Frankfurter Tageszeitung - Gujarat edge Mumbai in last-ball thriller to top IPL table

Gujarat started strongly in their initial chase of 156 with a second-wicket stand of 72 between skipper Shubman Gill, who fell to an inspired Jasprit Bumrah after a rain break, and Jos Buttler at Mumbai's Wankhede Stadium.

Bad weather interrupted play twice and after the second delay the victory target was revised to 147 from 19 overs, leaving Gujarat needing 15 from the final six balls.

Rahul Tewatia began with a four off Deepak Chahar and Gerald Coetzee smashed a six on the third ball before holing out on the fifth with only one run required to win.

But number nine Arshad Khan stole a single off the final ball after hitting it to Pandya at mid-off, as the former Gujarat skipper, now Mumbai captain, missed the wicket with his throw from close range.

Gujarat jumped to the top of the 10-team table and pushed Mumbai, whose winning streak of six matches came to an end, to fourth.

The top four teams after the league phase will make the playoffs, with the final on May 25 in Kolkata.

Gujarat were cruising at 113-2 after the first rain break when Bumrah, who returned figures of 2-19, bowled Gill for a 46-ball 43 and fellow quick Trent Boult trapped impact substitute Sherfane Rutherford lbw for 28.

Bumrah rattled the stumps of the big-hitting Shahrukh Khan and Gujarat slipped to 126-6 when Rashid Khan was out for two.

Tewatia and Coetzee were batting when rain stopped play for the second time with Gujarat behind the DLS par score at 132-6, but after a long wait achieved a nail-biting victory.

Mumbai were restricted to 155-8 despite Will Jacks' 53 and a late cameo of 27 by Corbin Bosch.

Pace spearhead Mohammed Siraj claimed a wicket from just the second ball when he got Mumbai's South African opener Ryan Rickelton caught out for two.

Gujarat's fielders then dropped three catches, including two reprieves to Jacks who counter-attacked after the fall of Rohit Sharma, for seven.

England batter Jacks, along with Suryakumar Yadav, who made 35, put on 71 runs for the third wicket.

Sai Kishore broke the stand with his left-arm spin to cut short Suryakumar's 24-ball knock and trigger a collapse.

Afghanistan leg-spinner Rashid sent back Jacks after the batsman's first half-century for Mumbai.

Pandya, Tilak Varma and Naman Dhir were dismissed in quick succession as Mumbai slipped to 123-7 in 16.2 overs.

South Africa's Bosch, who got out in the final over and was later replaced by a concussion substitute having been hit on the helmet, put together 27 for the eighth wicket with Chahar.

G.Wagner--FFMTZ