Last Sunday, David Miller batted in a stormy manner and gave Gujarat Titans a 3-wicket victory, after this innings, fans are giving funny reactions on Twitter.
After a breath-taking match, on Sunday, Gujarat Titans defeated Chennai Super Kings by three wickets on the basis of David Miller’s 94* (51) inning. At one point it seemed that Chennai would easily win the match. Gujarat needed 48 runs in 18 balls to win. Rashid Khan 40(21) turned the tide of the match by collecting 25 runs in the 19th over. Opener Ruturaj Gaikwad played an unbeaten innings of 73 runs in 48 balls for Chennai. However, due to the failure of the bowlers, he could not get the team to win.
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David Miller’s big record
David Miller has also registered his name in the record book with this match winning innings. Playing at number-5 or below, he has come in fourth place in terms of scoring the most runs. Before him, Ben Stokes 103 in the lower order in 2017, David Miller 101 * in 2013, Yusuf Pathan in 2010 has scored 100 runs.
Batting first, Chennai Super Kings scored 169 runs in the allotted 20 overs for the loss of five wickets. After the thrill of the last over during the chase, Gujarat won the match with a ball first. In this over, David Miller was caught behind the wicket. However, the help of the third umpire was taken and it was declared a no-ball.
Ruturaj’s innings went in vain
Ruturaj Gaikwad, who has been out of form for a long time, got Chennai off to a great start today. He hit five fours and as many sixes in his innings and scored runs with a strikerate of 152. The team had lost the first two wickets cheaply. Robin Uthappa was dismissed for three and Moeen Ali scored one. After this, the important partnership between Ambati Rayudu and Ruturaj became a partnership of 96 runs. Rayudu played an innings of 46 runs in 31 balls. Shivam Dubey was dismissed after scoring 19 runs. In the end, Ravindra Jadeja scored an unbeaten 22 off 12 balls.
Rashid changed the course of the match
Gujarat Titans had a very poor start. Three Gujarat batsmen were dismissed for just 16 runs. Half the team of Gujarat had returned to the dugout on 87 runs. The 60-run partnership between Rashid and David Miller snatched the victory from Chennai’s jaws.
