Chandigarh, May 30: The eliminator match of IPL 2025 will be played between Mumbai Indians and Gujarat Titans today. The match will start at 7:30 pm at Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Stadium in Mullanpur. The journey of the team that loses today will end here and the winning team will play Qualifier-2.
Both the teams will face each other for the second time in the playoffs. Earlier, they had clashed in Qualifier-2 of 2023. Then Gujarat defeated Mumbai by 62 runs.
Match Details, Eliminator MI vs GT
Date- 30 May
Stadium- Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Stadium, Mullanpur
Time: Toss – 7:00 PM, Match start – 7:30 PM
Gujarat has the upper hand against Mumbai
A total of 7 matches have been played between Mumbai Indians and Gujarat Titans in IPL so far. Out of which GT has won 5 matches while MI has won only 2. In this way, Gujarat has an upper hand so far. Both the teams will face each other for the third time in the season. Earlier when two matches were played, Gujarat won both the times. Both the teams will clash for the first time at Maharaja Yadavendra Singh International Stadium.
Mumbai Indians will play the eliminator match for the 5th time
Mumbai Indians will play the IPL eliminator match for the 5th time. Before this, it played in 2011, 2012, 2014 and 2023. In all these seasons, the team did not even reach the final, let alone winning the title. It won the eliminator in 2011 and 2023 but lost the qualifier-2. Whereas, in 2012 and 2014, it was eliminated after losing in the eliminator itself. Whereas, Gujarat will play the eliminator match for the first time.
Pitch Report
The pitch of Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Stadium helps the batsmen. So far 10 IPL matches have been played here. The highest team score here is 219/6, which Punjab made against Chennai Super Kings in this season.
Weather Conditions
There will not be much heat in Mullanpur on Friday. It will remain cloudy throughout the day today. There is a 2% chance of rain. The temperature can remain between 26 to 37 degrees Celsius. The wind speed will be 17 kilometers per hour.