Hardik pandya new look in mi vs gt: The second match of IPL 2025 will be played on Friday, 30 May. The match will be between Mumbai Indians and Gujarat Titans. But before the match, Mi captain Hardik Pandya is seen in a special style. Hardik is going to be seen in the IPL playoffs in a style of T20 World Cup 2024. This new look of Hardik has also been shared from the social media page of Mumbai Indians.

Hardik Pandya’s new look

Hardik Pandya’s clean shave look is very much liked by his fans. Hardik performed better in the T20 World Cup and Team India won that tournament. Today, under the captaincy of Hardik Pandya, Mumbai Indius team will play an eliminator match against Gujarat Titans. Whatever team will win today’s match, they will play the match against Punjab Kings in the second playoffs.

Mumbai-Gujarat match- Do or Die

Whatever team will lose in the match between Mumbai and Gujarat today, they will miss winning the IPL 2025 trophy. At the same time, the team that wins, will reach a step close to the trophy. After this eliminator match, the winning team will take on Punjab Kings in the second qualifier.

RCB in direct final

The team of Royal Challengers Bangalore has won the first qualifier match and became the first team to reach the final of IPL 2025 directly. In the first qualifier match, Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated Punjab Kings by 8 wickets and confirmed the final. The second qualifier match will be played on June 1, whatever team will win this match, it will play the final match against RCB on June 3.

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The IPL 2025 eliminator match will be played between Gujarat Titans, captained by Shubman Gill and Mumbai Indians captained by Hardik Pandya. The team that will win this match will play qualifier-2 while the losing team will be out of the tournament. The eliminator match will be played at Mohali’s Mullanpur Stadium (New PCA Stadium) and there is a possibility of rain.

The Gujarat Titans were initially a strong contender for number-2, but the last 2 matches lost it. After the initial defeat, Mumbai Indians were also riding on the Jeet Rath but after the defeat in 2 matches of the league stage, Hardik Pandya & Team had to be satisfied in fourth place. Now both these teams have to win 3 consecutive matches to win the title.

It is clear that the eliminator winning team will go to the qualifier-2 and the losing team will be out but what will happen if the match is canceled due to rain? Let us tell you the rules.

IPL Playoff 2025 format

According to the IPL playoff format, the top 2 teams play qualifier-1, the winning team goes directly to the finals and the losing team has to win the qualifier-2 to go to the final. The eliminator match is between the third and fourth team. The Gujarat Titans ranked third in the points table and Mumbai Indians ranked fourth.

How will the weather be in the match

The eliminator match will be held between Gujarat and Mumbai on May 30 at Mullanpur Cricket Stadium in Mohali. The match will be played from 7:30 pm in the evening. There is a possibility of rain in Mohali on this day. There may be heavy rains in the afternoon, rain is forecast during the match.

If the eliminator match is canceled, which team will be out?

Gujarat Titans vs. Mumbai Indians Eliminator is not a reserve day for the match, that is, the match should be completed in a single day. If this does not happen, then the rule says that the team above in the points table will get benefit. That is, in this situation, Mumbai Indians will be out as it finished fourth while Gujarat Titans will reach Qualifier-2 as she was third.

In the IPL 2025 playoffs, only the qualifier-2 and the final match have been presented. Under this rule, if the match is not possible on that day due to rain, then the match will be played the next day, from where the match was stopped. The second qualifier will be played at Narendra Modi Cricket Stadium in Ahmedabad on 1 June and the final on June 3.

Shubman Gill on Rashid Khan Bowling: In the ninth match of IPL 2025, Gujarat Titans defeated Mumbai Indians by 36 runs. Rashid Khan is one of the most main bowlers in Gujarat and usually spell a full 4 overs in each match. But in the match against Mumbai, he bowled only 2 overs, in which he gave 10 runs. Despite this, Captain Shubman Gill did not get him all over four overs. Now captain Gill himself has unveiled this secret.

Why did Rashid Khan stop?

In the post match presentation, Shubman Gill told that he wanted to bowl Rashid Khan in the death overs. Gill changed his decision because the fast bowlers were bowling very well. Gill said, “This was probably the first time Rashid Khan did not do the entire 4 overs of his spell. I wanted to bowl him in the death overs, but I felt that the fast bowlers were doing well.”

