IPL 2025: Mumbai Indians beat Gujarat Titans in high-scoring eliminator

Mumbai Indians saved their hopes within the Indian Premier League alive and knocked out Gujarat Titans by holding on to win a high-scoring eliminator by 20 runs.

5-time champions Mumbai piled up 228-5 with Jonny Bairstow making 47 and Rohit Sharma 81 earlier than holding their nerve as Gujarat threatened in pursuit.

Sai Sudharsan, the event’s main run-scorer, hit an outstanding 80 for the Titans as he shared a stand of 84 with Washington Sundar.

Washington was emphatically bowled by a Jasprit Bumrah yorker for 40 earlier than the sport swung decisively when Warwickshire seamer Richard Gleeson bowled Sudharsan within the sixteenth over.

Gleeson, like Bairstow a late alternative for the play-offs, was left defending 24 from the final over and conceded solely three from the primary three balls earlier than leaving the sphere with cramp.

Left-armer Ashwani Kumar completed off the over because the Titans ended on 208-6.

Mumbai, who completed fourth within the league part and had been the final to qualify for the play-offs, will play Punjab Kings for a spot within the remaining on Saturday.

Yorkshire captain Bairstow was signed for five.25 crore Indian rupees (£458,000) for the three potential matches and made an immediate impression by hitting 4 fours and three sixes.

He placed on 84 in 44 balls with India nice Rohit, who carried on after Bairstow was caught at backward level off spinner Sai Kishore.

Gujarat, who had been with out Jos Buttler after he returned to England for worldwide responsibility, had been punished for dropping Rohit on three and 12 and Suryakumar Yadav on 25.

Suryakumar went on to make 33 whereas Hardik Pandya hit three essential sixes within the remaining over of Mumbai’s innings to finish on 22 not out from eight balls.

Titans’ captain Shubman Gill, India’s new Take a look at skipper, was pinned lbw by Trent Boult for one within the first over of the chase and can now journey to England to organize for the upcoming Take a look at collection.