On Tuesday, in Ahmedabad, the defending champions Gujarat Titans achieved a 55-run victory over Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League, thanks to a dominant batting performance by David Miller and Abhinav Manohar.In their home ground of Ahmedabad, David Miller and up-and-coming Indian player Abhinav Manohar combined for a partnership of 71 runs, with Miller scoring 46 runs off 22 balls and Manohar contributing 42 runs in 21 balls. This helped Gujarat Titans reach a huge score of 207-6. The Miller-Manohar partnership included seven sixes, and an additional unbeaten score of 20 runs from Rahul Tewatia in just five balls, resulting in a total of 94 runs scored in the final six overs of the match.The bowlers from Gujarat were well aware of their responsibility and managed to limit Mumbai Indians, who have won the IPL five times, to a score of 152-9. This was achieved through the efforts of Afghanistans wrist spinners Rashid Khan and Noor Ahmad, who together took five wickets.Gujarat Titans, who had a remarkable debut season last year by winning the IPL, have started this season strong and have moved up to second place in the table, behind the current leaders Chennai Super Kings, who have won the tournament four times. This puts them in a good position at the midway stage of the T20 tournament.The Gujarat Titans batters were the stars of the evening, with opener Shubman Gill leading the charge by scoring 56 runs off 34 balls and setting the tone for his teams dominant performance. This was all achieved at the worlds largest cricket stadium.After scoring his third fifty of the season, Shubman Gill was dismissed, and it was then that David Miller and Abhinav Manohar took over and attacked the opposing teams bowling attack with a series of boundaries and sixes.Although both batsmen were unable to score fifty runs, the end of the innings was filled with numerous sixes due to a remarkable batting performance. Tewatia, who is left-handed, also contributed significantly to his teams highest IPL total during this aggressive display.Arjun Tendulkar, who plays for Mumbai and is the son of the renowned Sachin Tendulkar, had the opportunity to redeem himself after his previous match in which he conceded 31 runs in a single over. The left-arm fast bowler performed better in this game by taking a wicket and giving away only nine runs in his two overs.After Mumbais captain Rohit Sharma was caught and bowled by his counterpart Hardik Pandya, they were never in contention to win the match, and kept losing wickets at regular intervals. In a single over, Rashid took two wickets with his leg spin and was soon accompanied by Noor, an 18-year-old Afghan bowler, who ended up taking three wickets for 37 runs. Cameron Green, Mumbais costly Australian player, scored 33 runs before being dismissed by Noors left-arm wrist spin, which also resulted in Tim David being dismissed without scoring any runs.
