In IPL 2026, on Monday, Mumbai Indians defeated Gujarat Titans by 99 runs. Batting first, Mumbai had scored 199 runs with the help of Tilak Verma’s brilliant century. While chasing the target, Gujarat batted poorly and the entire team was bundled out for 100 runs in 15.5 overs. Shubman Gill talked about the poor bowling after the defeat, he said that our bowlers gave more runs in the middle overs otherwise the score would have been 160-170 on such a pitch.

While chasing the target, top-5 batsmen in the form of Sai Sudarshan (0), Shubman Gill (14), Jos Buttler (5), Glenn Phillips (6), Washington Sundar (26) were out cheaply, Rahul Tewatia, who came as an impact player, could also score only 8 runs. Shubman Gill admitted that there was dew too so our batting could have been better.

What did Gill say after the defeat?

Shubman Gill said, “I think we gave away too many runs in the middle overs. On such a pitch, a score of 160-170 would have been considered decent. It was a small setback, but now we have a few away matches to play, so hopefully we will get back to winning ways.

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Gill further said, “I think the pitch was a bit slow. I don’t think we bowled in the right places. Some of the length balls were coming well, but some were not. We were not able to bowl that length consistently. I think the batting could have been better because there was dew.

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Tilak got POTM

Questions were being raised for the last few days regarding Tilak Verma’s poor form, to which he answered with his brilliant batting. Tilak scored unbeaten 101 runs in 45 balls, for which he received the Player of the Match award.

Tilak Verma scored his first IPL century on Monday. In the match against Gujarat Titans in Ahmedabad, Verma completed his century by hitting a four on the last ball of the innings, after which he had reached 97 by hitting a six on the previous ball. Tilak created history by scoring 101 runs in 45 balls, this is the fastest century by a Mumbai Indians batsman in IPL history.

Tilak Verma scored unbeaten 101 runs in 45 balls at a strike rate of more than 224. In this innings he hit 7 sixes and 8 fours. This is the century in the fewest balls for Mumbai Indians in IPL history, he equaled Sanath Jayasuriya in this matter and left behind many legends including Rohit Sharma. Jayasuriya scored a century in 45 balls against CSK in 2008.

The century in 45 balls is also the fastest century of IPL 2026, he overtakes Sanju Samson in this list. Sanju scored a century in 52 balls. Along with these two is Quinton de Kock, who has scored a century so far.

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There were 19 runs in 22 balls

Tilak Verma started slowly. After 14 overs his score was 19 runs in 22 balls. After this he started batting in an explosive manner. He completed his century by scoring 82 runs in the next 23 balls. He came at number five and scored a century, this is also a special record. Let us tell you that this is Tilak’s first century in IPL history.

Talking about Tilak Verma’s IPL record, he has scored 1643 runs in 60 matches. Apart from one century, he has scored 8 half-centuries. He is playing for Mumbai Indians only since 2022.

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MI won by 99 runs

Batting first, Mumbai Indians had scored 199 runs, in reply Gujarat Titans were bundled out for 100 runs. Ashwani Kumar, who came as an impact player, took 4 wickets for 24 runs in 4 overs. Jasprit Bumrah also got the first wicket of the ongoing edition, he gave 15 runs in 3 overs.