MI beat GT in a high scoring thriller in an eliminator by 20 runs. GT‘s sloppy fielding and poor bowling tactics cost them the match. GT had a mountaineous task ahead of themselves as chasing 229 runs was going to be arduous. Let’s look at the records being shattered after MI win a
Rohit Sharma’s 7000 IPL runs
Rohit Sharma scored 81 runs off 50 balls against GT and hit 9 fours and 4 monstrous sixes. Rohit Sharma crossed 7000 runs in the IPL.He became the second batter after Virat Kohli to achieve this milestone in the league.
Most runs in the IPL :
- Virat Kohli – 8618 runs ( 266 matches )
- Â Rohit Sharma – 7038 runs ( 271 matches )
- Shikhar Dhawan – 6769 runs ( 222 matches )
- David Warner – 6565 runs ( 184 matches )
- Suresh Raina – 5528 runs ( 205 matches )
- MS Dhoni – 5439 runs ( 278 matches )
- KL Rahul – 5222 runs ( 145 matches )
- AB de Villiers – 5162 runs ( 184 matches )
- Ajinkya Rahane – 5032 runs ( 198 matches )
- Chris Gayle – 4965 runs ( 142 matches )
300 sixes
Rohit Sharma also crossed 300 sixes in the league. He became the first Indian batter to achieve this feat in the league. He is the second batter to cross 300 sixes in the league after Chris Gayle.
Most sixes in IPL :
- Chris Gayle – 357 ( 142 matches )
- Rohit Sharma – 302 ( 271 matches )
- Virat Kohli – 291 ( 266 matches )
- MS Dhoni – 264 ( 278 matches)
- AB de Villiers – 251 ( 184 matches )
- David Warner – 236 ( 284 matches )
- Andre Russell – 223 ( 140 matches )
- Keiron Pollard – 223 ( 189 matches )
- Sanju Samson – 219 ( 177 matches )
- KL Rahul – 208 ( 145 matches )
MI in eliminator
MI has played in four eliminators so far ( 2012, 2014, 2023, 2025 ). They have won 2 and lost 2. They have lost 2 matches while chasing ( 2012 & 2014 ) and won 2 matches ( 2023 and 2025 ) whole defending the target.
MI have never lost in Eliminator while defending the target. Also, they have lost both the eliminators to CSK. So, CSK remain the only team to beat MI in the eliminator. GT lost to MI in the eliminator. This is their 3rd defeat in the playoffs. The previous 2 defeats came in the 2023 against CSK in Qualifier 1 and Final.
MI became the second team after CSK to beat GT in the playoffs. GT has played in 6 playoffs matches, and won 3 of them and lost three.
Captain Hardik Pandya
Hardik Pandya became the only captain to win a title for a franchise as a captain and beat the same team in the knockouts. Hardik Pandya captained GT in their first season in 2022, and led them to the title. Yesterday, he captained for MI against the same team and eliminated them.
Shubman Gill’s Failure
Shubman Gill was dismissed for just 1 run by Trent Boult in the first over. Shubman Gill has played 11 matches in the IPL Playoffs and scored 475 runs. This is the first time he has been dismissed below 25 runs in the playoffs. A rare failure for him.
Shubman Gill was the main reason behind eliminating MI in the Qualifier 2 in 2023 by scoring 129 runs off 60 balls which helped GT to post a huge total of 233/3 which is still the highest score in IPL playoffs. MI gave a perfect reply to that by scoring the second highest total in playoffs ( 228/5 ) and defendant the total by dismissing Gill in the first over.
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