Mumbai Indians’ chase of an already-colossal goal of 234 was derailed by twin accidents to high order batters Ishan Kishan and Cameron Green. While Ishan picked up a freak harm after colliding with teammate Chris Jordan within the first innings, Green was hit on the arm by a ball from Hardik Pandya whereas batting early on.
Choosing to bowl first after successful the toss, five-time champions Mumbai have been set the hefty goal by the Gujarat Titans within the second Qualifier of IPL 2023 on Friday at Ahmedabad’s Narendra Modi Stadium.
Ishan and Jordan have been strolling previous one another between overs when the 2 collided, with the Barbadian-born English cricketer not seeing the Indian keeper since he was wiping his face with a towel. Jordan’s left elbow hit Ishan flush within the left eye area. The keeper instantly walked off to the dressing room. When the MI innings began, Impact Sub Nehal Wadhera took his spot up the batting order. Later, Vishnu Vinod was named as a concussion sub instead of Ishan.
Green, in the meantime, got here in after Wadhera’s wicket at one down. He had performed simply two balls when the third ball from Hardik Pandya hit him on the arm, just under the elbow. The 146kph ball left a bruise. The Australian quickly walked off the pitch to get therapy, with Kevin Pietersen within the commentary field saying: “This might be a little bit worse than a bruise.”
Thankfully for Mumbai, the Australia managed to shrug it off and walked out after the autumn of the third Mumbai wicket. The Australian’s return to the center was not only a reduction for Mumbai Indians, however for Australia, who can be hoping to depend on him for the Ashes and the World Test Championship closing.