GT vs MI Ball by Ball Commentary

Bangs in short at the batter, and Shams Mulani looks to pull the ball but gets a top edge towards Sai Kishore at fine leg on the bounce for a single. Gujarat win by 6 runs to open their points table for the season.

Pitches the ball on the length outside the off stump line, and Jasprit Bumrah taps it towards point for single.

OUT! CAUGHT! Umesh Yadav gets two in two! Piyush Chawla walks back for a duck! Bangs in short at the batter and Piyush Chawla slams the ball from the middle of the bat but finds the ball going straight to Rashid Khan at deep mid-wicket.

OUT! CAUGHT! Another turn in the tale! Umesh Yadav sends back the Mumbai skipper Hardik Pandya! Bowls a length ball with pace on top of the leg stump line and Hardik Pandya launches it up towards long on but does not get the elevation needed. In the end hits it straight to Rahul Tewatia at long on who takes an easy catch.

FOUR! Umesh Yadav goes for 10 off 2! Hardik Pandya crunches another boundary! Umesh Yadav pitches the ball outside the off stump line on a good length. Hardik Pandya stays back in the crease and crunches the ball to the left of covers for a superb boundary.

SIX! SLAP! Hardik Pandya gets a maximum off the first ball. Umesh Yadav drops it short outside the off stump line and Hardik Pandya plays a tennis forehand shot straight over long off for a maximum to start the over. Game On!

OUT! CAUGHT AND BOWLED! Spencer Johnson gets his second of the over and now Mumbai need 19 off the last over! Bowls another short ball with pace at Gerald Coetzee who tries for the pull shot again but this time gets a top edge high in the night sky. Spencer Johnson runs towards the ball and takes a good catch to send back Gerald Coetzee.

Bangs in a short ball at the batter and Gerald Coetzee looks to pull it away but misses it. A very crucial dot ball for Gujarat.

Hits the length hard on top of the off stump. Hardik Pandya drives the ball to long off for a single.

Pitches the ball up on the off stump line. Gerald Coetzee looks for a big heave but gets an inside edge to deep square leg for a single.

OUT! CAUGHT! Abhinav Manohar, the substitute fielder takes the catch to get Gujarat in control with 2 new batters at the crease! Spencer Johnson gets a perfect comeback at Tilak Varma. Pitches the ball up on the pads of Tilak Varma with pace and he flicks the ball hard in the air but straight to Abhinav Manohar at deep square leg who takes a good catch.

SIX! Tilak Varma gets into the act and launches a huge SIX to welcome Spencer Johnson back in the attack. Spencer Johnson pitches the ball on the length with pace and Tilak Varma takes out the front foot and launches the ball high and long over long on for a massive six.

OUT! CAUGHT! David Miller takes a blinder of a catch! Mohit Sharma claims yet another wicket at a very good time for his skipper! Bangs it in short with pace this time and it rushes Tim David as he looks to pull the ball. In the end, mistimes it high in the air towards mid-wicket. David Miller runs in from the boundary line and dives infront to grab it with both hands.

Very good slower ball again outside the off stump line. Tim David looks to pull it away but misses the ball completely.

Slower ball from a good length on the stumps. Tim David pulls it away to the left of deep square leg and runs another couple.

Slower ball resulting in a full toss outside the off stump line. Tim David drives the ball to the right of long off and runs a couple.

FOUR! Slower ball on the line of the stumps and Tim David gets a boundary off it! Mohit Sharma misses his line and goes on the legs of Tim David who slogs the ball to the right of deep mid-wicket for a boundary.

WIDE! Wayward slower ball outside the off stump line. Tim David lets it go and the Umpire signals wide.

Nails a slower bouncer outside the off stump line and deceives Tim David into a pull shot and he misses it.

Pitches the ball up on the stumps. Tim David drives the ball to long on for a single.

Pitches the ball fuller on the off stump line. Tilak Varma taps it down to long on for a single.

Fires it in on the leg stump line from around the wicket angle. Tilak Varma goes for a reverse sweep but misses the ball and it hits his pads and rolls towards short fine leg.

Holds the ball back on the stumps and Tilak Varma flicks it to deep mid-wicket and denies the run.

Tosses the ball fuller on the stumps. Tim David launches it up to the right of Azmatullah Omarzai at long on and runs a single.

Gets a bit of a grip and gets the ball to turn away from a fuller length. Tim David looks to drive it and gets beaten.