Siraj had done clean bold to Rohit Sharma

There was a very good batting from Gujarat Titans, the team scored 196 runs on the scoreboard while playing first. When Mumbai Indians came to chase the target, Mohammad Siraj made Rohit Sharma a clean bold in the first over. Siraj did not stop here, he also bowled Rohit’s partner Ryan Ricelton on the score of 6 runs.

Talking about the fast bowlers of Gujarat, Mohammad Siraj and the famous Krishna proved to be the most effective. Siraj and Krishna took two wickets each, while Ishant Sharma also bowled very well. Ishant could not take wickets, but gave just 17 runs in 2 overs. The team’s fourth fast bowler Kagiso Rabada proved to be expensive, who took 42 runs in 4 overs but also took a wicket.

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Hardik Pandya on Mumbai Indians Loss: In IPL 2025, Mumbai Indians have lost second consecutive defeat. Gujarat Titans have defeated MI by 36 runs. Earlier, Mumbai had to face defeat by 4 wickets at the hands of CSK. This was also the first time in IPL 2025 when Mumbai team was playing under Hardik’s captaincy. Remind you that Hardik returned to the match against Gujarat after completing the ban of a match. Captain Pandya appeared disappointed after the defeat against GT.

Hardik Pandya told the reason for defeat

In the post match presentation, Hardik Pandya said that small mistakes from the team have become the cause of his team’s defeat. He said, “We made very small mistakes, causing a loss of 20-25 runs, which is very high in a T20 match. The opening batsmen of Gujarat Titans made good batting, they made very little mistakes, played very well and were succeeding in scoring runs by playing unnecessary shots.”

This work will have to be done in future

Mumbai Indians captain Hardik said that this is the initial asylum of IPL 2025 and a lot is yet to be tested. He also said that the batsmen have to understand their responsibility as soon as possible. Hardik also emphasized that it was the most difficult task to hold the slow balls on this pitch. Looking at the figures, 37 slow balls were fed from Mumbai, in which he got only one wicket. On the other hand, the Gujarat bowlers bowled 32 Slover balls, in which he took 3 wickets.

Gujarat Titans have put a hat -trick of victory against MI at Narendra Modi Stadium. In the last three matches here, Gujarat has defeated Mumbai. At the same time, the victory-defeat against Mumbai at Narendra Modi Stadium in Gujarat has now become 4-2.

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Gt vs mi full match highlights: Gujarat Titans have defeated Mumbai Indians by 36 runs. This is the first win of Gujarat in IPL 2025, while the Mumbai team has lost second consecutive defeat. In this match played at the Narendra Modi Stadium, Gujarat scored 196 runs while playing first. In response, the entire team of Mumbai could score only 160 runs. Rohit Sharma failed to score big in the second consecutive match, while Hardik Pandya also left the team on the important occasion.

The target of 197 was heavy on Mumbai

Mumbai Indians had a target of 197 runs. In response, Mumbai Indians started very poorly as both openers had returned to the pavilion by the score of 35 runs. Rohit Sharma was dismissed by scoring 8 and Ryan Ricelton only 6. Suryakumar Yadav and Tilak Verma definitely shared a 62 -run partnership, but the Gujarat bowlers were strengthening the hold on the match.

In the middle over, the Gujarat Titans bowlers wreaked havoc that Mumbai had lost 4 big wickets in a interval of 27 runs. MI was playing 97 runs at the loss of 2 wickets at one time, but then Tilak Verma was dismissed for 39 runs. Such a fall of wickets started from here that Mumbai lost 4 wickets within 27 runs. The score of the wickets falling and 124 runs for 6 wickets.

Mi’s batting fails badly

Tilak Verma scored 39 runs, while Suryakumar Yadav scored 48 runs in 28 balls. Apart from these two batsmen, other Mumbai batsmen proved to be laggards. Robin Minj got the second consecutive chance, but he was able to score only 3 runs, while captain Hardik Pandya was able to score just 11 runs in his return match. When the team was in dire need of a big innings, he could not fulfill his heartfelt responsibility.

