IPL, GT v MI: Sparkling debut for captain Shubman Gill as Gujarat opens with a win vs Pandya-led MI

1/9: Mumbai Indians won the toss and captain Hardik Pandya chose to bowl first against Gujarat Titans/ Image: IPL/BCCI

2/9: However, in a surprising turn of events, the MI skipper came in to bowl first instead of Hardik Pandya/ Image: IPL/BCCI

3/9: GT lost their top order rather early as Wriddhiman Saha could not put up much runs on thr scoreboard/ Image: IPL/BCCI

4/9: Even skipper Shubman Gill could not put up big numbers / Image: IPL/BCCI

5/9: Rohit Sharma was seen as an active player in the IPL 2024 match-up/ Image: IPL/BCCI

6/9: While Jasprit Bumrah was key in taking scalps that limited GT to a score of 168/6/ Image: IPL/BCCI

7/9: For Mumbai Indians, Rohit Sharma and Dewald Brevis were the only batters who went up to the 40+ run mark, while others could not score beyond that/ Image: IPL/BCCI

8/9: While the Titans were at a wicket-taking spree as they took out vital wickets in the second innings./ Image: IPL/BCCI

9/9: The Mumbai batter could not chase the target as they reached up to 162/9 and fell 6 runs short. Gujarat opened their season with a win./ Image: IPL/BCCI