Sport can be cruel. How else can one explain the contrasting emotions of Gujarat Titans and Mumbai Indians fans following a high-voltage IPL 2025 Eliminator clash in Chandigarh on Friday? GT, one of the most consistent teams of the league stage, suffered a late slump into the season and ultimately crashed out of the playoffs after a defeat to MI, a team that gained momentum after a disastrous start to their campaign. MI will now face Punjab Kings for a chance to battle Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the IPL 2025 final next week. While there was ecstasy in the MI camp following Friday night’s result, agony ran deep in the GT camp. For GT head coach Ashish Nehra’s daughter, the defeat brought immense pain; she broke down in tears and was consoled by the franchise captain Shubman Gill’s sister. Nehra’s older son looked heartbroken, even while trying to put on a brave face while trying to console a younger member of the GT camp who was inconsolable. Nehra ka Beta bada hoke humse badla lega 🤣🤣#MIvsGT pic.twitter.com/2j8Z17Hxx1 — WTF Cricket (@CricketWtf) May 30, 2025 Chasing a mammoth target of 229, the Titans finished at 208/6, losing by 20 runs as their IPL 2025 campaign came to an end. While GT must review what went wrong towards the end of their campaign, the franchise must take pride in how they performed through the majority of the season. At one stage, they were leading the race to finish at the top of the points table but back-to-back defeats in their final two league matches meant they finished third and had to face five-time IPL champions MI in the eliminator clash. GT did commit plenty of mistakes at the start of the contest dropping Rohit Sharma twice and the MI veteran responded with a match-winning innings – 81 off 50. Overall, they dropped as many as three regulation catches including that of Suryakumar Yadav when he was on 25.