GT vs MI IPL 2025 Live Score, Gujarat Titans Vs Mumbai Indians IPL Eliminator Match Today: Hello and a very warm welcome to News18 CricketNext’s live coverage of the IPL 2025 Eliminator.
Mumbai skipper Hardik Pandya won the coin toss ahead of the game and opted to bat first against Gujarat and enjoyed early joy on his decision as Rohit Sharma and Jonny Bairstow got the five-time champions off to a blistering start in the must-win game.
Rohit was the recipient of a charmed life as he as dropped not once, but twice early on in the game as Gerald Coetzee and Kusal Mendis made a fluff of the chances offered up by the former MI skipper, before Bairstow cut loose with 24-run over off Prasidh Krishna to take Mumbai to the fifty-run landmark before the end of the fourth over.
This is a funny phase of the tournament. Both GT and MI looked set to finish in the top two at some stage in the tournament. GT dominated the first half like no one else, with their scarily consistent top order and a bowling group that performed stronger than its sum, even overshadowing Rashid Khan’s disappointing year.
MI, on the other hand, lost four of their first five matches before stringing together a six-match winning streak, led by Suryakumar Yadav’s form and Jasprit Bumrah’s resounding comeback. In the end, thanks to big last-quarter troughs, both teams finished the league stage with a gap of two points to set up a knockout.
One of them will be eliminated today, forced to accept the negatives and give themselves hope with the positives. The other will try to become only the second team in IPL history to clinch the title after winning the Eliminator. Fight for survival doesn’t get more desperate than this — expect drama and a lot of entertainment!
Toss: MI won the toss and opted to bat first!
Gujarat Titans Playing XI: Shubman Gill (C), Sai Sudharsan, Kusal Mendis (WK), Shahrukh Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Gerald Coetzee, R Sai Kishore, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna
Impact subs: Anuj Rawat, Mahaipal Lomror, Jayant Yadav, Sherfane Rutherford, Arshad Khan
Mumbai Indians Playing XI: Jonny Bairstow (WK), Rohit Sharma, Richard Gleeson, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya (C), Naman Dhir, Mitchell Santner, Raj Bawa, Trent Boulet, JASPRIT BUMRH
Impact subs: Ashwani Kumar, Raghu Sharma, Rece Topley, Robin Minz, Krishnan Shrjit
