‘Surely not easy …’: Heartbreakan Shubman Gill reflects on Gujarat Titans’ IPL 2025 exit | Cricket news
Rohit Sharma operated Mumbai Indians with a command of 81 runs in Qualifier 2, as the five -time champion on Friday dropped the Gujarat Titans from IPL 2025 with a win of 20 runs in Eliminator. For batting first at the new PCA Stadium in Mumbai, Mumbai posted a great post to 228 for 5, thanks to a blazing opening stand between Rohit and England’s Johnny Bairstow, who pasted with Quickfire 47.Despite a brave 80 from in-form Sai Sudharsan, Gujarat Titans could only manage 208 for 6 in response, falling less in a win competition. Mumbai will now face Punjab Kings in Qualifier 2 in Ahmedabad on Sunday, with a place for tombs with a place for title clash against Royal Challengers Bangalore on 3 June.After the loss, a blind GT skipper Shubman Gill mourned his team’s fielding laps.“The brilliant game of cricket, we were right in it. The last three-four overs did not go in our way but still a good game. Certainly it is not easy when we leave 3 seates. The bowlers were not easy to control and do not help when you drop 3 catches, “Gill said in the post -match presentation.“The message was simple (for Sai and Washington). Just play the game you want to play and the goal was the same for us to win. Due to dew, the wicket became a little easier for us.He said, “There is definitely a lot of positivity for us. We did not have a way in the last 2-3 games, but all the players were credited, especially Sai – he was very good for us this season. 210 would be equal for us on this pitch,” he said.
Bairstow had an immediate effect with a knock off his 22 balls after making his first appearance this season after joining Mi during the playoffs due to the departure of several foreign players for national duty.Rohit, meanwhile, was captured on two early reprieves – fell on 3 and 12 – as the fielders of Gujarat had a forgetting day. Both Garald Koetzi and Kusal Mendis missed direct opportunities, allowing Rohit to flourish and cross the 7000 -run mark in the IPL. He brought his 47th IPL half -century with a crisp border.BioSto missed fifty after being rejected by left -arm spinner Sai Kishore, Koetzi completed a relay catch after a rebound from reforms. Suryakumar Yadav continued the attack with 20-gends 33 (3×6, 1×4), while Tilak Verma contributed 25 before Mohammad Sirj fell. Captain Hardik Pandya made late fireworks, scoring 22 runs off just 9 balls, smashing Kotzi for 22 runs in the final.
Gujarat’s chase left for a disastrous start, in which Trent Bault implicated Shubman Gill LBW for 1 first. But Sai Reformson, who is now the top scorer of the tournament with 759 runs, hired him with a stroke -filled 80. He shared an important 84 run stand with Washington Sundar (24 runs 24), which also appeared in the right touch.However, Jasprit Bumrah produced a pinpoint yorker to dismiss Sundar, and Richard Glison cleaned Sudhari to derail the chase of Gujarat. Sherfen Rutherford’s 24 gave a glimpse of Asha, but Mumbai bowlers caught their nerve. With the need of 24 from the final over, Glison – who moved from the midway seen with cramps – and Ashwani Kumar kept the things tightened to seal the MI’s place in the next round.
