🏏IPL 2023: Mumbai Indians vs Gujarat Titans, 57th Match 🏏 - Page 3

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Rohit Sharma’s men will be looking to get two points and to boos their play-off chances, and the Titans on the hand, will be trying to cement their place in the top two and keep their away record intact.

Mumbai with the brutal batting display against the Royal Challengers Bangalore became the first team ever to chase down more than 200 thrice in a season. However, despite the batting firing on the cylinders the chink in their armour has been skipper Rohit Sharma’s form. The home crowd will be hoping for some fireworks from the skipper.

Hardik Pandya on the other hand will be looking to show his worth to his former franchise where he was a part of the championship-winning sides. GT has been a well-oiled machine this season in chasing. However, asking them to put on runs on board may be somewhere there lies a weakness. But when the last time these two sides met, Titans thrashed MI by 55 runs.

SKY on song

Suryakumar Yadav smashed a 35-ball 83 and his return to form is the biggest positive for MI, for whom the likes of Ishan Kishan, Cameron Green, Tim David and Tilak Varma have done the bulk of scoring.

A red soil pitch today. 61m and 67m square boundaries while the straight is at 72m. The pitch looks similar to that of the other night against RCB. Little bit of moisture on top of the surface which means there could be a bit of swing, especially in the first 3-4 overs and a hint of turn if the captain is brave enough to go for spin in the powerplay. But this is a beautiful wicket, win the toss, bowl and chase down the target later on. No score is safe at this venue,' reckon Sanjay Manjrekar and Aaron Finch, in their pitch report

Emotional homecoming for Hardik Pandya

Former India cricketer and head coach Ravi Shastri reckons it will be an emotional homecoming for Gujarat Titans' skipper Hardik Pandya who achieved stardom playing at Wankhede but defeating Mumbai Indians here is always tough for visiting teams. "Hardik's homecoming will be emotional. He will play a crucial match against the team at the ground where he rose to stardom. Hardik would like to prove a lot by leading his team to victory. This match will be really interesting as it will not be easy for GT to beat MI at their home and then MI would like to equalize the defeat in Ahmedabad and take a strong step towards the playoffs."

MI looking to settle scores

The opening pair of Shubman Gill and Wriddhiman Saha poses a lot of threat, and GT have a long list of batters who can up the ante in their bid to get to big totals. Hardik and David Miller are firing with the bat, and the dangerous Rahul Tewatia's presence adds more woes for the opposition. In fact, GT are coming off a huge 56-run win over Lucknow Super Giants, having recorded their highest-ever IPL total of 227 for two. With the Wankhede being a haven for batters, GT would draw inspiration from their earlier meeting with MI this season. While recording a comprehensive 55-run win, GT had piled up 207/6 and kept MI to a paltry 152/9.

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Mumbai Indians have mowed down targets of 200 or more in three most-recent chases. On the other are Gujarat Titans have restricted their last three opponents to 130, 118, and 171 after they themselves scored 227. So this is essentially a battle between Mumbai's powerful batters and Titans' wily bowlers

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