India, May 7 -- Shubman Gill continued his bittersweet relationship with the on-field umpires in IPL 2025. After having a couple of heated arguments during the Gujarat Titans' last game against the Sunrisers Hyderabad, Gill showed dissent at umpire Kaushik Gandhi and refused to bat as the match officials decided to carry on despite a steady drizzle at the Wankhede Stadium. It started raining one over into GT's 156-run chase on Tuesday but umpires Gandhi and Saidarshan Kumar decided to stay on. They deemed the drizzle not heavy enough to go off.

To be fair to the umpires, it wasn't as heavy in the beginning. GT lost their highest run-getter, Sai Sudharsan, in the second over. The rain intensified slightly but the umpires did not ask the p...