Delhi: In the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 Eliminator match, Mumbai Indians (Mi) defeated Gujarat Titans (GT) by 20 runs. Batting first, Mumbai Indians scored 228 runs in 20 overs, in response to which Gujarat could only score 208 runs and failed to make it to the qualifier 2. After this defeat, the team captain Shubman Gill gave his response.
What did Shubman Gill say after the defeat?
Shubman Gill said after the match that this was a great match, in which his team had killed his life. He admitted that the match did not go in his favor in the last three-four overs, but despite this his team played good cricket.
The captain considered the biggest reason for the defeat. He said, “When you leave three easy catches, the situation becomes difficult for the bowlers. Sai and Washington had a clear message to perform their best on the field and try to win the team. The pitch was a little easier to bat due to dew.”
He further said, “Even though the last few matches were not good for his team, but all the players performed well. Especially Sai, who played a great game for the whole season. The score of 210 runs on this pitch could be considered good.”
Match condition
Mumbai Indians made a brilliant start batting first. Rohit Sharma batted in 50 balls while batting in a hurry. Joni Bairstow also batted brilliantly with him and scored 47 runs in 22 balls. After this, Suryakumar Yadav scored 33 runs in 20 balls and Hardik Pandya added 22 runs in just 9 balls, adding fast runs in the last over. Mumbai Indians scored a big score of 228 runs losing 5 wickets in their 20 overs.
The Gujarat Titans started chasing the target not good. Captain Shubman Gill was dismissed soon after scoring just 1 run. After this, Washington Sundar scored a useful innings of 48 runs in 24 balls and Sai Sudarshan raised hope by scoring 80 runs in 49 balls. However, in the last over, Mumbai bowlers bowled tightly and Gujarat’s team could score 208 runs in 20 overs. In this way, Mumbai won this match by 20 runs and made it to the qualifier 2.
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