Mumbai Indians will face Gujarat Titans in the second match of the 17th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) to be played on Sunday. The match between the two teams will start at 7.30 pm at Narendra Modi Stadium. Mumbai Indians will be captained by Hardik Pandya, while Gujarat Titans will be captained by Shubman Gill.
Mumbai Indians team is one of the most successful teams of IPL. The team has won the tournament title 5 times. Mumbai will play IPL match for the first time under the captaincy of Hardik. Hardik was earlier the captain of Gujarat Titans. He played 2 seasons with the team and made the finals both times. The team became champion in 2022 and runner-up in 2023. Now the team is going to play the tournament for the first time under the captaincy of Shubman Gill.
Let us tell you that 4 matches were played between the two teams in IPL. Out of which Mumbai won in 2 and Gujarat won in 2 only. Mumbai has lost both the matches against Gujarat in Ahmedabad. Gujarat has won 6 out of 10 matches on home ground. The pitch of Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad is favorable for batsmen. The bowlers get very little help here. So far 27 IPL matches have been played in Ahmedabad. 13 were won by the team batting first and 14 were won by the team chasing.
Mumbai Indians: Hardik Pandya (captain), Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Tilak Verma, Nehal Ujjira, Tim David, Mohammad Nabi/Romario Shepherd, Piyush Chawla, Gerald Coetzee, Jasprit Bumrah and Nuwan Thushara.
Gujarat Titans: Shubman Gill (captain), Wriddhiman Saha, Sai Sudarshan, Azatmullah Omarzai, David Miller, Shahrukh Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Umesh Yadav, Mohit Sharma and Spencer Johnson.