MI vs GT, IPL 2025 Eliminator: Rohit Sharma's quick half-century, Mumbai sets a difficult target for Gujarat

The Eliminator match of IPL 2025 between Gujarat Titans and Mumbai Indians was hosted at Mullanpur in New Chandigarh. Mumbai Indians opted to bat first after winning the toss against Gujarat Titans. Mumbai Indians scored 228 runs for the loss of 5 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs and gave Gujarat Titans a target of 229 runs to win.

Rohit Sharma and Jonny Bairstow stepped onto the field as top-order batsmen for the Mumbai Indians. Meanwhile, the Gujarat Titans lost two chances for Rohit Sharma, thereby giving the Mumbai Indians an opportunity for a good start. Rohit Sharma and Jonny Bairstow scored 44 runs in 7.1 overs for the opening wicket. Jonny Bairstow was undone by 47 runs in 22 balls with 4 fours and 3 sixes.

After this, Rohit Sharma stood firm at one end and provided a strong partnership of 59 runs in 34 balls for the second wicket with Surya Kumar Yadav (33 runs, 20 balls, 1 four, 3 sixes) and 43 runs in 22 balls for the third wicket with Tilak Verma (25 runs, 11 balls, 3 sixes). Rohit Sharma was dismissed in 16.4 overs on the team's score of 184. Rohit Sharma scored a brilliant 81 runs in 50 balls with 9 fours and 4 sixes.

Hardik Pandya, who came to bat after Rohit Sharma, made partnerships of 8 runs in 4 balls with Tilak Verma for the 4th wicket, 12 runs in 8 balls with Namandheer (9 runs, 6 balls) for the 5th wicket and 22 runs in 8 balls with Mitchell Santner for the 6th wicket to take Mumbai Indians' score to 228 runs in the stipulated 20 overs. Hardik Pandya remained unbeaten by scoring 22 runs with 3 sixes in 9 balls. Mitchell Santner faced 2 balls and returned not out without opening his account.

For Gujarat Titans, Prasidh Krishna and Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore sent 2-2 players to the pavilion, while Mohammad Siraj took 1 wicket.