IPL 2026: Tilak Varma ton headlines MI’s big win over GT as Bumrah, Ashwani deliver
Tilak Varma's maiden IPL century and Ashwani Kumar's four-wicket haul powered Mumbai Indians to a dominant 99-run victory over Gujarat Titans. Varma's explosive 101* off 45 balls, including 82 off his last 23, propelled MI to 199/5. GT collapsed to 100 all out, with Jasprit Bumrah and Hardik Pandya also picking up crucial wickets.
AHMEDABAD: Headlined by Tilak Varma’s maiden IPL century and left-arm pacer Ashwani Kumar’s impactful spell of 4/24, Mumbai Indians (MI) ended their jinx of not having won a match against Gujarat Titans (GT) here. The clinical 99-run win lifted them to seventh place in the league table, with four points, while GT are sixth with six. Varma (101* off 45b; 8x4, 7x6) injected life into MI’s sputtering innings by plundering 82 off the last 23 balls he faced as MI posted 199/5 after being invited to bat first.
Along with Hardik Pandya (15), he added 81 off 38 balls as the visitors hit 96 runs in the last six overs. Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!
The chase saw Jasprit Bumrah, till now wicketless this season, draw first blood by having B Sai Sudharsan (0) caught at cover by Krish Bhagat. Jos Buttler (5) was trapped by Pandya in the next over, while captain Shubman Gill (14) was caught at deep square leg by Naman Dhir in Ashwani’s first over. GT, thereafter, collapsed like a pack of cards to be bowled out for 100 in 15.
5 overs and lose by 99 runs. ALSO READ: Tilak Varma outguns Gujarat Titans as record-breaking blitz rewrites IPL history Earlier, the MI innings seemed to be heading nowhere at the end of the second strategic timeout. Then, Dhir (45 off 32b; 6x4, 1x6) and the Hyderabadi batter steered the team to safety after GT’s new-ball pacers — Kagiso Rabada (3/33) and Mohammed Siraj (1/25) — delivered another power-play bowling masterclass and reduced the visitors to 46/3.