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IPL 2025 Eliminator: Mumbai Indians defeated Gujarat Titans by 20 runs in the exciting eliminator match and made a place in the qualifier-2. After the defeat of Gujarat Titans in the eliminator, captain Shubman Gill clearly blamed the fielding lapse.
IPL 2025 Eliminator: In the Eliminator match of IPL 2025, Mumbai Indians defeated Gujarat Titans by 20 runs on Friday to drop them out of the tournament. After this exciting match, Gujarat captain Shubman Gill gave the big reason behind the defeat. Gill, considering the fielding lapse as the main reason for defeat, said that the bowlers could not get help from leaving three consecutive catches, which deteriorated the balance of the match.
“Last overs reversed dice dice”- Gill
Gill said after the match, “Today’s match was very good, but 3-4 overs of the last were not in our favorite. We lost some good opportunities. It was difficult for the bowlers to control the game.” He admitted that the mistakes of fielding caused heavy damage to the team and this was from here that the attitude of the match changed.
Sai Sudarshan got credit
Regarding the batting of Gujarat, Shubman said that the team had landed on the field with his plan. He further said, “We had given a clear instruction to Sai Sudarshan and Washington Sundar that we just have to play our game. Sai performed well throughout the season, they should get full credit for this.” Gill further said that it was not so difficult to chase the target of 210 runs on this pitch, but the necessary partnerships in the middle overs could not be made.
Mumbai will now face Punjab
With this victory, Mumbai Indians have reached Qualifier-2, where it will now face Shreyas Iyer’s Punjab Kings. The team which wins this match will take on Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in the final. With the defeat of Gujarat Titans, his journey of IPL 2025 ended. Now the eyes are on the high-voltage match between Mumbai and Punjab, which will decide the path of the final.
