Mumbai Indians got second consecutive defeat, Gujarat Titans won the match by 36 runs Gujarati

The 9th match of IPL 2025 was played between Gujarat and Mumbai. Gujarat won this match by 36 runs. Batting first, Gujarat scored 196 runs losing 8 wickets in 20 overs. In reply, Mumbai could score only 160 runs after batting for 20 overs and losing 6 wickets. Sai Sudarshan scored a brilliant half century for Gujarat.

Gujarat, who came to bat first, got off to a great start with Shubhman Gill and Sai Sudarshan. Both added 78 runs for the first wicket. Gill was out after scoring 38 runs in 27 balls and missed his half century. After Gill was out, Jos Buttler made a partnership of 51 runs with Sudarshan, but he returned to the pavilion after scoring 39 runs. After this, Sudarshan scored the eighth half-century of his IPL career and was out after scoring 63 runs.

As soon as Sudarshan was out, Gujarat’s run rate slowed down and the team could not even cross the 200 mark. For Gujarat, Sherfane Rutherford scored 18 runs, Shahrukh Khan scored 9 runs, Rashid Khan scored 6 runs and R Sai Kishore scored 1 run, while Kagiso Rabada remained unbeaten scoring seven runs.

Mumbai Indians did not have a good start while chasing the target. The team suffered its first blow in the very first over when captain Rohit Sharma was bowled on the third ball after hitting two fours on two consecutive balls. Siraj got him out. After his dismissal, Tilak Verma came in at number three. Together with Rickelton, he took the team’s score to 35. Rickelton was out after scoring 6 runs. After this, Tilak Verma along with Suryakumar Yadav tried to handle the innings. There was a partnership of 62 runs between the two. Just when it seemed that Mumbai Indians were tightening their grip on the match, Prasidhan Krishna brought Gujarat back into the match by dismissing Tilak Verma.