Match overview
Gujarat Titans beat Mumbai Indians by 6 runs at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on 24 March 2024 in the IPL. Batting first after Mumbai won the toss and chose to field, Gujarat posted 168 for 6 across their 20 overs. Mumbai's reply promised much early on, but the death overs proved their undoing: 6 wickets fell in the back end as they managed just 36 runs, leaving them stranded at 162 for 9. B Sai Sudharsan took the Player of the Match award for Gujarat. The result means Gujarat Titans now lead the all-time head-to-head with Mumbai Indians 5 wins to 3 across 8 meetings.
The margin of 6 runs flatters Mumbai slightly. Their collapse from a reasonable position in the middle overs suggests that Gujarat's bowling unit held their nerve when it mattered. Mumbai had reached the death needing 44, a figure Gujarat themselves had managed in the same phase of their innings. The difference was wickets: Gujarat lost 3 in the death, Mumbai lost 6.
B Sai Sudharsan's award highlights his growing prominence for Gujarat Titans. He played a key role in steadying an innings that, even at 168, looked below what this ground typically produces.
Venue and conditions
Narendra Modi Stadium is one of the most significant venues on the IPL circuit. Across 95 matches at the ground, the average first-innings score is 206, which puts Gujarat's 168 well below the historical norm. The average second-innings score of 196 reinforces the sense that batters generally find the surface accommodating, making Mumbai's failure to reach even 163 a notable collapse rather than a case of a difficult pitch.
The powerplay tends to yield around 43 runs here on average, so Gujarat's 47 for 1 was a fraction above par and Mumbai's 52 for 2 stronger still. Both sides scored above the venue average in the first six overs, which meant the match hinged on what happened later. The average death-over contribution at the ground is 38 runs. Gujarat matched that comfortably at 44; Mumbai fell short at 36 and paid with 6 wickets in the phase.
The toss tends to lean toward fielding first at this venue. Teams electing to bowl have gone on to win around 60 per cent of the time across the ground's 95 T20 matches. The overall chase success rate sits at 53 per cent, meaning chasing sides do win more often than not here. On this occasion, though, the death overs shifted the balance decisively toward Gujarat.
How to watch
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Recent form
Gujarat Titans came into this match with a mixed run in 2023, winning three and losing two of their five preceding fixtures. Those wins included a 62-run victory over Mumbai Indians at this very ground and results against Royal Challengers Bangalore and Sunrisers Hyderabad. The two losses were against Chennai Super Kings, a side that posed consistent problems for them that season.
Mumbai Indians' recent form told a similar story of inconsistency. They won three of their last five going into this match, including victories over Lucknow Super Giants and Sunrisers Hyderabad, but also suffered defeats at the hands of Gujarat Titans and Lucknow. The pattern of both sides trading wins and losses across recent meetings made this a genuinely open contest on paper, and the 6-run margin reflected exactly that. Gujarat move on leading the head-to-head series, with both sides facing further fixtures in the IPL 2024 campaign.
