(Cricket news) Mumbai Indians have chased down 200 in their last three games while the other are Gujarat Titans, have restricted their last three opponents to 130, 118, and 171. This is a battle between Mumbai’s explosive batters and Titans’ bowlers. MI chased down 200 inside 17 overs against Royal Challengers Bangalore as they were inspired by Suryakumar Yadav’s return to form and the emergence of Nehal Wadhera who has expertly covered for Tilak Varma’s injury. The Australian duo of Tim David and Cameron Green are also chipping in with high-impact cameos.
Gujarat Titans possess one of the most lethal bowling attacks which is spearheaded by Mohammed Shami and Rashid Khan as both sit jointly atop of the highest wicket-takers this season with 19 wickets each. Shami has troubled batters with the new ball as Hardik Pandya gives him good support from the other end. Rashid gets his support from the find of the tournament in Afghan wrist spinner Noor Ahmad, as the two wrist spinners chip away in the middle overs. A win will guarantee a top two finish for the Titans while Mumbai Indians who moved from No. 8 into the top four with their win against RCB, can’t afford any more slip ups
Mumbai Indians
Tilak Varma is set to come back into the team after a slight niggle as they will use the same strategy of using Akash Madhwal as their impact player if they are chasing, Mumbai are likely to stick with the same team, only Tilak Verma comes into the playing XI.
Mumbai Indians (probable XII): 1 Rohit Sharma (capt), 2 Ishan Kishan (wk), 3 Suryakumar Yadav, 4 Tilak Varma, 5 Cameron Green, 6 Nehal Wadhera, 7 Tim David, 8 Chris Jordan, 9 Piyush Chawla, 10 Jason Behrendorff, 11 Kumar Kartikeya, 12 Akash Madhwal
Gujarat Titans
Titans are going to stick with their winning combination as Alzarri Joseph continues in Josh Little’s absence. Mohit Sharma will be used as an impact player instead of Shubman Gill or vice versa.
Gujarat Titans (probable XII): 1 Shubman Gill, 2 Wriddhiman Saha (wk), 3 Hardik Pandya (capt), 4 Vijay Shankar, 5 David Miller, 6 Abhinav Manohar, 7 Rahul Tewatia, 8 Rashid Khan, 9 Alzarri Joseph, 10 Noor Ahmad, 11 Mohammed Shami, 12 Mohit Sharma
