Sri Lankan wicketkeeper-better Kusal MendisWho was involved in an XI of Gujarat's Titans as a replacement player in the eliminator Clash against Mumbai Indians, recorded his name in the tournament history books, as he became the first player in the history of the IPL playoffs to reject the hit wicket.
Bring as a replacement for Jose Butler, Mendis joined the team for the final stages of IPL 2025. In his young woman outing, the right -handed batsman saw in a good touch, broke just 10 balls with one four and two sixes. With B Sai Reformson, who were continuing their solid looks, Mendis already abolished GT after the initial loss to Trent Balt to GT, as GT had pursued a 229-run target set by Mumbai.
However, in the seventh place of the chase, facing Mitchell Santner, Mendis tried to pull a length ball from the left -arm spinner, but lost control of his legs. As he went back into the process, his back leg slipped and hit the stumps. In particular, it was not only getting rid of Mendis in T20 not only the fifth time of Santner.
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Earlier in the game, Mumbai Indians had posted a total of 228 for 5, making it the second highest score in the history of IPL playoffs. Johnny Bairstow and Rohit Sharma's new opening pair stitched an important 84 -run stand. Bairstow, who was brought for Ryan Ricelton, scored 47 runs in just 22 delivery, while Rohit broke an amazing 81 for 50 runs after two early lines.
The order between Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Verma and Hardik Pandya contributed with important cameo. MI hit 17 sixes in the innings, the third highest in any match in this season. In the final, late Hardik's late heroes, including three sixes from Garald Koetzi, pushed MI to 225 points.
Chasing 229, GT started well despite losing his skipper for the first time. Mendis and Reformson took GT to 67/1 in 6.2 overs, tried to retaliate. Sudhasan brought half of its half century off 28 balls. But the dismissal of the stumper-better once again broke the speed, putting the side on the back leg. After 11 overs, GT's scorecard read 119/2, requiring 110 runs in 54 balls.
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