IPL 2025 | "We lost the game when we had control of it": Mahela Jaywardene

Updated On: 08 May, 2025 07:50 AM IST | Mumbai | Subodh Mayure

MI head coach Mahela Jayawardene defends decision to hand final over to pacer Deepak Chahar; blames poor execution for last-ball defeat to GT

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MI skipper Hardik Pandya (left) and Deepak Chahar wear a dejected look after their close defeat to GT at Wankhede on Tuesday. Pic/PTI

Five-time champions Mumbai Indians’s (MI) run of six successive wins ended as former champions Gujarat Titans (GT) beat the hosts by three wickets in a rain-interrupted game at the Wankhede Stadium on Tuesday night.

When the rain stopped and the game resumed for the second time at 12:29 am with a revised target, GT required 15 runs to win in one over. Even though pacer Deepak Chahar (1-32) dismissed Gerald Coetzee (12) in that decisive over, Rahul Tewatia (11 not out) and No. 9 Arshad Khan (one not out) succeeded in getting the winning run on the last ball of the game.