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Even as Suryakumar Yadav and Tilak Varma kept up the momentum, Rohit continued to toy with GT spinners. Washington Sundar was cut for a four, Rashid was swept over midwicket ropes once

again, and Gerald Coetzee was flicked into the stands. It seemed like Rohit was on his way to a century. However, a top-edge off a slower delivery from Coetzee meant Rohit walked back for 81

off 50 balls. Purely going by the T20 metrics we have seen this IPL, scoring 81 at 162 strike rate is not on par with several impact innings the season has witnessed. Rohit, on Friday,

however, played an aesthetically-pleasing masterclass against GT spinners, which set the tone for the rest of the line-up as Mumbai posted 228/5. "Really good fun getting out there and

batting with Rohit. We've posted a nice score and hopefully, with the bowling attack we've got, we'll be able to exploit what we learnt in the first innings," Bairstow

said during mid-innings break.. It proved to be enough as Gujarat fell short by 20 runs despite B Sai Sudharsan playing a very similar knock as that of Rohit — 80 off 49 balls. He fought

hard alongside Washington and Sherfane Rutherford, but as feared, Jos Buttler’s departure and Shubman Gill’s early dismissal meant Titans’ hopes of advancing to Qualifier 2 came crashing

down. Mumbai, once again, showed why they are the five-time champions, and so did Jasprit Bumrah. Come Sunday, they will have a chance at making it to their seventh IPL final. BRIEF SCORES:

Mumbai Indians 228/5 in 20 ovs (Rohit 81, Bairstow 47, Suryakumar 33, Tilak 25) bt Gujarat Titans 208/6 in 20 ovs (Sai Sudharsan 80, Washington 48; Boult 2/56) by 20 runs