Gujarat Titans have opened their account of victory in IPL 2025 by defeating Mumbai Indians. Gujarat Titans (GT) had made a plan for this victory long ago. The plan was to play on a black soil pitch so that the power of Mumbai Indians could be reduced. Gujarat captain Shubman Gill said that the decision to play on a black soil pitch against Mumbai Indians was taken even before the tournament started.

This plan of Gujarat Titans worked well. Mumbai Indians batsmen failed to achieve the target of 197 runs and could score only 160 runs for 6 wickets. In this way, the Gujarat Titans won the match by 36 runs. This is the first win of Gujarat Titans and the second defeat of Mumbai Indians in the current season of the Indian Premier League. Gujarat Titans' victory brought double happiness to its fans. Reason- Hardik Pandya, who was once with Gujarat Titans, is now the captain of Mumbai Indians. Last year when these two teams had a match, there was a lot of sloganeering against Hardik Pandya in the Ahmedabad stadium.

After the victory over Mumbai Indians, Shubman Gill said that it is difficult to hit boundaries on such a pitch, as Hardik Pandya, Suryakumar Yadav, and Tilak Verma also experienced. He said, while batting on black soil, it becomes difficult to get the old ball across the boundary. So we tried to take full advantage of the power play. We all indeed make plans. Sometimes it goes in your favor and sometimes not. This time our plan worked completely. 'Gujarat Titans' fast bowlers also performed well in the match. Due to this, star spinner Rashid Khan had to bowl only two overs. Captain Gill said about that he had kept Rashid for the end, but the fast bowlers were doing well, so he used them. It happens only sometimes that Rashid does not complete his spell.

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