11:47 pm: That game was like a noir movie that started slow, got exciting, had its ups and downs, looked like it was ending on an underwhelming note. But in the end, twists and turns meant there was a satisfying finish. We hope you enjoyed the coverage here on ESPNcricinfo, there will be reports and analysis on the game. Check them out. For now, on behalf of my fellow commentator, Debayan Sen, and our scorer, M Venkat Raghav, this is Ekanth, signing off. Take care.

Harmin: "So GT can score 25 runs in last over against top quality bowling unit but fails to even score 9 runs against weak bowling unit :)"

Declan: "I don't get it at 19.3. If Tewatia played 19.3, they scored 1, how come Miller was not on strike for 19.4 ?" The throw came at the striker's end as Tewatia came back for the second run. He got run-out on the crease, so they had crossed over.

Jai: "So. Are we saying Rohit is a good captain now? Was he bad when dhoni took apart unadkat in the other game ? MI could have won that one too . It's about match ups , but ultimately to the individual player to execute ." The earlier comments on the captain being as good as the team was rational. Judging captaincy based on one or two games is risky. Inferring the nous in decision making of a captain based on results, skills of the players, and situations over a long period makes more sense. But it is tempting to have polarized views. Sadly, there is no rule, tactic, or strategy that is the be-all and end-all.

Srikanth : "Sams is the MOM for me, an outstanding effort in the last over. Giving just 3 runs, when Boom boom conceded 11 runs to the same batsmen.."

Tim David, POTM for his 44* (21): Given the context, my innings feels great. It was a great wicket, so I thought I missed out to get a few more in the last over. But kudos to our bowlers who did well to finish it off. The wickets was slightly two paced but it was a great pitch. Batters could get in and go big. Sitting out and watching your teammates lose is not ideal, you always want to practice and be ready.

Rohit Sharma, Mumbai Indians Captain: It was tight towards the back end, very satisfying as we were looking for this. Luck had to turn in to our favour, we will take this with both hands. We were 15-20 short, they bowled well. Tim David played really well. Dew came in, good pitch and lightning outfield meant things were in their favour, credit to our bowlers who finished the job. Lots of factors need to be considered on bowling changes, I felt they like pace coming on to the bat, so we wanted to take that off. The boys pulled it off, which is great. We wanted to take one game at a time, we know we have not played our best cricket, but that happens. Lot of credit to the bowlers at the back end, I want the boys to come out and do what they want to do. (On Sams) He was under the pump in a couple of games, but I have seen him for Australia and in the BBL, he has a lot of skill. It was not easy to defend 9 runs.

Vinay Goyal: "Everybody talked of revenge match-ups like Warner vs SRH, Rashid vs SRH but today MI took revenge against GT for snatching Hardik from them!!!!"

Mahesh: "Hardik's wicket was the turning point. He should have finished the game."

Akrsh: "Anymore comments on captaincy!?! "

Nick: "Today 'SLOG-over luck' was against Gujarat. 1 hit wicket , 2 'on the line' runouts.:("

Ashith: "No statistical algo's including cricinfo's MVP will be able to do justice to Sams' contribution!" Yep, an outstanding outlier. Will he be the POTM?

Afeef: "Conceding only 3 runs in the final over against the best chasing team of the season is truly something special, hats off to Sams."

It was GT's game to lose and they did! The hit-wicket, the run-outs, the swings and misses, everything now needs to be looked back with a different lens. The butterfly effect will have us second-guessing the effects every event, the major talking points are Pollard's innings, Sams' last over, and Miller's inability to execute big shots in the last over. But this chase started serenely for Gujarat Titans, as they cruised to 106, after Saha took-off and Gill followed suit. Sai Sudharshan and Hardik Pandya kept the tempo for finishing touches to be applied, but GT couldn't. M Ashwin's two wickets in the middle were crucial as Jasprit was uncharacteristically taken apart, Pollard's overs on paper look excellent. But the game was won and lost in the last overs, how many is up to the argument made.

Stat from Sampath: Only the fifth time in the IPL, the chasing team lost despite a century opening stand

Daniel Sams, 3 overs off the final over: Awesome we got over the line, it went back and forward. Must have been great for the fans to watch. 9 off 6 made me feel I have nothing to lose and the odds are in the batter's favour. I got a few wide balls in the tramline and managed to execute it well. My intent was to stick to the best balls I could bowl, the slower one is the ball I go back to and it paid off. We did not have the start we wanted, after the 8 losses, we looked it as a mini-IPL with 6 games. We are trying to show what we can do and were able to pull it off which helps our confidence.

Hardik Pandya, GT Captain: On any day, we'd take 9 off the last over. The two run-outs cost us the game. I think batters let us down. IN T20s, you can't lose back to back games. No blame games as we have cleared such games. We have made rookie mistakes which cost us this one. We played good cricket for 19.2 overs in our innings, one or two hits would have made a difference. We should not have let it come down to the last over. I think bowlers did a fantastic job by putting pressure and pull it back to 170, as they were on the way to 200.

11:19 pm: Just three off the last over from Sams! As Graeme Swann reminds us, Tim David rejected change of strike, he scored two sixes and that is the length of the bridge that made it too far.

After a conference, the bowler comes in

Rashid in.

Debayan wants this to go to the last ball, can Sams take this deep?

Sams will start the final over, from over the wicket

Jay Patel: "Can we all focus on this match. 16 required off 8 balls. " 9 off 6, that six has made it less 'on the knife's edge' but can there be another twist in this tale?

Bala: "18.2 - That was a beauty!"

Gnana: "@Eknath I sent the MSD comment first.. You are being biased not to publish it.." With my typing speed, bias is not needed to miss comments.

Three in the deep in front of square legside, two on the offside

20 needed off 12. Bumrah on, can this be his return to form? He starts around the wicket.

Mohd Irshad: "Captaincy does matter, if you look at 2018 CSK team no one gave them a chance but they won the title...and its the captain who put confidence in team take out most from the player....like Dada did....dont undermine captains importance." Rajan from the hindi comms team approves the note on MSD.

Sam: "Seems like virat kohli and rcb fans are coming in with good captain and bad team excuses." Lol

Over the wicket

Lots of similar comments on @CricWizard's comment. Here are two.

Rahul Oak: "@CricWizard: I'm going to throw a cliche at you, but it's true - A captain is only as good as their team. MI have traditionally been incredible at team building and it's this silly "mega auction" nonsense that's hurt them more than anything else. "

Abhi: "Well, @cricwizard... You can be one of the best captains in the world and if the rest of the team is absolute village level cricketers like me, there's no way you are winning a single game. I feel, it's a combination of good captaincy and individual brilliance."