An incident involving Hardik Pandya and Shubman Gill during the toss of the IPL 2025 Eliminator clash between Mumbai Indians (MI) and Gujarat Titans (GT) caught the attention of fans.
This is the first time in two seasons that both captains have managed to lead their respective teams to the playoffs since Hardik parted ways with GT ahead of the 2024 season.
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At the toss on Friday evening in Mullanpur, Gill appeared to ignore a handshake from Hardik after MI had won the toss and opted to bat first in the knockout game.
Fans quickly took notice of it and began speculating on a potential rift between the current and former GT skippers. See how they reacted to the incident in New Chandigarh.
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Fans react: Did Shubman Gill ignore Hardik Pandya at toss?
It is not clear if there is any tension between the former GT and current India teammates. However, fans took notice of the apparent snub by Gill.
Previously, there have been rumours of rifts between the duo after Gill was named as the Indian ODI team's vice-captain over Hardik, ahead of the Champions Trophy earlier this year.
Ego Clash? Thoughts?...#MIvsGT pic.twitter.com/3kxIGyxGyF
— U’ (@18toxify) May 30, 2025
It could also simply be a case of the two skippers mistiming their gesture for a handshake.
Whatever the case, both captains will hope to guide their teams to a win and through to Qualifier 2, where the winner will face the Punjab Kings.
No shake hands between hardik and gill 🤣🤣🤣
— AB. (@LongOff_) May 30, 2025
Is there some tension between Gill and Hardik? Bit of iciness and severe lack of chemistry between the two
— Ebuka (@iamsportsgeek) May 30, 2025
Gill did not shake hand with Hardik as Hardik try to shake hand with gill after toss but he ignored him😳😳
— Imsajal45 (@Sajalsinha0264) May 30, 2025