IPL 2025: Gujarat Titans ease past Mumbai Indians, win by 36 runs

Gujarat Titans on Saturday stunned Mumbai Indians by 36 runs at Ahmedabad as they registered their first win of IPL 2025. Pacers Mohammed Siraj and Prasidh Krishna led the GT's 197-run defence. MI now has two defeats in as many matches.

Mohammed Siraj struck twice in the powerplay, accounting for India captain Rohit Sharma and fellow opener Ryan Rickelton, while Krishna got two wickets and dried up the runs in the middle and death overs as he finished with 2/18 in four overs. Pacer Kaigso Rabada and spinner R Sai Kishore picked up a wicket each. Strike bowler Rashid Khan did not finish his quota of four overs, underlying the dominance from GT in the match.

Suryakumar Yadav found some much needed form as he scored 48 runs off 28 balls, including four sixes. Tilak Varma got 39 runs but faced 36 balls to get there. Captain Hardik Pandya, who walked out in the 13th over, could manage just 11 runs off 17 balls. Mitchell Santner and Naman Dhir scored 18 runs each to reduce the margin of defeat in the last few overs.

Sai Sudharsan stars with the bat for GT

Earlier, GT were put into bat, and opener Sai Sudharsan was up to the challenge and scored 63 runs off 41 balls, including four fours and two sixes. Captain Shubman Gill scored 38 runs to add 78 runs for the opening partnership, while Jos Buttler, batting at 3, scored 39 runs.

However, MI made a decent comeback with the ball as GT went from 179/3 in 18 overs to 196/8 in 20 overs. Pandya was the pick of the bowlers with 2/29 in four overs.

Next, GT will next face Royal Challengers Bengaluru at Bengaluru on April 2, while MI will host Kolkata Knight Riders on March 31.