Off the mark straight away. Mohit Sharma pitches the ball up outside the off stump line and Tim David slaps it to sweeper covers for a single to end the over.

OUT! CAUGHT AND BOWLED! Mohit Sharma takes a blinder off his bowling this time and gets his team a crucial wicket of a set batter at a crucial time! Jabs back the length outside the off stump line and rolls his fingers over the ball. Dewald Brevis slaps it back off the middle of the bat, back towards Mohit Sharma and he grabs it with both hands and throws the ball in the air with joy.

Short ball at the batter. Tilak Varma pulls it away for a single this time to deep mid-wicket.

Slower ball from the length on top of the stumps. Tilak Varma looks to play the scoop but mistimes it towards short fine leg.

holds the length back on top of the off stump. Tilak Varma pulls it away to the left of Rashid Khan at deep mid-wicket for a couple.

Hits the deck hard outside the off stump. Tilak Varma looks to go hard at it from the crease but mistimes it straight back to the bowler. Crucial dot ball at a crucial time.

Quicker one, full on off, Dewald Brevis stays back and keeps it out.

A bit shorter and turning it into middle and leg, Dewald Brevis gets cramped for room and tucks it to the leg side.

Wrong'un, bowled quicker and fuller around off, this one turns in sharply and Dewald Brevis manages to jam it out on the off side.

Pushes it a bit further up around off, Tilak Varma leans on and nudges it out on the off side for one.

Shorter in length this time and this is pulled away in front of the man at deep mid-wicket for a couple of runs more needed now off 34 balls..

Flatter one around leg stump, Tilak Varma works it away neatly through mid-wicket and sprints back for two.

Pitched up again and slower too, Dewald Brevis waits well and tucks it away into the vacant space in front of mid-wicket for a couple of runs more.

Pitched up on the off stump, Dewald Brevis looks to push it away but gets a big inside edge back onto the pads.

Hard length around off stump and takes pace off again, Tilak Varma taps it in front of covers for one.

FOUR! Lucky! Length ball around off, Tilak Varma goes back to a relatively full ball and gets an inside edge past the stumps and the ball rolls away into the fine leg fence.

Floated up to the stumps and the pace is taken off, Dewald Brevis gets pushed back and gets an inside edge past square leg for just another single.

Good length on off stump, classicaly flicked away through wide mid on for a single.

Shortens the length and bowls it around leg, Tilak Varma nudges it to short fine leg and picks up a single.

Solid effort in the deep to save the boundary! A bit of width on offer, Tilak Varma stays low and cuts it to the right of deep point for a couple of runs.

Flatter one looking to push it across the left-hander, Tilak Varma stays back and flicks it to mid-wicket.

On a nagging length and drifted into the batter, Dewald Brevis makes som room and tucks it behind square leg for one more.

Nicely flighted around off stump, Tilak Varma leans on and pushes it down to long off for a single.

OUT! LBW! A huge appeal for LBW and the finger is raised. Rohit Sharma does review it though. Sai Kishore drops this one a bit fuller and around off angling it in. Rohit gets across the stumps and looks to sweep but misses and gets pinged on the back leg. Nothing on UltraEdge. Ball Tracking shows that it is three reds and Rohit has to walk back. Can this wicket now galvanize Gujarat?

DROPPED! Another slower one and this one sticks in the deck, Rohit Sharma looks to come forward but ends up chipping it straight to Mohit Sharma who spills it on the follow-through and they get a single. That one probably came a lot slower towards Mohit than he had expected.

Slower one, floated up on the pads, Dewald Brevis gets his hands in front and pushes it to mid on for one.

Good length on a tight line around off, quick hands from Dewald Brevis as he hits it away to the left of deep point and races back for the second.

Looking for two but won't get it. On the pads again and this is flicked away through backward square leg for a single.

Drags it down a bit on the pads, Dewald Brevis tucks it away well in front of square leg and turns the strike over.

FOUR! Goes through! Hard length outside off stump, Dewald Brevis stands upright and squeezes it away just behind backward point and picks up another boundary. Too easy at the moment for Mumbai.

Flatter one sliding onto middle, punched off the back foot to deep cover for one.

SIX! High and handsome! Way too full around off, Dewald Brevis gets under this one and swats it away over deep extra cover for a biggie.

Nicely floated up a lot fuller and on middle, Dewald Brevis looks to back away but decides to push it out on the off side.

