Shubman Gill batted well for MISachin Tendulkar's cheeky tweet after Mumbai make it to IPL 2023 play-offs

By India Today Sports DeskMumbai Indians reached the playoffs of the Indian Premier League 2023 after Shubman Gill scored a sensational century against Royal Challengers Bangalore on Sunday, 21 May.

RCB vs GT, IPL 2023Highlights

Gill’s unbeaten 104 off 52 balls guided Gujarat to a 6-wicket win over RCB in the final match of the group stage in this year’s competition. RCB’s loss meant that Mumbai Indians claimed the final spot in the play-offs having beaten SunRisers Hyderabad earlier in the day.

Legendary India player and former MI captain Sachin Tendulkar lauded Gill and cheekily tweeted that he played a great inning for MI. “Cameron Green and Shubman Gill batted well for Mumbai Indians. Amazing innings by Virat Kohli too to score back-to-back 100s. They all had their methods and were in a class of their own. So happy to see MI in the playoffs. Go Mumbai,” Sachin wrote on Twitter.

.@CameronGreen_ & @ShubmanGill batted well for @mipaltan. ??

Amazing innings by @imVkohli too to score back-to-back 100’s. They all had their methods & were in the class of their own.

So happy to see MI in the playoffs. Go Mumbai. ?? #AalaRe #MumbaiMeriJaan #IPL2023 pic.twitter.com/D5iYacNEqc — Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) May 21, 2023

Gill’s innings was sensational on a pitch where other batters took their time to frame innings. RCB pushed GT with back-to-back wickets in the final 6 overs of the game, but a calm, level-headed Shubman Gill pulled off the 198-run chase with five balls remaining. Mumbai qualified for the final play-offs spot with 16 points to their name from 14 matches.

They will now face Lucknow Super Giants in the eliminator of the IPL 2023 at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. MI would gain strength from the fact that this is their first IPL play-off since winning the title in 2020. The MI batting has started to click finally at the end of the season. On Sunday, Cameron Green ran the show with a tremendous century off 47 balls, the fastest by an MI player in the IPL. Rohit Sharma and Suryakumar Yadav also did well in the game. MI will play their match vs LSG on Wednesday, 24 May.