R Ashwin makes an interesting remark on MI’s luck in IPL 2025

Following the victory against GT, R Ashwin draws a curious 2018 parallel, saying, ‘Have to find out how MI get so lucky.’

Recently, R Ashwin made an interesting remark on Mumbai Indians’ (MI) ‘luck’ after its win against Gujarat Titans (GT) in IPL 2025. He commented on MI’s luck after their eliminator win over GT on Saturday in Mullanpur.

R Ashwin made an interesting observation about MI’s luck.

R Ashwin made an interesting observation about MI’s lucky reprieves in the Eliminator match. The spinner drew parallels from his own experience facing MI during a 2018 match to illustrate his point. He said, “Prasidh Krishna was after the Purple Cap. The way he was bowling today, he would’ve gone to another level in the Eliminator. He was clocking 150kph. There was one over where Jonny Bairstow smashed him for 26 runs, but in that over, he tried to get his wicket in 2-3 balls. It was an incisive over, but he couldn’t get the wicket. And after that, the game went for the worse.” He added, “He dropped a catch. Then, Kusal Mendis dropped a catch off Siraj’s bowling. Then, Rohit was unstoppable. It looked like a hand of god was with Rohit Sharma. He had the luck, but he capitalised on the chances.”

R Ashwin recalls a match from 2018 in IPL.

He said, “I’ve seen one thing against Mumbai Indians every time. In 2018, I was leading Punjab against MI. They were 80-odd for five wickets in 13 overs. They weren’t anywhere in the game. Suddenly, the floodlights lost current, and we had a 20-minute break. And when the game resumed, Kieron Pollard went ballistic, and they went to smash around 180-200 runs.” He added that MI “always get lucky.” He continued, “Of course, you earn your luck. But MI always get lucky. We have to find out how they’re getting so lucky.”