<p>Ahmedabad: Mohit Sharma stood still, his hands folded in deep gratitude, eyes closed, as he turned back the clock with a stunning display of death bowling.</p><p>His performance (3/25) was pivotal in Gujarat Titans restricting Sunrisers Hyderabad to 162/8 here on Sunday, days after they posted the <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/ipl-2024">IPL</a> record total of 277/3. </p><p>GT coasted to a convincing seven-wicket victory.</p>.Mohit's masterclass, Miller's brilliance propel Gujarat Titans to win vs Hyderabad.<p>At 35 years and 195 days, the veteran Indian seamer showed that it's never too late as he acknowledged the same, while receiving the player-of-the-match.</p><p>"Thank you sir for reminding me I'm aging," Mohit, the 2014 Purple Cap winner and 2015 World Cup semifinalist, said in a lighter vein during the post-match awards ceremony when Ravi Shastri welcomed him saying he's "getting better with age".</p><p>Mohit conceded just one boundary -- a six by Abdul Samad in the 18th over -- during his spell and gave away only two runs in the last over, where he also claimed successive wickets of Shahbaz Ahmed and Washington Sundar.</p><p>He smartly varied his pace, altered his line and length to keep the batters guessing all the time as Pat Cummins later acknowledged they fell short by "10-15 runs".</p><p>"I practice what I do generally. What's important is knowing when to use them and being ahead of the batter," said Mohit, who has played 26 ODIs and 8 T20Is, with the last of them coming in the 50-over format in October 2015.</p><p>"Everyone has them on slow wickets but knowing how to use it against whom is key."</p><p>On the importance of tweaking the field when bowling slow, he said: "If you and the batter knows what you'll deliver, then you need to play with one fielder's position to deceive the batter."</p><p>"If he's ready for a slower bouncer but I go slow and wide, he won't be ready."</p><p>On bowling slow balls in night games, he said: "We practice with a wet ball to contend with dew. But it's an uncontrollable, mindset matters more there."</p><p>"As long as I do well I enjoy. When you don't it hurts a bit but you have to go back and review things after the game.</p><p>"But it's better if the mistakes are due to failing in execution rather than not following the plan. Spinners were excellent after SRH started well. It helped us chase a smaller target," he thanked the combined effort of Rashid Khan (1/33) and Noor Ahmad (1/32).</p><p>From the highs of 2014-15, Mohit fell into obscurity and also suffered an injury before going unsold in the IPL auction in 2022.</p><p>Before making his grand comeback for GT in 2023, he played just one game each in 2019 and 2022 and was used as a net bowler.</p><p>"He's such an experienced player, especially on wickets like these. He comes in day in day out, practises his skills and he's so skilled," GT skipper Shubman Gill was all-praise for Mohit.</p><p>"It's not easy in this heat to bowl four overs back-to-back, sometimes three overs back-to-back. But he comes in, bowls those yorkers, slower ones and mixes it so well.</p><p>"The credit has to go to him for practising those skills and to be able to have the confidence to execute them in the match," he said.</p>
<p>Ahmedabad: Mohit Sharma stood still, his hands folded in deep gratitude, eyes closed, as he turned back the clock with a stunning display of death bowling.</p><p>His performance (3/25) was pivotal in Gujarat Titans restricting Sunrisers Hyderabad to 162/8 here on Sunday, days after they posted the <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/ipl-2024">IPL</a> record total of 277/3. </p><p>GT coasted to a convincing seven-wicket victory.</p>.Mohit's masterclass, Miller's brilliance propel Gujarat Titans to win vs Hyderabad.<p>At 35 years and 195 days, the veteran Indian seamer showed that it's never too late as he acknowledged the same, while receiving the player-of-the-match.</p><p>"Thank you sir for reminding me I'm aging," Mohit, the 2014 Purple Cap winner and 2015 World Cup semifinalist, said in a lighter vein during the post-match awards ceremony when Ravi Shastri welcomed him saying he's "getting better with age".</p><p>Mohit conceded just one boundary -- a six by Abdul Samad in the 18th over -- during his spell and gave away only two runs in the last over, where he also claimed successive wickets of Shahbaz Ahmed and Washington Sundar.</p><p>He smartly varied his pace, altered his line and length to keep the batters guessing all the time as Pat Cummins later acknowledged they fell short by "10-15 runs".</p><p>"I practice what I do generally. What's important is knowing when to use them and being ahead of the batter," said Mohit, who has played 26 ODIs and 8 T20Is, with the last of them coming in the 50-over format in October 2015.</p><p>"Everyone has them on slow wickets but knowing how to use it against whom is key."</p><p>On the importance of tweaking the field when bowling slow, he said: "If you and the batter knows what you'll deliver, then you need to play with one fielder's position to deceive the batter."</p><p>"If he's ready for a slower bouncer but I go slow and wide, he won't be ready."</p><p>On bowling slow balls in night games, he said: "We practice with a wet ball to contend with dew. But it's an uncontrollable, mindset matters more there."</p><p>"As long as I do well I enjoy. When you don't it hurts a bit but you have to go back and review things after the game.</p><p>"But it's better if the mistakes are due to failing in execution rather than not following the plan. Spinners were excellent after SRH started well. It helped us chase a smaller target," he thanked the combined effort of Rashid Khan (1/33) and Noor Ahmad (1/32).</p><p>From the highs of 2014-15, Mohit fell into obscurity and also suffered an injury before going unsold in the IPL auction in 2022.</p><p>Before making his grand comeback for GT in 2023, he played just one game each in 2019 and 2022 and was used as a net bowler.</p><p>"He's such an experienced player, especially on wickets like these. He comes in day in day out, practises his skills and he's so skilled," GT skipper Shubman Gill was all-praise for Mohit.</p><p>"It's not easy in this heat to bowl four overs back-to-back, sometimes three overs back-to-back. But he comes in, bowls those yorkers, slower ones and mixes it so well.</p><p>"The credit has to go to him for practising those skills and to be able to have the confidence to execute them in the match," he said.</p>