Oh, the fielder almost made a mess of that one! Full on off, hard sweep by Rohit Sharma to deep square leg for a single. The fielder in the deep fumbles but recovers well.

Flatter one, pushed a bit further up on middle, Rohit Sharma has to adjust and block it out.

Slides one into the pads and Dewald Brevis tucks it around the corner for a single.

FOUR! Rohit Sharma finishes the over with another boundary! Big one for Mumbai! Spencer Johnson nails the yorker outside the line of the off stump and Rohit Sharma throws his bat at it, timing the ball well, to the left of point for a superb boundary.

Pitches the ball up on the off stump line. Dewald Brevis blocks it off towards long off and takes a run.

Holds the length back on top of the off stump line. Rohit Sharma goes back in his crease and guides it through third man for a single.

FOUR! Rohit Sharma gets into the act! Spencer Johnson bangs it in short to Rohit Sharma and he launches the classic pull shot and times it betweem deep mid-wicket and deep square leg for a superb boundary.

Short again outside the off stump. Dewald Brevis taps it down to third man for a single.

SIX! Up and over! Outrageous shot from Dewald Brevis! Dewald Brevis bangs it in outside the off stump line at 134 clicks and Dewald Brevis stands ready to slap it over point for a huge six.

Holds the length back, slower in the air on the stumps. Dewald Brevis gets away and makes room to cut the ball towards sweeper covers for a single.

Fires it in on the pads of Dewald Brevis who knocks it off towards mid-wicket.

Fuller on the stumps. Rohit Sharma flicks the ball to deep mid-wicket for a single.

FOUR! The reverse sweep comes out from Rohit Sharma! Sai Kishore tosses the ball up on the off stump line and Rohit Sharma is ready to play the reverse and executes it to perfection, finding the gap to the left of point for a boundary.

Short again outside the off stump. Dewald Brevis cuts it hard to sweepers for a single.

Holds the length back on the stumps. Dewald Brevis cuts the ball straight to point.

Floats it up on the stumps. Rohit Sharma blocks it and gets the ball to lob over Wriddhiman Saha.

Pitches the ball up on the off stump line. Dewald Brevis drives it to sweeper cover for a single.

Pitches the ball up on the off stump line. Rohit Sharma drives the ball to long on for a single.

Holds the length short on the stumps. Dewald Brevis taps the ball to long off for a single.

Nails the yorker on the stumps. Dewald Brevis taps it back to the bowler.

SIX! BANG! No look shot for a straight SIX!

Short and outside the off stump line. Dewald Brevis drives the ball to sweeper covers for a single.

@floats it up on the pads. Dewald Brevis flicks the ball to the left of mid-wicket and Mohit Sharma dives well to stop it.

Tosses the ball up on the off stump. Dewald Brevis blocks it off the front foot to covers.

Holds the length back on the stumps. Rohit Sharma taps the ball to long on for a single.

Tosses the ball up on the middle stump line and Dewald Brevis launches a wild heave, gets a top edge but the ball lands safe to the right of point. The batters take a single.

Holds the length back, and zips the ball into the pads of Dewald Brevis outside the line of the stumps.

Tosses it up on the off stump line and Rohit Sharma blocks it off well off the front foot to end the over.

Zips it up on the off stump line. Rohit Sharma stays back and negotiates it well.

FOUR! On the pads and punished! Rohit Sharma Sweeps the incoming googly and places it perfectly to the right of square leg for a boundary.

Jabs it short with pace on the thigh pads of Dewald Brevis who flicks the ball to deep mid-wicket for a single.

Tosses it up outside the off stump line to the youngster. Dewald Brevis plays a cover drive straight towards covers.

Holds the length back on the off stump. Rohit Sharma tucks it down to long on for a single.

On a length and on off, Dewald Brevis pushes it towards short covers.

Touch fuller and on off, Dewald Brevis taps it towards short covers.

Short of a length and on off, Rohit Sharma swipes it wide of deep square leg for a run.

Fuller one and on middle, Rohit Sharma clips it towards short mid-wicket.

Back of a length and on middle, skids through again, Dewald Brevis pulls it towards deep square leg for a single.

FOUR! Dewald Brevis gets off the mark in style! Azmatullah Omarzai bowls this on a good length and on off, Dewald Brevis stays back and just punches on the ground, he gets it from the middle of the bat as the ball races past extra covers for a boundary.

