England’s Jonny Bairstow and Richard Gleeson make their debut for Mumbai Indians in IPL. Mumbai Indians play Gujarat Titans in the IPL 2025 eliminator match at the New PCA Stadium in New Chandigarh.
Jonny Bairstow’s third IPL team
Jonny Bairstow previously played for Sunrisers Hyderabad and Punjab Kings in IPL. He was the player of the match for his sparkling century in Punjab Kings’ record chase of 262 vs Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL 2024. In total, Bairstow has scored 1589 runs in 50 IPL matches.
Richard Gleeson, Super King to Paltan
Richard Gleeson played two games for Chennai Super Kings in IPL 2024, taking 1 wicket at an economy rate of 9.07. Gleeson was the 2nd leading wicket-taker (14 wickets) in SA20 played in January 2025.
Kusal Mendis makes IPL debut
Sri Lankan wicket-keeper batter Kusal Mendis makes his IPL debut, replacing England’s Jos Buttler in the playing XI. Kusal Mendis has scored the 2nd most runs in T20Is for Sri Lanka.
Kusal Mendis, T20Is: Matches – 78, Runs – 1920, Strike rate – 132
Gujarat Titans vs Mumbai Indians, playing XI
Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya won the toss and opted to bat.
Mumbai Indians
Playing XI (Batting first): Rohit Sharma, Jonny Bairstow (WK), Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya (C), Naman Dhir, Mitchell Santner, Raj Bawa, Richard Gleeson, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah
Substitutes: Ashwani Kumar, Robin Minz, Reece Topley, Raghu Sharma, Shrijith Krishnan
Raj Angad Bawa replaces Deepak Chahar in the playing XI.
Gujarat Titans
Playing XI (Bowling first): Shubman Gill (C), Sai Sudharsan, Kusal Mendis (WK), Washington Sundar, Shahrukh Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, M Sai Kishore, Gerald Coetzee, Prasidh Krishna, Mohammed Siraj
Substitutes: Sherfane Rutherford, Anuj Rawat, Mahipal Lomror, Jayant Yadav, Arshad Khan