Naman Dhir scored 18 off 11 balls, while Mitchell Santner scored 18 runs in 9 balls, but the necessary run-rates were touched by the seventh sky till his batting. For Gujarat, fast bowler Mohammad Siraj and famous Krishna took two wickets each. Cagiso Rabada and Sai Kishore took one wicket each.

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Gujarat Titans vs Mumbai Indians 1st Innings Highlights: Gujarat Titans have scored 196 runs in the match against Mumbai Indians. Mi made a tremendous comeback in the last 3 overs and stopped Gujarat on a score of less than 200. The highest score for Gujarat was scored by Sai Sudarshan, who scored 63 runs. In this match played at Narendra Modi Stadium, the middle order of Gujarat proved to be completely laggard.

Mumbai Indians won the toss in this match and selected the first bowling. Shubman Gill and Sai Sudarshan initially proved MI’s decision wrong because GT scored 66 runs in the powerplay without losing wickets. Gill was dismissed by Hardik Pandya, who returned to the pavilion after scoring 38 runs. Apart from Gill, Jose Butler also contributed 39 runs in 24 balls.

Gujarat’s bad condition in the last 3 overs

The score of Gujarat Titans in 17 overs was 170 runs at the loss of 3 wickets. But after that, Gujarat batsmen were able to score only 26 runs in 3 overs and the team lost a total of 5 wickets in the last 18 balls.

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Shubman gill: Gujarat Titans captain Shubman Gill made a big record in the innings of 38 runs against Mumbai Indians. He has completed 1000 runs on this ground in the IPL, he has become the second player and first Indian player to score the fastest 1000 runs on a ground in the history of the tournament.

Gujarat Titans batted first after losing the toss. The innings started by captain Shubman Gill and Sai Sudarshan, both shared a 78 -run partnership for the first wicket. Gill was dismissed for 38 runs off the third ball of the 9th over. In this innings played in 27 balls, he hit 1 six and 4 fours.

Gill became the second batsman to score the fastest 1000 runs on a ground

Shubman Gill has scored 1000 runs at Narendra Modi Stadium in 20 innings. Chris Gayle is the first player to score the fastest 1000 runs on a ground in the IPL, who touched the figure in 19 innings in Bengaluru.

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Gujarat Titans vs Mumbai Indians, IPL 2025 Match 9: Today the 9th match of IPL 2025 will be played. Teams of Gujarat Titans and Mumbai Indians will clash at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Both teams are looking for their first win. The good news for Mumbai Indians is that captain Hardik Pandya will play in this match.

Gujarat and Mumbai had to face defeat in the first match of IPL 2025. Chennai defeated Chennai in Chepock, Mumbai. At the same time, Gujarat had to face defeat against Punjab Kings in his house. Today it is confirmed that the account of the victory of one of the two teams will open.

Hardik was banned for a match

In IPL 2025, Hardik Pandya could not play the match against Chennai Super Kings, as he was banned for a match due to the slow-over rate last season. Now captain Hardik is going to make a comeback. Hardik’s return to the playing XI is being considered in place of young player Robim Minj.

Pitch report

Talking about the pitch of Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, it will be helpful for the batsmen. Punjab Kings scored 243 runs in the first match of this season here. After this, Gujarat had to face defeat by just 11 runs. In the match of Gujarat and Mumbai, there may be rain of fours and sixes. Once again, a high scoring match can be seen here.

Possible playing XI of Gujarat Titans- Shubman Gill (Captain), Jose Butler, Sai Sudarshan, Shah Rukh Khan, Sharafen Rutherford, Washington Sundar, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, R Sai Kishore, Kagiso Rabada, famous Krishna

Impact Player- Mohammad Siraj

Possible playing XI of Mumbai Indians- Ryan Ricelton (wicketkeeper), Rohit Sharma, Will Jacks, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Verma, Hardik Pandya (captain), Naman Dhir, Michel Santner, Deepak Chahar, Trent Bolt and Satyanarayana Raju

Impact Player- Vignesh Puthur