Gerald Coetzee who was roped in by Mumbai Indians in IPL 2024 auction bagged his maiden IPL wicket by dismissing Azmatullah Omarzai in GT vs MI clash on March 24.
Gerald Coetzee Bagged his Maiden IPL wicket by dismissing Omarzai
During the IPL 2024 Auction, Mumbai Indians spend a massive INR 5 crore to bag the service of the South African fast bowl Gerald Coetzee.
Mumbai went hard on Gerald Coetzee following his performance in the ICC Men’s ODI World Cup 2023 played in India.
In the recently concluded ODI World Cup, the speedster picked up 20 wickets from 8 games at an economy rate of 6.23. He got his best figures of 10-0-44-4 against Afghanistan in Ahmedabad.
As per IPL 2024 Schedule, Mumbai will face Gujarat Titans to play their first game on March 24 in Ahmedabad. Under the new skipper, Mumbai Indians are expected to break their decade-long cold streak where the team have never won the first match of the respective seasons.
Mumbai Indians who is one of the highest trophy holders won their 5 IPL titles in this losing streak. Notably, MI won their first IPL trophy in 2013 in which the Mumbai-based franchise lost their first match of the season.
While Hardik Pandya walked down the toss he received a massive booing from the fans at the stadium.
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Apart from that speaking of the match, Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to bowl first. While everyone expected Bumrah to open the attack, captain Hardik Pandya took the responsibilities and bowled the first over of the game.
In his very first over, his former teammates Saha and Gill each smashed a boundary and scored a total of 11 runs in the over. Hardik who bowled the third over of the game gave boundaries off his first two deliveries and finished the over after spelling 9 runs.
Mumbai’s senior spinner Chawla bagged the first wicket of the match by dismissing GT skipper Shubman Gill for 31 runs, following his dismissal, Bumrah dismissed Saha for 19 runs while Gujarat titans scored 64 runs in 7.4 overs.
Gujarat Titans’ new recruiter Azmatullah Omarzai scored 17 runs from 11 deliveries before being dismissed from Gerald Coetzee, his maiden IPL wicket. As of now, Gujarat Titans scored 154 runs for 5 wickets loss at the end of 18 overs.
