Jasprit Bumrah made the GT batters danced to his tunes in MI's opening match.
Invited to bat first, the hosts got off to a flying start as the duo of Wriddhiman Saha and Shubman Gill added 31 runs for the opening wicket in double quick time.
It took a brilliant yorker from Bumrah to break the partnership as he cleaned up Saha for 19 off 15 balls. Bowling his second spell, the right-arm quick dismissed David Miller (12) and Sai Sudharsan (45) in the same over.
While Miller was deceived by a slower delivery, Sudharsan was caught at deep square leg while trying to flick a short of a length delivery.
After the first three overs, Bumrah’s bowling figures were quite astonishing as he had conceded only 8 runs with three wickets to his name.
In his last over, Bumrah gave away 6 runs and he returned with the figures of 3/14 in his four-over quota. Thanks to his stunning spell, MI restricted GT to 168/6 in 20 overs.