Gujarat Titans are taking on Mumbai Indians in the Eliminator of IPL 2025 in Mullanpur.
Gujarat Titans (GT) skipper Shubman Gill and his Mumbai Indians (MI) counterpart Hardik Pandya seemed to have shared an awakward moment during the toss ahead of the IPL 2025 Eliminator in Mullanpur on Friday.
While both Shubman Gill and Hardik Pandya looked as though both were about to extend handshakes, both of them eventually pulled back.
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Later, Hardik Pandya also seemed to have had an animated action towards Shubman Gill when the latter was dismissed during Gujarat Titans’ run chase.
After opting to bat first, Mumbai Indians posted a total of 228/5 on the back of top knocks from Rohit Sharma (81) and Jonny Bairstow (47). The five-time champions successfully defended the total restricting Gujarat Titans to 208/6 from 20 overs.
Rohit Sharma and Jonny Bairstow forged an 84-run stand for the first wicket before the latter was dismissed by Sai Kishore in the eighth over. Rohit Sharma then received support from Suryakumar Yadav (33) and Tilak Varma (25), forging 40-plus stands with each of them before being dismissed in the 17th over by Prasidh Krishna.
Skipper Hardik Pandya (22* off nine balls) also played a worthy knock as he returned to haunt his former franchise, with whom he had won the IPL title in 2022.
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In their run chase, Gujarat Titans lost skipper Shubman Gill (1) in the very first over. However, as he has done before on many occasions, it was Sai Sudharsan (80) who stood tall for Gujarat Titans. There was a glimmer of hope for Gujarat Titans when Sai Sudharsan was around.
He forged 50-plus partnerships with Kusal Mendis (20) and Washington Sundar (48), but wasn’t able to carry on as Richard Gleeson cleaned him up in the 16th over. Gujarat Titans were 170/4 at that stage and even cameos from Sherfane Rutherford (24), Rahul Tewatia (16*) and Shahrukh Khan (13) could not save them.
Mumbai Indians will next face Punjab Kings in Qualifier 2 on Sunday for a place in the IPL 2025 final. The winner of that match will take on Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the final in Ahmedabad on Tuesday (June 3).
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