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IPL 2025: 8 milestones achieved during GT vs MI Eliminator
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1. Second-highest total in IPL playoffs
With 228/5 against Gujarat Titans, Mumbai Indians registered the second-highest total in the history of IPL playoffs, behind only 233/3 posted by GT against MI in IPL 2023.
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2. MI register 5th highest total in IPL
MI scored 228 in the Eliminator – their 5th-highest total in IPL and 3rd-best while batting first. Three of their top four scores came in the 2024 season.
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3. Rohit joins Kohli in elusive list
MI veteran batter Rohit Sharma became the second batter after RCB star batter Virat Kohli to score 7000 runs in the IPL. His tally stands at 7038 runs in 271 matches.
4. Rohit Sharma completed 300 sixes
Rohit Sharma became the second batter after Chris Gayle to complete 300 sixes in the IPL. The veteran MI batter has smashed 302 sixes in the league.
5. Sai Sudharsan breaches 700-run mark in a season
GT opener Sai Sudharsan (759) has become the 8th batter to amass 700 runs in a single IPL season. He is the second after Shubman Gill to achieve this feat for the Titans.
6. 2nd fastest opening partnership run-rate in playoffs
Bairstow and Rohit scored 84 runs in 7.2 overs at a run rate of 11.45 — the second-fastest 50+ opening stand in IPL playoffs, after Jaiswal-Buttler’s 11.80 in 2022.
7. 18 out of 18 for MI in a 200-run total defence
MI have never lost while defending 200+ totals in the IPL, winning all 18 such games. Across all T20s, they’ve won 19 out of 19 times — the best record in the format.
8. Highest aggregate runs in playoffs
GT and MI scored 436 runs in New Chandigarh on Friday — the highest total ever in an IPL playoff match, breaking the 428-run record set by PBKS and CSK in 2014.