The Mumbai Indians, led by Hardik Pandya, might have eked out a 20-run win over Gujarat Titans in the IPL 2025 Eliminator on Friday in Mullanpur, but the five-time champions would be among the first ones to accept that they were in one hell of a fight for a place in Qualifier 2 against Punjab Kings.

Gujarat Titans tried their best to chase down 229, and for the bulk of the contest, the 2022 champions were in with more than a decent chance to upset MI.

Despite losing Shubman Gill in the opening over of their chase, Gujarat Titans were up with the asking run rate as Sai Sudharsan (80) and Washington Sundar (48) put on 84 runs for the third wicket.

When Sundar and Sudharsan were going strong at the crease, Mumbai Indians head coach Mahela Jayawardene and, in fact, the entire dugout appeared worried, constantly sending out instructions to the entire team, including Jasprit Bumrah at the boundary line.

Jayawardene, accompanied by MI batting coach Kieron Pollard, tried to get in Bumrah's ears, but it turns out the pacer was in no mood to listen to the former Sri Lankan World Cup-winning batter. As soon as Jayawardene said a few things, Bumrah was seen asking the coach to calm down and take it easy, seemingly refusing to listen to anything he had to say.

When the incident happened, Jatin Sapru, who was on the Hindi broadcast at that time, said, "Bumrah is basically saying 'Relax, I know my job well. I am here. You stay calm and just give me a chance." It must be mentioned that Bumrah made the same gestures while he was interacting with skipper Hardik Pandya when Gujarat Titans were going hell for leather in the chase.

In the end, the contest boiled down to Bumrah and his brilliance to take Mumbai Indians over the line. Hardik brought Bumrah on for his third over and the 14th of the Gujarat Titans' chase as Mumbai Indians desperately searched for a breakthrough.

The pacer did not disappoint and produced a pitch-perfect yorker to rattle the stumps of Washington Sundar. Bumrah's celebration made it clear how crucial the wicket was.

Sudharsan lost his wicket soon after, and in the end, Gujarat Titans stumbled to a 20-run loss and crashed out of the IPL 2025 season.

'Bumrah is ridiculous'

In a contest where more than 430 runs were scored, Bumrah emerged as the standout bowler as he returned with a spell of 1/27 from his quota of four overs.

Former Australia all-rounder Tom Moody hailed Bumrah, saying no other pacer in the world comes close to his skills currently.

Speaking on ESPNCricinfo 'TimeOut', Moody said, "The 24 balls he bowls is such a threat. It is not impossible, but it is so difficult to get big overs against him. You are really playing 20 overs versus 16. He is so far ahead of the rest, it is ridiculous."

"With Bumrah, he's got that genuine wicket-taking ability. He's pure class. The yorker he bowled, you just cannot bowl a better ball than that. That is the absolute perfect leg-stump yorker that has gone between Sundar's legs.

To a batter that is in and set, you quite often see that with a new batter, but this is a batter that is in. He's going at 200 strike rate," he added.

Bumrah has taken 18 wickets thus far in the ongoing IPL 2025 season and has been the standout bowler for Mumbai Indians.