GT vs MI tip-off XI: (L-R) Arjun Tendulkar, Riley Meredith and Sai Sudharsan. (PTI) IPL 2023: Defending champions Gujarat Titans will take on five-time champions Mumbai Indians at the Narendra Modi Cricket Stadium in Ahmedabad.
Mumbai Indians’ three-game winning streak snapped after a loss to Punjab Kings. Mumbai were let down by their death over bowling as they conceded 96 runs in the final five overs to allow PBKS to post 214 for 8, and they will have to sort out their bowling ahead of the GT clash.
Things are not going to be any easier for the MI batters as the Titans too possess a strong bowling attack. Criticised for not being able to defend totals this season, Titans showed how to do it with a master class at the death overs to strangle Lucknow Super Giants’ chase in their previous match.
Ahead of the mouth-watering clash between GT and MI, here are tip-off XI.
Arjun Tendulkar to get dropped
It is highly unlikely that Arjun Tendulkar will get a match after his dismal outing against Punjab Kings. The left-arm pacer got the wicket Prabhsimran Singh with an inch-perfect yorker but he conceded 31 runs in the 16th over and with that over he bowled the second most expensive over by a Mumbai Indians bowler in the IPL. Mumbai might rope in all-rounder Ramandeep Singh in the playing XI.
Meredith for Behrendorf
Against Punjab, Jason Behrendorff was also put under the pump as he conceded 41 runs in three overs.The left-arm seamer has picked up six wickets in five games for Mumbai and it would be hard on him to get dropped after just one poor match. He might get replaced by fellow Australian quick Riley Meredith, who has bagged five wickets in three matches so far.
Sai Sudharsan for Vijay Shankar
After scoring a couple of match-winning knocks for Gujarat Titans, southpaw Sai Sudharshan had failed to capitalise on the momentum. He was dropped after a couple of failures. But with match being played in Ahmedabad, where he has scored a brilliant 53 against KKR, he might get a look in at No 3. He will replace all-rounder Vijay Shankar in the playing XI.
Venue Stats
The pitch at Ahmedabad is one for batters with scores of 178, 204 and 177. All have been won by the chasing team.
GT vs MI predicted playing XIs
GT XI: Shubman Gill, Wriddhiman Saha, Sai Sudharshan, Hardik Pandya, Abhinav Manohar, David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Mohammed Shami, Noor Ahmad, Mohit Sharma
Impact player – Jayant Yadav
MI XI: Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Cameron Green, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Tim David, Nehal Wadhera, Jofra Archer, Hritik Shokeen, Piyush Chawla, Riley Meredith
Impact Player – Ramandeep Singh
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