[Twitter Reactions] IPL 2025: Rohit Sharma’s 81 guides MI to dominance in the Eliminator

At the Mullanpur Cricket Stadium, Rohit Sharma led the Mumbai Indians with the bat in the Eliminator of the current Indian Premier League between the Mumbai Indians and Gujarat Titans. On the fourth ball of the 17th over, Rohit Sharma scored 81 off 50 deliveries, which was more than enough for a seasoned veteran like him, but he was removed.

Jonny Bairstow was the aggressive member of the opening pair with MI at 65/0. Sai Kishore’s first and last powerplays, which included a six and two fours, gave his innings much-needed momentum. On the opening ball of the tenth over, the former MI captain reached his fifty off just twenty-eight deliveries. By the end of the 10-over, Rohit Sharma had already reached 56.

Rohit Sharma had more than enough time to reach his third IPL century and his second in consecutive seasons after hitting two fours and as many sixes from that point on. It was not to be, though, as Prasidh Krishna beat Rohit due to his lack of speed. Rashid Khan caught Rohit’s flick across the line at midwicket. The bowling speed of the delivery was only 96 kph.

It’s interesting to note that Rohit has a lacklustre, quiet playoff record. Rohit managed just 316 runs at a pitifully low strike rate and average of 108.96 and 15.80 in the 21 innings he batted in the playoffs before to the current one. One of the primary causes of MI reaching a massive 228/5 at the end of their 20-over limit was this specific innings of his.

See how X responded to Rohit Sharma knock against GT in the IPL 2025 Eliminator:

Rohit Sharma pictures that goes hard pic.twitter.com/lto8EJHUx7

— Ansh Shah (@asmemesss) May 30, 2025

First 6 innings – 82 runs | 0 50s | 6 sixes
Next 8 innings – 328 runs | 4 50s | 16 sixes pic.twitter.com/x01PXLLYmA

— Un-Lucky  (@Luckyytweets) May 30, 2025

The goat 🐐 https://t.co/6SkMN1nbJs

— Ansh Shah (@asmemesss) May 30, 2025

Rohit Sharma eats 100 Virat Kohlis, 200 Ab de Villiers and 264 Chris Gayles in Breakfast. pic.twitter.com/NWVkKHc7Gf

— Godman Chikna (@Madan_Chikna) May 30, 2025

Rohit Sharma delivers when it matters most!

81 runs from 50 balls in the Eliminator – a masterclass to remember in MI folklore! 🔥 pic.twitter.com/kbhX8rf83Q

— MOHIT SHUKLA (@MohitShukla1030) May 30, 2025

Rohit Sharma played a brilliant innings of 50 runs!🔥🫡 pic.twitter.com/WkCOI4QQGD

— Bhumi (@bhumii_jain) May 30, 2025

Rohit sharma the greatest six hitter world has even seen pic.twitter.com/zat9nScB9L

— Ansh Shah (@asmemesss) May 30, 2025