As MI will contest with GT for the eliminator and the winner will procced to face PBKS in Qualifier 2 at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Sunday, June 1 to be in the final clash agaisnt RCB for the IPL 2025 title win. India’s star player Ashwin believes that the five-time champions, MI are likely the only team capable of defeating RCB in the final. He believes the stars are in perfect position for Virat Kohli to lift his first IPL trophy. Just once throughout the league stage of IPL 2025 did these teams play, with RCB winning against Mumbai Indians in a close game at the Wankhede Stadium.
Ravichandran Ashwin’s Statement
“If RCB have to win the IPL, then Gujarat Titans should win against Mumbai Indians. MI are one team that you cannot allow to enter the final, you have to stop them at any cost,” Ashwin said on his YouTube channel ‘Ash Ki Baat’ while analysing Qualifier 1 between Punjab Kings and RCB.
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“RCB will keep their fingers crossed to not have Mumbai Indians in the final. Mumbai Indians is the only team that has some chance against RCB. It looks like RCB are going the distance, but it is cricket; anything can happen. If I were RCB, my best finalist team would be Gujarat Titans. If I was RCB, I would want to face Gujarat Titans,” he added.
MI’s Dominance In IPL Finals
MI haved finished as Champions more than any other team and especially in the final matches. From 2010 to 2020 they have reached six IPL finals and won five times except one, making their win/loss ratio in those matches 5.000. They lost just once in the first round, but have won many times under pressure since then. In the finals, they yielded less than an entire wicket every 21 runs and scored almost eight runs during every over. That 202 they once scored in a final shows that their batting lineup is deep and powerful on the most important day of the IPL.
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