After more than two months of a long-drawn-out league phase, the future course of Gujarat Titans and Mumbai Indians in the IPL’s 18th edition hinges on how they fare over 40 overs in Friday’s Eliminator at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh Stadium.
While Qualifier 1, by virtue of finishing in the top-two, offers the cushion of faltering once and rising again in the bid to make the final, there are no second chances for teams pitted against each other in the Eliminator. These knockout fixtures invariably carry an added edge, for all the hard yards put in reaching that far can be rendered irrelevant in the blink of an eye.
