Watch: Nehal Wadhera chops onto his own stumps as Rashid Khan completes 550 T20 wickets

Rashid Khan castled Mumbai Indians' young batter Nehal Wadhera to pick his 550th wicket in T20s.

Gujarat Titans (GT) and Mumbai Indians (MI) clashed in the 57th match of the IPL 2023 being played at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on May 12, 2023. GT are the table toppers in this tournament, while MI moved to the 3rd spot after back-to-back 200-plus chases.

Hardik Pandya, the GT captain, won the toss and decided to chase as no total is seemingly defendable on the Wankhede pitch off late. Both the teams came into this match unchanged.

“We will bowl first. Looks like a good wicket, dew could have an effect, so chasing could be ideal. We realise the importance of every game, just need to stick to our plans and play good cricket. It’s important to learn the lessons from your losses, rectify and don’t repeat it. You do make mistakes in such a long tournament. God has been kind with our injuries. Same XI tonight,” said Hardik Pandya.

Rohit Sharma, the captain, also preferred to bowl first. Despite regaining their groove, Rohit Sharma made it clear that the team is taking things one game at a time.

“We would have done the same thing, we need to bat and bowl really well. Things are coming along nicely in the last few games. We understand where we stand at the moment, just focus on the game in hand. It’s not been ideal in terms of injury management, but we’ll have to deal with it and that’s what the guys have done. We’ve spoken about not letting external factors affect us. We’re playing with the same squad as the last game,” said Rohit Sharma.

Rashid Khan completes 550 wickets in T20s, hurts MI with scalps of Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan, and Nehal Wadhera

MI had a flying start as openers Ishan Kishan (31 in 20) and Rohit Sharma (29 in 18) added 61 runs in 6 overs. However, GT vice-captain, Rashid Khan came into the attack and removed both Rohit and Ishan in quick succession.  

MI skipper was caught in the slips by Rahul Tewatia while Kishan was out LBW trying to sweep Rashid and missing the ball.

Then came in the find of IPL 2023 for MI, Nehal Wadhera, and hit a six and a four for his 15 in 7 balls, but Rashid Khan dismissed him, as he tried to make room to cut, and the ball didn't bounce. Nehal managed to inside edge the ball onto his stumps.

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