Mumbai Indians aur Gujarat Titans ke liye ab koi doosra mauka nahi! Ek lambi aur thakane wali season ke baad, GT aur MI, jo points table mein teesre aur chauthe number par rahe, ab ek knockout match mein aamne-saamne honge. Yeh match 30 May 2025 ko Mullanpur ke Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium mein hoga, jahan jeetne wali team aage badhegi aur haarne wali ka IPL 2025 ka safar khatam ho jayega.
GT, Shubman Gill ki captaincy mein, ne season mein solid khela, 10 matches mein 14 points ke saath pehli team bani jo playoffs mein qualify hui. Par top-2 spot miss karne ki wajah se unhe ab yeh do-or-die match khelna pad raha hai. Unka top order – Gill, Sai Sudharsan, aur Jos Buttler – zabardast hai, aur bowling mein Prasidh Krishna (23 wickets) aur Rashid Khan MI ke batsmen ko tang kar sakte hain. Par fielding mein chhute catches unke liye problem ban sakte hain.
MI, Hardik Pandya ke under, ne season ki shuruaat mein struggle kiya, pehle 5 mein se 4 matches hare. Par Rohit Sharma aur Suryakumar Yadav ki batting aur Jasprit Bumrah ke bowling ke dum par unhone 6 matches jeete aur 14 points ke saath playoffs mein jagah banayi. GT ke khilaaf unka record weak hai – 7 matches mein sirf 2 jeete – aur Ahmedabad mein toh GT ne unhe har baar haraaya.
Head-to-head mein GT ka haath upar hai, 5-2 ke score ke saath. Is season, GT ne MI ko Ahmedabad mein 36 runs se aur Wankhede mein DLS method se 3 wickets se haraya. GT ke liye Sai Sudharsan (679 runs) aur Gill (274 runs vs MI) key hain, jabki MI ke Suryakumar (200 runs vs GT) aur Bumrah (2/19 last game) game changers hain. Mullanpur ka pitch balanced hai, par nayi jagah hone se thodi uncertainty hai. Baarish bhi match ko affect kar sakti hai.
Tactic ke mamle mein, GT apne top order se bada score banane ki koshish karegi aur Rashid MI ke middle order ko rokega. MI ko Bumrah se early wickets chahiye aur Suryakumar ko Rashid ke khilaaf chhakke-chhauke lagane honge. Yeh match dilchasp hoga, kyunki dono teams barabar ki takat rakhti hain. GT ka past record unhe thodi si edge deta hai, par MI ke paas experience aur star power hai. Jeetne wali team Qualifier 2 mein jayegi, aur haarne wali ghar jayegi. X par fans bol rahe hain GT ka chance zyada hai, par MI ke fans ko Rohit aur Bumrah par bharosa hai. Yeh ek last-ball thriller hone wala hai.
