Gujarat keeps nerve, Royals start on winning note

Gujarat Titans pushed out Mumbai Indians by six runs in an IPL thrill ride on Sunday as Hardik Pandya experienced a loss as Mumbai commander after he disputably supplanted Rohit Sharma.

Rohit (43) and Dewald Brevis (46) sparkled in Mumbai's pursuit of their 169 objective with a third-wicket stand of 77 however Gujarat's bowlers hit back to hold the resistance down 162-9 in Ahmedabad.

A huge number of Mumbai fans had pummeled the establishment for the captaincy switch as Pandya made his IPL debut for Mumbai under Rohit and later drove Gujarat to a title in their presentation season in 2022 at a similar setting.

Be that as it may, it was festivity at the world's greatest cricket arena, named after Indian State head Narendra Modi, for new host group chief Shubman Gill who ruined Pandya's homecoming.

Pundits expressed near 90,000 fans turned up at the 132,000 limit field.

Five-time champions Mumbai required 48 from 36 balls with seven wickets close by prior to going down to an initial misfortune.

"We upheld ourselves to pursue those 42 runs yet it was one of those days where we lost the energy," said Pandya.

"It feels far better to be back since this is one arena you can appreciate, feel the climate very vivacious and clearly the group was full and they got a decent game too."
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