The final match of IPL 2023 will be played between Chennai Super Kings and Gujarat Titans. Gujarat defeated Mumbai Indians by 62 runs in the second qualifier. Mumbai’s luck was bad in this match. Three of their players were injured during the match. This also had some effect on the results. Mumbai captain Rohit Sharma suffered a finger injury.
If the Mumbai players had not been injured and the overall performance had been good, the result might have been different. For Mumbai to reach the final, Gujarat batsman Shubman Gill needed to be stopped. Shubman came out after playing a whopping 129-run innings. Gujarat scored 233 runs due to this tackle. In response to this, the Mumbai players were only able to score 171 runs.
Three Mumbai players were injured during the second qualifier played in Ahmedabad. Opener Ishan Kishan was injured during fielding. Chris Jordan’s elbow hit him in the eye. This injury was so serious that he had to leave the field. After this, Ishan didn’t even come to bat. In his absence, Vishnu Vinod was sent out to bat. Nehal Wadhera entered with Rohit in the opening. He was fired after scoring 4 runs.
Captain Rohit was also wounded. He hurt his hand. Despite this, however, he hit the ground to bat. But he came out after scoring just 8 runs. Cameron Green was the third player on the team to be injured. Green was injured after being hit by the ball during Hardik Pandya’s over. After that he withdrew wounded. Although he later came to bat in the middle order. Green played a 30-run inning. In this way, Mumbai’s game deteriorated to a large extent because of the injury.