Gujarat Titans beat Mumbai Indians – and the rain – to snatch a remarkable final-ball victory and go top of the Indian Premier League.
A see-saw match looked to have gone the way of Mumbai when a second rain delay stopped Gujarat’s chase with another 24 runs needed from 12 balls – the visitors behind on the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern (DLS) method.
But the rain stopped and Gujarat’s target was adjusted to 147, leaving them 15 to get from the final six balls as the match resumed moments before the cut-off at 00:30 local time.
Rahul Tewatia hit the first ball for four and two balls later Gerald Coetzee slammed a straight six to leave four to get from three balls.
Bowler Deepak Chahar then overstepped to gift the Titans another run, only for Coetzee to be caught off the penultimate ball with the scores level.
New batter Arshad Khan scrambled the one run needed from the last ball for the Titans, although Mumbai skipper Hardik Pandya still could have forced a super over but missed with his throw from mid-on when a direct hit would have run out Arshad.
The Titans won by three runs via the DLS method.
“It is quite remarkable,” former England bowler Steven Finn said on BBC Radio 5 Live commentary.
“One over, 15 needed, Coetzee hammers it for six and the tables turned immediately. This game really did have everything apart from a super over.”
Titans captain Shubman Gill said: “There were a lot of emotions, most of them frustrating because at one point we were ahead of the game and it felt like one of those Test match sessions that don’t go your way.
“Everything worked out well for us.
“Even after this with so much chaos, wins like these are what get you through in a big tournament.”
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