GT vs MI IPL 2023’s 35th Match: Top Highlights and Key Takeaways

Summary of the Match:

• MI won the toss and opted to field
• GT won the match with a huge difference of 55 runs
• GT climbed to 2nd position on the points table
• GT scored 207 runs in 20 overs by losing 6 wickets
• MI scored 152 runs in 20 overs by losing 9 wickets
• Shubman Gill scored 17th half century by scoring 56 runs
• MI's Piyush Chawla took 2 wickets
• GT's Noor Ahmad took 3 wickets and Mohit Sharma took 2 wickets

GT vs MI Match Highlights
The 35th match of IPL 2023 played between Gujarat Titans vs Mumbai Indians at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad. MI won the toss and opted to field. While GT batting first, Team scored 207 runs in 20 overs by losing 6 wickets. In return MI scored 152 runs in 20 overs by losing 9 wickets and lost to GT for 55 runs.

With today's victory GT climbed to 2nd position on the points table.

In the powerplay GT scored 50 runs by losing one wicket of Saha. Shubman Gill scored 17th half century by scoring 56 runs for 34 bowls. Shubman's score included seven boundaries and one sixer.

In the middle order, Miller - Manohar played in a good partnership and scored 71 runs for 35 bowls and took the Team score to 150. Miller scored 46 runs while Manohar scored 42 runs.

MI's Piyush Chawla took 2 wickets.

Chasing 208 runs MI start was a bit slow. In the starting six overs, Team could score only 29 runs that too on the loss of one wicket. No player from MI could play a big inning. Cameron Green scored 33 runs for 26 bowls and returned to the pavilion. Ishan Kishan scored 13 runs for 21 bowls. Nehal Wadhera scored 40 runs for 21 bowls. 

GT's Noor Ahmad took 3 wickets and Mohit Sharma took 2 wickets.

Brief History of GT vs MI Teams
Gujarat Titans was founded in 2021 and owned by CVC Capital Partners. They won the IPL Title in their inaugural season. Mumbai Indians was founded in 2008 and currently owned by India's biggest conglomerate, Reliance Industries. Both the Team are strong and consistent performers in the IPL seasons. In this season also both the Teams are doing well.

Current Team Standings and Player Analysis
As of IPL 2023, GT is captained by Hardik Pandya. The Team is a very good combination of the batters and bowlers and the in-home players and overseas players. Batters like David Miller, Shubman Gill and bowlers Mohammad Shami and Rashid Khan are the key performers of the Team. MI is captained by Rohit Sharma. Being the most successful IPL Team and five Teams title winner, MI is most stable with good players combination. Cameron Green, Piyush Chawla, Behrendorff, Meredith, Tilak Varma are few names.

Venue and Pitch Conditions for RCB vs RR Game
GT vs MI match will be held at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad. The pitch is batting friendly and have been providing too much support to the batters in this season. The average first innings score in the last five T20 games at this venue has been 185 runs.

GT vs MI Head-to-Head Record
There is no long rivalry record between the two teams as they have faced each other only once in the past. The match played was in the favor of MI.

Predictions and Expectations for GT vs MI
GT and MI have faced each other only once where MI won the match with the close margin of just 5 runs. In this season out of the six matches played, GT has won four times while MI took the victory over the three matches. However, for today’s match prediction would say that the chasers will win the match.

Playing XI's
GT's Playing XI: Hardik Pandya(c), Shubman Gill, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Vijay Shankar, Abhinav Manohar, Rahul Tewatia, Mohammed Shami, David Miller, Rashid Khan, Mohit Sharma, Noor Ahmad
Impact Players: Joshua Little, Dasun Shanaka, Shivam Mavi, Sai Kishore, KS Bharat

MI Playing XI: Rohit Sharma(c), Ishan Kishan(wk), Cameron Green, Suryakumar Yadav, Tim David, Nehal Wadhera, Riley Meredith, Arjun Tendulkar, Kumar Kartikeya, Piyush Chawla, Jason
Impact Players: Ramandeep Singh, Tilak Varma, Shams Mulani, Vishnu Vinod, Sandeep Warrier