MI captain Hardik Pandya took to Instagram to react to GT captain Shubman Gill's Instagram Story dismissing rumours of a rift between them. "Always shubhu baby," Hardik wrote. "Nothing but love (Don’t believe everything you see on the internet)," Gill had written. Fans had speculated a rift after a video showed them skipping handshake following toss in IPL 2025 Eliminator.