Siraj, Krishna star as Gujarat open account with win over MI

Prasidh Krishna showed excellence in picking wickets with slower balls while Mohammed Siraj was proficient in his scrambled seam deliveries as Gujarat Titans got off the mark with a brilliant 36-run win over Mumbai Indians in Match 7 of the IPL 2025 at the Narendra Modi Stadium on Saturday.

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After opener B Sai Sudharsan continued his good start to the IPL 2025 season by top-scoring with 63 and helping GT post a huge 196/8, the bowlers were impressive in their plans to keep MI to 160/6 on a two-paced pitch.

While Krishna picked 2-18, Siraj took 2-34 while Kagiso Rabadaa and Sai Kishore had a scalp each. Such was the impact of GT’s impressive bowling that MI batters struggled badly to get overs.

For MI, barring Suryakumar Yadav, none of the batters got into any sort of serious batting rhythm, with the lack of execution in shots emerging as a big sore point. Chasing 197, Rohit Sharma began by clipping Siraj twice off his wrists. But Siraj bounced back immediately by getting a scrambled seam delivery come in from outside the off-stump and castle Rohit through the gate for eight.