Even though Rohit Sharma's IPL 2025 campaign was fair by his standards, he had a huge impact for Mumbai Indians, as he played a crucial knock in their Eliminator win against Gujarat Titans in Mullanpur on Friday. Rohit opened the scoring in the first innings and made the most of an additional life after being dropped early.

In the end, it was a fantastic innings of 81(50), which served as the foundation for MI's formidable 228-5 score.

Although Rohit's innings included four sixes and nine fours, it was primarily an innings that gave the remainder of Mumbai's strong batting lineup the freedom to express themselves. The importance of Rohit's performance with the season at stake was not lost on the MI owners, who were there in the new PCA Stadium to cheer on their squad.

Following Rohit's dismissal, broadcast cameras captured Nita Ambani and team chairman Akash Ambani on their usual couch at the edge of the pitch, where they stood up and clapped to show their appreciation for his efforts. The former MI captain's innings were applauded by the mother-son pair, who recognized the class and skill they had seen in the most important match of the year.

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Rohit’s 81 was his highest score of this tournament so far, taking him to a very respectable 410 runs in the season despite a rough start where he was consistently dismissed early. Rohit also crossed 7000 IPL runs during this innings, only the second man to reach that milestone after Virat Kohli.

Along with Rohit, MI”s innings was helped out by incoming Jonny Bairstow’s fantastic 47(22) at the top, cameos from Suryakumar Yadav and Tilak Varma, and captain Hardik Pandya ending the innings with emphasis with 22*(9).

The target proved to be too much in a knockout game, as MI’s bowlers delivered despite GT looking dangerous. It was unsurprisingly Jasprit Bumrah who was the key man with the ball, killing GT’s momentum with a brutal yorker to leave Washington Sundar (48) sprawling, and put MI ahead in the game.

From there, it was a clinical death bowling performance to shut the door on GT and bring an end to the season, winning by 20 runs and setting up a chance at yet another IPL final as they meet Punjab Kings in Ahmedabad for Qualifier 2.

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