Shubman Gill, the Gujarat Titans skipper, played a key role in his side's win over the Mumbai Indians in the penultimate over of their chase. GT won the match by three wickets in the DLS method in the end.
GT and MI played a terrific encounter at the Wankhede Stadium. Ultimately, it was the Titans who prevailed in this close encounter and won the match by three wickets. GT chased down 15 runs to win off the final over and won their eighth match of the season, which took them to 16 points.
Meanwhile, for MI, it was their seventh loss while defending a target, joint-most with KKR. The loss still keeps them inside the top four with 14 points on the IPL 2025 points table from 12 games. GT, on the other hand, is topping the table with 16 points.
For Shubman Gill, it was a terrific game as he anchored the run chase, scoring 43 runs off 46 deliveries. Multiple rain interruptions in the game frustrated the GT skipper. At the 14-over mark, GT was well placed at 107 runs for 2 wickets and ahead of the DLS par score. There was a rain break, and then MI Pacers Jasprit Bumrah and Trent Boult struck back with two wickets.
GT was down to 132 runs for 6 wickets in 18 overs after the pause in the game. The target was revised to 147 runs from 19 overs, with GT needing 15 runs to win off the final over.
Rahul Tewatia (11* runs off 8 balls) and Gerald Coetzee (12 runs off 6 balls) took the Titans to a famous win. Meanwhile, after the win, Gill joined the likes of Virat Kohli and Shreyas Iyer in an elite list.
Shubman Gill Fifth Batter Over 500 Runs In IPL 2025
Gill has scored 508 runs in 11 matches at an average of 50.80, with a strike rate of over 152 and five fifties this season so far. He has become the third IPL skipper to score over 500 runs in a season before turning 26 years old.
Before him, Shreyas Iyer achieved the feat in 2020. He scored 519 runs in 17 matches at an average of 34.60, a strike rate of over 123, with three fifties and a best score of 88* runs.
Before him, it was Virat Kohli who scored over 500 runs in his first season as skipper of RCB in IPL 2013. He was the third-highest run-getter that season, with 634 runs in 16 matches at an average of 45.28, a strike rate of 138.73, with six half-centuries and a best score of 99 runs.
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