In the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 match on Monday, Gujarat Titans (GT) captain Shubman Gill blamed his team's poor performance with the ball in the middle overs for the team's crushing 99-run loss against Mumbai Indians (MI). Tilak Varma's outstanding hundred helped MI to a total of 199, even though Kagiso Rabada took three wickets during the powerplay. Gill acknowledged that the pitch was a little slow and sluggish, something his squad had seen early in the game, but he also acknowledged that Gujarat were unable to hold MI to a competitive total.

"To be honest, I believe we gave up too many runs in the middle overs. I believe 160-170 was a par score on a surface like that. However, I believe we can learn a lot from this game," Gill remarked.
Even as they get ready for their next tournament away games, the GT captain stated that losing is a learning curve for the team. According to CricViz data, GT's previous worst results—an 83-run loss to Chennai Super Kings in 2025 and a 63-run loss to CSK in 2024—were surpassed by the 99-run loss, which also represented their greatest margin of loss in the IPL.

"I mean, a small hiccup, but now we've got a couple of games on the road, so hopefully we will come back on the winning side again," he said.
Gill also highlighted the bowlers' uneven performance, especially in the middle overs when Gujarat found it difficult to keep the opposition hitters under pressure.The wicket was a little bit slower, in my opinion. We didn't hit the correct spots, in my opinion. others balls were coming, others weren't, and some were staying low, but the length ball wasn't coming on as well. He stated, "I believe we could have hit that length in the middle overs a little more consistently, which we were unable to."

When asked if the pitch had changed during the second inning, Gill said that it had stayed mostly the same, if not a little easier because of the dew.I believe it was somewhat similar. I believe there was a little more dew when we were batting, so if anything, it could have gotten a little bit better," he continued.
In the IPL 2026, MI defeated Gujarat by 99 runs because to a strong all-around performance. Tilak Varma's outstanding debut IPL century of 101 off 45 balls helped MI, batting first, post 199/5. MI made a tremendous comeback in the final overs despite taking early wickets.

Gujarat's top order collapsed dramatically in the reply, losing Sai Sudharsan for a golden duck and falling to 45/3 in just six overs.
Ashwani Kumar (4/24), Mitchell Santner (2/16), and AM Ghazanfar (2/17) swept through the batting lineup and bundled Gujarat out for 100, severely shattering the innings.
Mumbai now stands in seventh place on the IPL 2026 points table after winning two of their previous six games and losing four. With a Net Run Rate of 0.067, the five-time champions now own four points.

Gujarat, on the other hand, dropped to sixth place after six games with three victories and three defeats. Their net run rate is -0.821, yet they are still on six points.