Ahmedabad, March 29 (NationPress) Prasidh Krishna excelled in taking wickets with his slower balls, while Mohammed Siraj demonstrated skill with his scrambled seam deliveries, leading the Gujarat Titans to a commendable 36-run victory against the Mumbai Indians in Match 9 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 at the Narendra Modi Stadium on Saturday.

After opener B Sai Sudharsan continued his impressive start to the IPL 2025 season with a top score of 63, helping GT set a formidable total of 196/8, the bowlers executed their plans effectively, restricting MI to 160/6 on a tricky pitch. Krishna took 2-18, while Siraj claimed 2-34, alongside Kagiso Rabada and R Sai Kishore, who each took a wicket. The impact of GT's bowling was so significant that Rashid Khan bowled only two overs.

For MI, aside from Suryakumar Yadav, no other batters found their rhythm, with poor execution of shots being a major issue. In pursuit of 197, Rohit Sharma started with two clips off Siraj’s deliveries. However, Siraj quickly responded, delivering a scrambled seam ball that bowled Rohit for eight.

Though Tilak Varma struck Rabada for three boundaries, Siraj made a comeback, having Ryan Rickleton chop onto his stumps off another scrambled seam delivery, resulting in Rickleton's dismissal for six. Suryakumar managed to hit a six off Siraj, while Tilak managed to overturn an lbw decision during the power-play, leaving MI at 48/2.

Tilak and Suryakumar hit a boundary each off Ishant Sharma, while Suryakumar swept Kishore for four, though this led to B Sai Sudharsan leaving the field with a left hamstring injury while attempting to stop that boundary. With the required run rate exceeding 11, a struggling Tilak attempted to loft off Krishna but was caught at long-on for 39.

Robin Minz had a limited impact as an impact player, being dismissed after slicing to short third off Kishore. Suryakumar, who was struck on the helmet by Krishna's short ball, could not last until the end, as he was caught at long-off against the tall pacer’s slower delivery.

With Hardik Pandya’s disappointing innings of 11 runs off 17 balls being concluded by Rabada, the late efforts from Naman Dhir and Mitchell Santner were insufficient, as MI faced their fourth consecutive loss against GT in Ahmedabad.

Brief scores:
Gujarat Titans 196/8 in 20 overs (B Sai Sudharsan 63, Jos Buttler 39; Hardik Pandya 2-29) beat Mumbai Indians 160/6 in 20 overs (Suryakumar Yadav 48, Tilak Varma 39; Prasidh Krishna 2-18, Mohammed Siraj 2-34) by 36 runs