IPL 2025: Who Said What - What did Hardik Pandya and Shubman Gill say after GT vs MI, Match 56

Gujarat Titans secured a three-wicket win over the Mumbai Indians in the 56th match of the IPL 2025 season at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Tuesday, May 6.

Batting first, the Mumbai Indians could post only 155/8 in 20 overs. Will Jacks was the top scorer of the innings with 53 runs in 35 balls with five fours and three sixes. On the other hand, Suryakumar Yadav (35) and Corbin Bosch (27) also played valuable knocks.

On the other hand, the Gujarat Titans had multiple rain breaks in the chase. Eventually, Shubman Gill (43), Jos Buttler (30), Sherfane Rutherford (28), and Gerald Coetzee (12) took the side over the line in a shortened 19-over game to a three-wicket win.

Let’s take a look at what both captains Shubman Gill and Hardik Pandya said after the Titans’ three-wicket win over Mumbai Indians.

GT captain and player of the match, Shubman Gill

“There was a little bit of chaos when we came into bat after the rain but it's always good to have a W (win) on your side. The game plans were different in the powerplay, it was raining and the atmosphere was such that it felt like a Test match. We wanted to take the game on after the powerplay but the rain kept coming. 

The wicket was a little bit slow, with the rain coming in, the shots were not easy to hit so we thought, when it's in our zone, we would go for it. It was frustrating, we were ahead at one stage but we lost 4/20. But, the universe gave us a chance two minutes before and we took it. When the match goes till the last ball when you chase 150, every contribution becomes important. Wins like these get you through in these big tournaments like IPL. 

(On Rashid's bowling tonight) He is coming back from injury, it's not easy, he was bowling well in the nets and good to see him bowl well tonight. Thoughts like these can creep in but we need to take every game as it is. It's about coming in and giving your everything when you come into play.”

MI captain Hardik Pandya:

“I think we fought really well, we kept pushing as a group. I think it wasn't a 150 wicket, but we were short by 25 runs. Credit to the bowlers as they kept fighting (throughout the innings.). Dropped catches do bite you, but the catches didn't bite us much. Really happy with the boys giving their 120 percent in the field and not giving up. 

The ground wasn't wet in the first innings, but it was difficult for us as the rain kept coming in (during the second innings.) We had to play the game and we did that.”

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