Rohit Sharma put together a 68 runs partnership which helped Mumbai win the match
# Pollard scored 39 off 23 balls
# Rohit Sharma remained unbeaten at 40 off just 29 balls
# Mumbai Indians chased down the total in 19.3 overs
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