ROHIT LAUDS SAMS

MUMBAI Indians skipper Rohit Sharma on Friday praised the “skills” of Daniel Sams after the Australian fast bowler defended nine runs off the last over to hand his team its second win in the Indian Premier League.

The five-time champions edged out table-topper

Gujarat Titans by five runs as they limited the opposition to 5-172 in a chase of 178 in Mumbai.

Gujarat was sailing along at 3-156 when skipper Hardik Pandya was run out and Mumbai seized the moment to make a comeback. David Miller and Rahul Tewatia attempted to complete the chase, but left-arm quick Sams denied the opposition with just three runs in the 20th over, Sharma hailing him a player with ‘’a lot of skill’’.