IPL 2025 Gujarat Titans (GT) vs Mumbai Indians (MI) Eliminator Preview and Best Playing 11

Both Teams miss key players in our GT vs MI Eliminator best playing 11 for Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025. 

It’s the second-most important match of the IPL 2025 Playoffs as the Gujarat Titans take in the Mumbai Indians in the Eliminator clash at the New Chandigarh Mullanpur stadium. Gujarat Titans are third in the points table, and Mumbai Indians are fourth in the points table. But in terms of capabilities, both teams are extremely strong, and very difficult to separate them.

Since it is an Eliminator, the team that loses will be knocked out of the competition, and the team that wins will proceed to play the Qualifier 2 against the loser of Qualifier 1. While both teams look strong on the table, both are suffering from the major absence of their key players, Jos Buttler, Ryan Rickelton, and Will Jacks. With these players set to miss the Playoffs, both teams will be dependent on new players to fill the gap.

For Mumbai Indians, Ryan Rickelton and Will Jacks will be out of the Playoffs. In place of them, MI will have to rely on Jonny Bairstow and Charith Asalanka. Whereas for Gujarat Titans, Jos Buttler won’t be available, and to fill that gap, they have brought in Kusal Mendis. With such new entrants, it will be an interesting contest as all three players were very important for their respective teams.

Key Match Details

Tournament: Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025

Match Details: Eliminator – GT vs MI

Where: New Chandigarh

When: May 30, 2025, 7:30 pm IST

IPL 2025 Official Squad List for Gujarat Titans (GT)

Batters

1. Sai Sudharsan
2. Shahrukh Khan
3. Shubman Gill (c)

Wicket-keepers

1. Anuj Rawat
2. Kusal Mendis (f)
3. Kumar Khushagra

All-rounders

1. Arshad Khan
2. Dasun Shanaka (f)
3. Jayant Yadav
4. Karim Janat (f)
5. Mahipal Lomror
6. Manav Suthar
7. Nishant Sindhu
8. Rahul Tewatia
9. Sherfane Rutherford (f)
10. Washington Sundar

Bowlers

1. Gerald Coetzee (f)
2. Gurnoor Brar
3. Ishant Sharma
4. Kagiso Rabada (f)
5. Kulwant Kejroliya
6. Mohammed Siraj
7. Prasidh Krishna
8. R. Sai Kishore
9. Rashid Khan (f)

In terms of the playing 11 of Gujarat Titans, the team will be making a forced change with Kusal Mendis replacing Jos Buttler. Unlike the Mumbai Indians change, this is a big gap to fill. With Gujarat Titans already heavily dependent on the openers now, the team will need fresh batters to challenge the opposition. Overall, apart from this change, the team can think of playing Washington Sundar for Arshad Khan to strengthen the batting.

IPL 2025 Eliminator GT vs MI Best Playing 11 for Gujarat Titans

1. Shubman Gill (c)
2. Sai Sudharsan
3. Kusal Mendis (wk)
4. Washington Sundar
5. Sherfane Rutherford
6. Shahrukh Khan
7. Rahul Tewatia
8. Rashid Khan
9. Gerald Coetzee
10. Mohammed Siraj
11. R. Sai Kishore

Impact Player: Prasidh Krishna

IPL 2025 Official Squad List for Mumbai Indians (MI)

Batters

1. Bevon Jackobs (f)
2. Tilak Varma
3. Rohit Sharma
4. Suryakumar Yadav
5. Shrijith Krishnan

WKs

1. Jonny Bairstow (f)
2. Robin Minz

All-rounders

1. Arjun Tendulkar
2. Charith Asalanka (f)
3. Mitchell Santner (f)
4. Naman Dhir
5. Raj Bawa
6. Hardik Pandya

Bowlers

1. Ashwani Kumar
2. Deepak Chahar
3. Jasprit Bumrah
4. Karn Sharma
5. Mujeeb ur Rahman (f)
6. Reece Topley (f)
7. Richard Gleeson (f)
8. Satyanarayana Raju
9. Trent Boult (f)

If we talk about the playing 11 for Mumbai Indians, the team should see three changes with two being forced ones. While Jonny Bairstow and Charith Asalanka should replace Ryan Rickelton and Will Jacks, the team is also likely to bring in Karn Sharma for Ashwani Kumar with Mullanpur pitch expected to assist spinners. Aside from this, there could be a change in the batting order with SKY batting at 3, and Tilak batting at 4.

IPL 2025 GT vs MI Eliminator Best Playing 11 for Mumbai Indians

1. Rohit Sharma
2. Jonny Bairstow (wk)
3. Suryakumar Yadav
4. Tilak Varma
5. Hardik Pandya (c)
6. Charith Asalanka
7. Naman Dhir
8. Mitchell Santner
9. Deepak Chahar
10. Jasprit Bumrah
11. Trent Boult

Best Impact Player: Karn Sharma

If we observe the playing 11 of both teams, Mumbai Indians are now looking stronger as the gap was filled nicely by Bairstow and Asalanka. However, the same can’t be said about Gujarat Titans, who are now looking weak in the batting department. While bowling still looks good, it will be extremely important for Gujarat Titans to see a good performance from Sai and Gill. But on Paper, Mumbai Indians look stronger, and look all set to qualify for the Qualifier 2.

Top Dream 11 Prediction for GT vs MI Eliminator of IPL 2025 

Batters: Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Sherfane Rutherford, Shubman Gill, Sai Sudharsan & Tilak Varma

Wks: Jonny Bairstow

All-rounders: Hardik Pandya

Bowlers: Prasidh Krishna, Jasprit Bumrah & Rashid Khan

CVC Choice: Sai Sudharsan & Suryakumar Yadav

So, that’s about the best playing 11 for the GT vs MI eliminator match of IPL 2025. 

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