IPL 2025: Shubman Gill breaks silence on rift rumours with Hardik Pandya

In the IPL 2025 Eliminator against Gujarat Titans, Mumbai Indians came victorious by 20 runs at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium.

During the match, there were rumours being circulated all over social media that GT captain Gill didn`t shake hands with the MI skipper Hardik during the toss.

Following the incident, Gill shared a story on his official social media handle, which read, “Nothing but love (Don`t believe everything you see on the internet) @hardikpandya95.” Taking to X:

Shubman Gill posted a story on his official social media handle on Saturday (Pic: Instagram/shubmangill)

Recapping the match, a brilliant half-century by Sai Sudharsan and his partnership with Washington Sundar went in vain as fine death bowling effort from the five-time champions helped the Blue and Gold franchise eliminate the 2022 champions from the competition with a 20-run win at Mullanpur.

With this win, MI will now play Punjab Kings (PBKS) in Ahmedabad on June 1 for a spot in the final against Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) on June 3.

Hardik Pandya-led Mumbai started off with a bang, with Jonny Bairstow (47 in 22 balls, with four boundaries and three sixes) and Rohit Sharma taking on pacers really well. Rohit went on to score his third fifty in IPL knockouts, making 81 in just 50 balls, with nine fours and four sixes. He also completed his 7,000 IPL runs, becoming the second batter to do so.

Fine cameos from Suryakumar Yadav (33 in 20 balls, with a four and three sixes), Tilak Varma (25 in 11 balls, with three sixes) and Hardik Pandya (22* in nine balls, with three sixes) took MI to 228/5.

Sai Kishore (2/42) and Prasidh Krishna (2/53) were the top bowlers for GT.

In the run chase, GT lost skipper Shubman Gill early. However, Sai Sudharsan (80 in 49 balls, with 10 fours and a six) stitched half-century partnerships with Kusal Mendis (20 in 10 balls, with a four and two sixes) and Washington Sundar (48 in 24 balls, with five fours and three sixes), keeping GT ahead of the required rate. However, some fine death bowling prevented them from winning as MI restricted GT to 208/6 in 20 overs.

Trent Boult (2/56) was the top bowler for MI. Jasprit Bumrah, Richard Gleeson, Ashwani Kumar and Mitchell Santner got one each.

Rohit Sharma was awarded `Player of the Match` for his exceptional batting performance.

(With ANI Inputs)

This article first appeared on Mid Day