New Delhi, May 13 (Hindustan Times). Gujarat Titans (GT) all-rounders Rashid Khan and Alzarri Joseph shared the second-highest partnership in T20 cricket for the ninth wicket against Mumbai Indians (MI) in the Indian Premier League (IPL) on Friday. Rashid Khan played a brilliant unbeaten inning of 79 runs from 32 balls, however, despite his innings, Mumbai Indians won by 27 runs.
Rashid and Joseph shared an unbeaten 88-run partnership for the ninth wicket. Rashid scored an unbeaten 79 in 32 balls with three fours and 10 sixes and Joseph scored seven runs in 12 balls with a four. The highest partnership for the ninth wicket in T20 cricket is in the name of Sabir Zakhil and Saqlain Ali, who added 132 not out for Belgium against Austria at Waterloo in 2021.
Rashid also became the fourth batsman in the IPL to score a fifty while batting at number eight or below. The first batsman to do so was Harbhajan Singh (64) against Punjab Kings in IPL 2015. Next up was South African all-rounder Chris Morris for Delhi Capitals (52) against Mumbai during IPL 2017. Later, Pat Cummins (66) hit a half-century for KKR against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in IPL 2021.
Talking about the match, Mumbai won this match by 27 runs. Batting first, Mumbai scored 218 for 5 wickets in 20 overs thanks to Suryakumar Yadav’s unbeaten century innings of 103 runs. In reply, Gujarat could manage only 191 for 8 in 20 overs despite Rashid Khan’s unbeaten 79 off 32 balls. During this, Rashid hit 10 sixes and three fours.