BEATEN! Umesh Yadav hits the length hard now, on off, Rohit Sharma tries to go over extra covers but gets beaten by the extra bounce.

On a length and on middle, Rohit Sharma blocks it out now.

SIX! EFFORTLESS! Umesh Yadav goes a bit too full now, on middle, Rohit Sharma this time uses the flick of the wrists to whip it away, he times it so well that it sails over the deep mid-wicket fence fro a maximum.

Back of a length and on off, Rohit Sharma stabs it towards short covers.

FOUR! Brilliant shot! Umesh Yadav pitches it up again and around off, Rohit Sharma takes a small stride out and caresses it past the diving mid off fielder for a boundary.

Fuller one and on middle, Rohit Sharma tucks it towards short mid-wicket.

OUT! LBW! Azmatullah Omarzai has the last laugh here! An excellent review from Gujarat and they get their reward. This is back of a length and on middle, angling in and skids through as well, Naman Dhir goes for the pull but this is not that short, he gets hit high on the pads, Omarzai appeals for the LBW, but it is turned down. Shubman Gill backs his bowler and takes the review. UltraEdge confirms no bat involved and Ball Tracking shows three reds. Rohit Sharma is disappointed for the youngster as he was looking really good out here. Dhir goes back after a quick-fire cameo and showed glimpses of his potential.

SIX! Oh..wow! Naman Dhir is playing a blinder here! Azmatullah Omarzai serves this fuller and around off, Naman Dhir is never going to miss on that length, he smokes it way over the long off fence for a biggie.

On a length and on off, Naman Dhir taps it towards short covers.

FOUR! Third of the over! Azmatullah Omarzai bowls this on hard length but angling down the leg side, Naman Dhir picks up the length early and swipes it away towards the deep square leg fence for four more runs.

Fuller but way down the leg side, Naman Dhir misses his flick. Wided. Azmatullah Omarzai serves this fuller and just around off, Naman Dhir is never going to miss out on that length, he smokes it way over the long off fence for a biggie.

FOUR MORE! Azmatullah Omarzai lands this on a good length and on middle, Naman Dhir stays back and heaves it with a full swing over and wide of mid-wicket for another boundary.

FOUR! Up and over! Azmatullah Omarzai serves this full and on middle, Naman Dhir stays deep in his crease and lofts it away nicely over mid on for a boundary.

FOUR! Vintage Rohit Sharma! Umesh Yadav bangs this short and around middle, sits up nicely for the batter, Rohit Sharma gets on top of the bounce and pulls it towards the deep mid-wicket fence for another boundary.

Short of a length and outside off, shaping away, Rohit Sharma slashes at it but misses.

Back of a length and on middle, Rohit Sharma blocks it out on the pitch.

FOUR! A very lucky escape for Rohit Sharma! Umesh Yadav hits the length hard now, on off, nips back in sharply, Rohit Sharma tries to play it but gets an inside edge just over the stumps, Wriddhiman Saha dives to his left to grab it with his outstretched left hand but it bounces off his wrists and runs away to the fine leg fence for a boundary. A tough chance for the keeper, but a chance nonetheless.

Fuller one and around off, Naman Dhir drills it wide of point, the fielder dives to his right and gets a hand on it to make a half-stop. They cross.

Umesh Yadav begins with a good-length delivery, on off, shaping away, Naman Dhir goes for the pull but fails to connect.

Goes fuller this time, on middle, Naman Dhir knocks it towards mid off for a single and gets off the mark. First runs off the bat. Excellent start for Gujarat!

Hard-length delivery on the sixth stump line, Naman Dhir lets it go to the keeper.

Short of a length and outside off, shaping further away, Naman Dhir leaves it alone. Wided. Mumbai gets underway with extras!

OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! Azmatullah Omarzai draws first blood here! He sets up Ishan Kishan brilliantly here. He bowled three in-swingers on the trot before getting this one to shape away, back of a length and at a good pace, Ishan Kishan has a poke at it away from his body and only gets a slight edge behind where Wriddhiman Saha makes no mistake. Early blow for Mumbai!

Pitched up again and on middle, swings in once again, Ishan Kishan fails to work it away and gets hit on the pads again.

Full again and on middle, shaping in a long way, Ishan Kishan misses his flick and gets hit on the pads.

Some swing straightaway! Azmatullah Omarzai starts with a full delivery, on off, swinging in sharply in the air, Ishan Kishan digs it out to the off side.