IPL 2023 PREVIEW: GT v MI

The Gujarat team, who are the reigning champions, have emerged victorious against all other teams in the Indian Premier League except for one, the Mumbai Indians. During their last encounter, Gujarat failed to score 9 runs in the final over, resulting in a 5-run win for Mumbai thanks to the exceptional bowling skills of Daniel Sams. Today, after an interval of eight years, the Mumbai Indians are scheduled to play at Ahmedabad.

Head to Head

MI - 1, GT - 0

MI at Ahmedabad
Won - 1, Lost - 1

GT's Last 5 matches at Ahmedabad
Won - 3, Lost - 2.

After suffering defeats in their first two matches, the Mumbai Indians made a remarkable comeback by winning three consecutive games in the tournament. In their previous match, the team successfully chased down a target of 215 runs, with both Green and Surya contributing half-centuries. However, their hopes of victory were dashed in the final over by Arshdeep Singh's exceptional bowling skills. Despite possessing a strong batting lineup, the Mumbai Indians are concerned about their bowling attack, as their star player Jofra Archer has failed to perform at his best in this tournament. In addition, Arjun Tendulkar's 31-run over proved to be a game-changing moment, and Jason Behrendroff struggled to contain runs in the death overs despite a solid performance in the powerplay. Mumbai will be hoping for an improved showing from their bowling department in their upcoming match.

Probable XI :

Rohit, Ishan, Green, Surya, Tilak, Tim David, Hritik, Arjun, Chawla, Jofra, Behrendorff/Meredith

The Gujarat Titans, who are the defending champions, have achieved four victories in six games so far. They maintained their winning streak in the last match by successfully defending a total of 135 runs against Lucknow, despite the opposition requiring only 31 runs off 35 balls with nine wickets in hand. However, both of their defeats came at their home venue. Gujarat's batters have displayed the second-best batting average in the season, just behind CSK, with an average of over 32+. Meanwhile, their bowlers have the second-best average in the season, trailing only RR, with all of them averaging over 23. Hardik and his team will aim to secure their fifth victory of the season and climb to the top two positions in the points table with 10 points.

Probable XI :

Saha, Gill, Hardik, V Shankar, Miller, Tewatia, Rashid, Shami, Noor Ahmed, Mohit, Alzarri

Match Ups

Rohit v Shami - 56 runs, 2 outs (117 SR)
Ishan v Shami - 34 runs, 0 out (117 SR)
Surya v Shami - 21 runs, 1 out (150 SR)
David v Shami - 26 runs, 0 out (200 SR)
Rohit v Rashid - 43 runs, 3 outs (148 SR)
Ishan v Rashid - 74 runs, 0 outs (132 SR)
David v Rashid - 54 runs, 0 outs (146 SR)
Rohit v Alzarri - 56 runs, 1 out (233 SR)
Surya v Alzarri - 52 runs, 1 out (236 SR)
Rohit v Mohit - 64 runs, 1 out (126 SR)

Saha v Chawla - 100 runs, 3 outs (164 SR)
Hardik v Chawla - 46 runs, 1 out (219 SR)
Miller v Chawla - 34 runs, 2 out (90 SR)
Gill v Jofra - 9 runs, 2 outs (69 SR)
Hardik v Jofra - 51 runs, 2 outs (111 SR)

Form Update (last 5 innings)

Key players to watch :

Rashid Khan: He is the leading wicket-taker for the Titans.Picked 12 wickets in six games at an average of 16.58 with 8.29 economy. Also, he has dismissed Rohit Twice in last 6 balls of IPL

Cameron Green : Green has looked in good form in the IPL. In his last two outings, he has made half-centuries and also picked 4 wickets in last 3 matches.

Suryakumar Yadav: After failing in Initial matches, Surya got his old rhythm back. He scored 57 off 26 with the SR of 219.23 in previous match and might continue same form today where he left off in the previous match.

Tilak Varma : The 20-year-old batter. He has been leading Runscorer for MI in this tournament and has scored 217 runs in six games at a strike rate of 156.11

Hardik Pandya: He found his form with the bat in the last game, He scored a match winning half century. With the ball he picked only 1 wicket in this tournament but has a Decent eco.rate of 7.00

Mohd Shami : He has picked 12 wickets against MI in Last 8 matches with an average of 22. His spell will be crucial as he takes the new ball against the likes of Rohit Sharma and Ishan Kishan.

Fantasy XI