Delhi: After four consecutive defeats in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026, Mumbai Indians (MI) made a spectacular comeback by defeating Gujarat Titans (GT) by 99 runs. In this match, Mumbai showed dominance in every department, first made a big score in batting and then completely destroyed the opposing team in bowling.

Tilak Verma’s historic century, Mumbai made a big score

Mumbai Indians had a bad start and the team lost wickets quickly, but after this, Tilak Verma batted brilliantly and took charge of the innings and later adopted an aggressive style.

He scored unbeaten 101 runs in 45 balls, which included eight fours and seven sixes. This was the first century of his IPL career. Apart from him, Naman Dheer also supported the team by playing an important inning of 45 runs. Later, captain Hardik Pandya scored fast runs and helped in taking the score to 199. Mumbai completely changed the course of the match by adding runs rapidly in the last four overs.

Rabada’s deadly bowling, but the team did not win

For Gujarat, Kagiso Rabada bowled brilliantly and took three wickets and shocked Mumbai’s top order.
However, other bowlers could not make an impact, due to which Mumbai was successful in scoring a big score.

Gujarat’s batting was a complete flop

Gujarat Titans, who set out to chase the target of 200 runs, had a very bad start. Jasprit Bumrah gave a big blow to Sai Sudarshan by dismissing him on the very first ball. After this, Jos Buttler and other batsmen were also out early.

Washington Sundar struggled a bit in the middle order, scoring 26 runs, but could not handle the team. The entire Gujarat team was reduced to just 100 runs in 15.5 overs.

Great performance by Mumbai bowlers

From Mumbai side, Ashwini Kumar turned the tide of the match by taking maximum 4 wickets. At the same time, Mitchell Santner and Allah Ghazanfar broke the back of Gujarat’s batting by taking 2 wickets each.

turning point of the match

Tilak Verma’s quick century and 73 runs scored by Mumbai in the last four overs were the biggest turning points of this match.

This made the target very difficult for Gujarat.

player of the match

In this match, the Player of the Match award was given to Tilak Verma for his explosive innings of 101 unbeaten runs.

summary scorecard

Mumbai Indians: 199/5 (20 overs)

Tilak Verma: 101* (45)
Bow: 45 (32)
Hardik Pandya: 15 (16)

Gujarat Titans: 100 all out (15.5 overs)

Washington Sundar: 26
Other batsmen: flop

Bowling (Mumbai):

Ashwini Kumar: 4 wickets
Mitchell Santner: 2 wickets

Allah Ghazanfar: 2 wickets

Bowling (Gujarat):

Kagiso Rabada: 3 wickets

post match situation

With this win, Mumbai Indians improved to seventh place in the points table.

FAQs:

Who scored the most runs in this match?

Tilak Verma played an unbeaten inning of 101 runs.

Gujarat Titans were all out for how many runs?

Gujarat team was all out for 100 runs.

Who became the player of the match?

Tilak Verma was chosen player of the match.

What was the biggest reason for Mumbai’s victory?

Tilak’s century and the brilliant performance of the bowlers became the reason for the victory.

Which bowler took the most wickets?

Ashwini Kumar achieved the maximum success by taking 4 wickets.