Gujarat Titans registered a spectacular win by defeating Mumbai Indians by 36 runs in the ninth match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025.
In this exciting match, Gujarat Titans batted first and scored a big score of 196/8 in 20 overs. In reply, the Mumbai Indians team could only reach 160/6 and fell 36 runs behind the target.
Strong batting of Gujarat Titans
For Gujarat Titans, Sai Sudarshan played a brilliant innings of 63 runs in 41 balls, in which he hit 4 fours and 2 sixes. Captain Shubman Gill scored 38 runs (27 balls), while Jos Buttler scored 39 runs in 24 balls and gave the team a quick start.
In the middle order, Shahrukh Khan, Sherfane Rutherford and Rashid Khan made small but important contributions.
Mumbai Indians bowler Hardik Pandya took 2 wickets for 29 runs in 4 overs, while Trent Boult, Deepak Chahar and Mujeeb ur Rahman took 1 wicket each.
GT top scorers:
- Sai Sudarshan – 63 (41 balls, 4 fours, 2 sixes)
- Jos Buttler – 39 (24 balls, 5 fours, 1 six)
- Shubman Gill – 38 (27 balls, 4 fours, 1 six)
- Sherfan Rutherford – 18 (11 balls, 2 sixes)
MI top bowlers:
- Hardik Pandya – 4 overs, 29 runs, 2 wickets
- Trent Boult – 4 overs, 34 runs, 1 wicket
- Deepak Chahar – 4 overs, 39 runs, 1 wicket
Mumbai Indians’ struggling innings
Mumbai Indians got a target of 197 runs, but the start was bad. Openers Rohit Sharma and Ryan Rickelton were out early. After this Tilak Verma and Suryakumar Yadav tried to handle the innings, but they too could not last long.
In the last overs, Naman Dheer and Mitchell Santner tried to score fast runs, but the team could only reach 160 runs.
Gujarat’s Prasidh Krishna and Mohammad Siraj bowled brilliantly and took 2-2 wickets.
MI Top scorers:
- Suryakumar Yadav: 48 (28), 1 four, 4 sixes
- Tilak Verma: 39 (36), 3 fours, 1 six
- Naman Dheer: 18* (11), 3 fours
GT top bowlers:
- Prasidh Krishna: 4 overs, 18 runs, 2 wickets
- Mohammed Siraj: 4 overs, 34 runs, 2 wickets
- Rashid Khan: 2 overs, 10 runs, 0 wickets
- Sai Kishore: 4 overs, 37 runs, 1 wicket
The Decisive moment of the match
The decisive moment of Gujarat Titans’ victory came in the 16th over when Prasidh Krishna broke Mumbai Indians’ last hope by getting Suryakumar Yadav (48) caught by Gill.
After this, Mumbai’s run rate kept falling, and Gujarat won the match by 36 runs.
