IPL 2026: All-round Mumbai Indians thrash Gujarat Titans in Ahmedabad
What's the story
Tilak Varma's maiden IPL century guided Mumbai Indians (MI) to a massive 99-run victory against Gujarat Titans (GT) in the ongoing IPL 2026 season. The match took place at Ahmedabad's Narendra Modi Stadium, where MI posted a formidable total of 199/5 in their allotted overs. Varma's explosive innings played a crucial role in helping his team bounce back after four consecutive losses. In response, the Titans were all out for just 100 thanks to a four-fer from Ashwani Kumar.
MI's innings
Varma powers MI's total
MI had a rocky start with Kagiso Rabada taking three wickets in the powerplay. Naman Dhir tried to stabilize the innings with a 32-ball 45, but it was Varma who stole the show. He started slowly and was on 19 off 22 balls at one stage, but his next 23 balls resulted in 82 runs. Varma scored 21 runs in the final over, including a last-ball four, to complete his century.
Run chase
How did the Gujarat Titans fare?
In response to MI's total, GT struggled from the start. Jasprit Bumrah, who opened the bowling after a long time, dismissed Sai Sudharsan on the first ball of the second innings. The tale of falling wickets continued as Washington Sundar (26) was their only batter to score over 20. Mitchell Santner claimed two wickets in one over while Ashwani took four wickets in total as GT was bundled out for just 100 runs in 15.5 overs.
Varma
Varma gets to this milestone
Varma scored an unbeaten 101 off just 45 balls, hitting eight fours and seven sixes. As per Cricbuzz, he became the fourth batter to slam an IPL century while batting at five or lower. The youngster also became the second MI batter after Suryakumar Yadav to slam a hundred against GT.
IPL Stats
Here are his IPL numbers
With this knock, Varma has raced to 1,643 runs from 60 IPL games at 36.51. His strike rate is a fine 147.35. Besides a ton, he owns eight fifties as well. Notably, he had not even touched the 21-run mark in any of his five previous outings this season. His IPL 2026 tally now reads 144 runs at 28.80. Against GT, he has raced to 263 runs from eight games at 37.57. This was Varma's fifth hundred in T20 cricket.
Rabada
Successive three-fers for Rabada
Rabada, who finished his spell with 3/33 from four overs, claimed his second successive three-fer. With his latest efforts, the pacer now owns 129 wickets from 90 IPL matches at an average of 22.91. His economy reads 8.69. His IPL 2026 tally now reads 10 wickets from six games at 22.40. His economy of 9.73 is on the higher side. Against MI, Rabada has completed 17 wickets from 14 matches (ER: 8.62).
Ashwani
Ashwani claims his second IPL four-fer
Ashwani, playing his first match this season, finished his spell with 4/24 from four overs. As per ESPNcricinfo, this was his second four-wicket haul in the IPL, as the maiden one came on his league's debut last year. This spell took his IPL tally to 15 wickets from eight games at 17.06. His economy of 10.44 is certainly on the higher side.
Performance
How did the other bowlers fare?
Spinners AM Ghazanfar (2/17 from 2.5 overs) and Mitchell Santner (2/16 from 3 overs) dismissed two batters each. Jasprit Bumrah, who went wicketless in each of his previous five outings this season, finally opened his account with a brilliant spell (1/15 from 3 overs). Hardik Pandya took a wicket but leaked 18 runs in the only over he bowled.
Bumrah
Bumrah breaks this IPL record of Dwayne Bravo
With his only scalp, Bumrah became the second-highest wicket-taker among pacers in IPL history. Bumrah broke the tie with Chennai Super Kings legend Dwayne Bravo, who finished with 183 scalps. Playing his 151st IPL game, all for MI, Bumrah has raced to 184 wickets at 22.88. Bhuvneshwar Kumar (208) remains the only pacer with more IPL wickets than the MI star.
Numbers
Record win for MI
As per Cricbuzz, MI recorded their fourth-biggest IPL win in terms of runs (99). This is also the biggest defeat for GT in terms of runs, surpassing 83 runs against CSK at the same venue last year. GT's 100/10 is now their second-lowest total. This was just the fifth instance of the team getting bowled out.
Information
Here is the points table
With this win, MI are now seventh in the standings with two wins from six games (NRR: +0.067). They had lost each of their last four matches. GT hold the sixth spot with three wins and as many defeats (NRR: -0.821).