IPL 2025: Who won yesterday's game between GT vs MI?

Gujarat Titans (GT) secured their first win of the IPL 2025 season with a convincing 36-run victory over Mumbai Indians (MI) at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Prasidh Krishna was named Player of the Match for his disciplined bowling, using slower deliveries effectively to trouble MI’s batters.

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After winning the toss, MI skipper Hardik Pandya opted to bowl first. GT openers Sai Sudharsan and Shubman Gill provided a strong start, adding 78 runs for the first wicket. Gill scored 38 off 27 balls before being dismissed, followed by Jos Buttler, who made a quick 39 off 24 balls. 

At one stage, GT looked set to comfortably surpass the 200-run mark, but MI bowlers fought back well. Sai Sudharsan anchored the innings with a well-made 63 off 41 balls as GT posted 196/8 in 20 overs. 

Hardik Pandya was the pick of the MI bowlers, taking two wickets, while Trent Boult, Deepak Chahar, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, and debutant Satyanarayana Raju claimed one each.

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Let’s take a look at MI’s chase

Chasing 197, MI openers Rohit Sharma and Ryan Rickelton started. Rohit began with two boundaries, raising hopes of a big innings, but Mohammed Siraj bowled a beauty to castle his stumps, dismissing him for just eight runs. Rickelton also fell cheaply for six. Suryakumar Yadav and Tilak Varma then built a 62-run partnership to stabilise the innings. 

Tilak scored 39 off 36 balls, while Suryakumar made 48 off 28, but both were removed by Prasidh Krishna, who used the pitch conditions expertly. Hardik Pandya struggled with the bat, managing only 11 off 17 before falling to Kagiso Rabada. MI could only manage 160/6 in 20 overs, suffering their second consecutive defeat.

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For GT, Krishna and Siraj took two wickets each, while Rabada and Sai Kishore picked up one apiece. MI will look to bounce back in their next match against defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in Mumbai on 31 March. Meanwhile, GT will face the in-form Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) in Bengaluru on 2 April.

Brief scores:

MI won the toss and elected to bowl first

GT: 196/8 (20) 

Sai Sudharsan 63 (41), Jos Buttler 39 (24), Hardik Pandya 2/29, Trent Boult 1/34

MI: 160/6 (20)

Suryakumar Yadav 48 (28), Tilak Varma 39 (36), Prasidh Krishna 2/18, Mohammed Siraj 2/34

GT won by 36 runs.

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