Gujarat Titans (GT) will look at their impeccable home record against Mumbai Indians (MI) as the two sides meet in an Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 match at Narendra Modi Stadium here on Saturday.
Titans have performed better in their three matches in Ahmedabad in the last two sessions.
Both teams get into stability after stumbling in their season’s openers. While MI stuck Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in a distant encounter, Titans decreased in a high scoring game against Punjab Kings at home.
A lot of problems
Initially, it seems that MI has created its own problem in its batting department.
The five-time IPL champion has a top-order batsman of the five elite-Rohit Sharma, Ryan Reclon, Will Jack, Tilak Verma and Suryakumar Yadav-in their ranks, but have not yet been looking for a way to maximize their abilities, as viewed by a meak batting performance in Chennai.
On Saturday, the Mi Skipper will also welcome Hardik Pandya, who missed against CSK due to an over-per-match ban.
The eyes will also be on the young left -arm wrist spinner Vignesh Puthur, who impressed with three wickets on his IPL debut against CSK. , Photo Credit: Ragu R / The Hindu
The eyes will also be on the young left -arm wrist spinner Vignesh Puthur, who impressed with three wickets on his IPL debut against CSK. , Photo Credit: Ragu R / The Hindu
Pandya, who captained Titans in the IPL 2022 title and IPL 2023 finals, is likely to change wicket-keeper Batter Robin Minz and donate the role of Finisher.
MI will hop that the experienced Kiwi pair of Trent Balt and Mitchell Santner will get bowling responsibilities in the absence of Jaspreet Bumrah.
The eyes will also be on the young left -arm wrist spinner Vignesh Puthur, who impressed with three wickets on his IPL debut against CSK.
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For GT, concerns will be centered around its bowling attack. New-Bharti Passer Mohammad Siraj and Kagiso Rabada came to a crotper against Punjab Kings, while usually reliable Rashid Khan scored 48 runs in four overs against Shreyas Iyer & Co..
Left-arm spinner r. Sai Kishore, who posted three figures for 30, was the only bright place among the Titans bowlers, as he accepted his highest clan at home.
Sai Kishore celebrated one wicket in an IPL 2025 match between Titans and Punjab Kings of Gujarat at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Gujarat. , Photo Credit: Vijay Sonji/The Hindu
Sai Kishore celebrated one wicket in an IPL 2025 match between Titans and Punjab Kings of Gujarat at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Gujarat. , Photo Credit: Vijay Sonji/The Hindu
In addition, the spotlight will have a middle order of GT, which failed to capitalize on the platform installed by its top three in a long chase against the Kings.
Mumbai Indians will target these weaknesses as they are guns to end their winning run in Ahmedabad.
