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IPL 2023: Three records that were registered during the MI vs GT game
Facing the Gujarat Titans (GT), the Mumbai Indians (MI) batter Suryakumar Yadav scored a superb century. At the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Friday, May 12, his innings of 103* helped MI to a big total of 218 runs.
With just 103 runs on the scorecard as their response, GT surrendered eight of its wickets. However, Rashid Khan’s incredible 79* off 32 balls trimmed the winning advantage in half as MI claimed their seventh win of the year by a score of 27 runs. A lot of records were broken yesterday and some players registered records alongside some of the greats of the game.
Take a look at the three records that were registered during the MI vs GT game: –
1) Four-fer and a fifty in a losing cause
Rashid Khan (Source – Twitter)
Earlier in the start of the innings, Rashid claimed four wickets to pass Yuzvendra Chahal of the Rajasthan Royals on the list of this season’s Purple Cap. Rashid has 23 wickets to his name this season.
Rashid Khan of Gujarat Titans recorded the highest score by a No. 8 batsman in Indian Premier League history with a quickfire, unbeaten 32-ball 79. The Titans were left floundering at 100 for seven as Rohit Sharma’s bowlers continued to make inroads at regular intervals. Rashid’s swashbuckling innings, which featured three fours and 10 sixes, prevented Gujarat from suffering a defeat that could have been disastrous.
He joined Yuvraj Singh and Mitchell Marsh in an unwanted list of doing the double which includes a fifty and a four-fer but it came in a losing cause. Yuvraj Singh is the only person in IPL history to have achieved this feat twice in the history of the IPL.
2) First IPL ton by any team/player against Gujarat Titans
Suryakumar Yadav (Source – Twitter)
Gujarat Titans have emerged among the finest bowling teams in the league since their debut season last year. But Suryakumar’s crazy and incredible batting threw them all over the place. He has therefore defeated the Gujarat team to become the first IPL century conceded by them.
Prior to this season, Ruturaj Gaikwad’s 92-run innings in the tournament opener held the record for the biggest individual score against GT in the IPL. The MI batter, however, has already eclipsed the benchmark and now holds the record for the greatest individual performance against Gujarat.
3) Third highest run-getter in Mumbai Indians History
Suryakumar Yadav (Source – Twitter)
Suryakumar Yadav, who played for MI and had 2,412 IPL runs before this game, had been the fourth-highest run scorer in the history of the team. He has been with the side since 2018 when he was bought by the franchise during the mega auction that year. He has been one of the most consistent players for the Mumbai Indians side for the past six seasons and has kept up his good form this season as well
But with his score of 103*, he has passed Ambati Rayudu’s total of 2,416 runs to move up to third place among MI’s all-time IPL run scorers. Rohit Sharma and Kieron Pollard are at the top of the list with 4,929 and 3,412 runs, respectively.