Titans spinners restrict Super Giants to 163

Khaleel 6 out) 45

Shepherd (not out) 39

4x6); Extras (nb1, w13): 14; Total (for five wkts. in 20 overs): 234.

FALL OF WICKETS

180 (Rohit, 6.6 overs), 281 (Suryakumar, 7.3), 3111 (Kishan, 10.2), 4121 (Tilak, 12.4), 5181 (Hardik, 17.5).

CAPITALS BOWLING

Khaleel 40391, Ishant 30400, Richardson 40400, Axar 40352, Lalit 10150, Nortje 40652.

DELHI CAPITALS

Prithvi Shaw b Bumrah 66 (40b, 8x4, 3x6), David Warner c Hardik b Shepherd 10 (8b, 1x4, 1x6),

Abhishek Porel c David b Bumrah 41 (31b, 5x4), Tristan Stubbs (not out) 71 (25b, 3x4, 7x6), Rishabh Pant c Hardik b Coetzee 1 (3b),

Axar Patel run out 8 (7b, 1x4),

Yadav c Kishan b Coetzee 3 (4b),

Kumar Kushagra ( Impact Player in place of Khaleel) c Tilak b Coetzee 0 (1b), Jhye Richardson c Rohit b Coetzee 2 (2b); Extras (lb1, nb1, w1): 3; Total (for eight wkts. in 20 overs): 205.

FALL OF WICKETS

122 (Warner, 3.4), 2110 (Shaw, 11.5), 3144 (Porel, 14.6), 4153 (Pant, 15.6), 5194 (Axar, 18.4), 6203 (Lalit, 19.3), 7203 (Kushagra, 19.4), 8205 (Richardson, 19.6).

MUMBAI INDIANS BOWLING

Impact Player in place of Suryakumar) 40450, Shepherd 40541, Nabi 20170, Chawla 20320.

Toss: DC; PoM: Shepherd.

MI won by 29 runs.

Gujarat Titans impaired Lucknow Super Giants early in the PowerPlay and its spinners stifled the scoring in the middle overs until Nicholas Pooran (32 not out) broke free from the shackles to take the host to a competitive total of 163 for five at the Ekana Cricket Stadium here on Sunday. Batting first after winning the toss, Super Giants were rocked early by Umesh Yadav, whose two wickets rattled the home side.

Umesh struck in the first over when Quinton de Kock, after a six over deep square leg, tried another big hit and got a leading edge which was snapped up by Noor Ahmad at third man. Devdutt Padikkal, after creaming Umesh over square leg, edged a catch to Vijay Shankar at the slips to leave Super Giants at 18 for two.

However, skipper K.L. Rahul (33) and Marcus Stoinis (58) were engaged in a partnership of 73 runs for the third wicket, which steadied the innings. But the batters were never allowed to hit their full stride by the Titans bowlers. Ahmad and Rashid Khan limited the attacking options by bowling a tight line. Rahul started aggressively against Noor with a delectable cut past point but was tempered down by the nagging line of the spinner. After losing his partner de Kock early, Rahul attacked

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Fluent best: Pooran was on point as he contributed a valuable unbeaten 32 off 22 balls.