GT Top Order Crumbles Again, Middle Bears Brunt

Gujarat Titans lost by 99 runs to Mumbai Indians. Top three made 12 runs. Gill, Buttler, Sai Sudharsan failed. Middle order faced the mess.

MI posted 199 for 5. Tilak Varma hit 101 not out off 45 balls. Eight fours. Seven sixes. Ashwani Kumar took 4 for 24. GT folded to 100 in 16 overs. Rabada grabbed 3 for 33. But it didn't matter. GT chose to bowl first at Narendra Modi Stadium. Batsmen couldn't cope.

Gill nicked early. Buttler holed out. Sai Sudharsan scratched around. Tewatia and Shahrukh Khan tried. Failed. Hayden says middle can't fix top-order flops every time. MI broke a four-match loss run. Debutants Kumar and Ghazanfar starred. Santner took 2 for 16. Bumrah 1 for 15.

GT beat KKR here last week. Chased 181. Now this. Top order exposed. Strategy looks thin. Soft game lets them hide too long.