Kanpur:
Gujarat Lions became the first team to confirm a place in the IPL play-offs with a six wicket win over Mumbai Indians, in Kanpur on Saturday.
MI scored 172 for eight courtesy Nitish Rana's 36-ball-70 and Lions surpassed the target in 17.5 overs with Suresh Raina and Brendon McCullum scoring 58 and 48 respectively.
Gujarat Lions captain Suresh Raina had won the toss and opted to bowl against Mumbai Indians. Lions played with unchanged XI from the side that won against KKR, Mumbai Indians brought back Hardik Pandya in place of an injured Ambati Rayudu.
Teams:
Gujarat Lions: Dwayne Smith, Brendon McCullum, Suresh Raina (captain), Dinesh Karthik (wk), Aaron Finch, Ravindra Jadeja, Dwayne Bravo, Ekalavya Dwivedi, Shadab Jakati, Praveen Kumar, Dhawal Kulkarni
Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma (captain), Martin Guptill, Krunal Pandya, Kieron Pollard, Jos Buttler (wk), Hardik Pandya, Nitish Rana, Harbhajan Singh, Ranganath Vinay Kumar, Mitchell McClenaghan, Jasprit Bumrah.
