Mumbai Indians (MI) will lock horns with Gujarat Titans (GT) within the 57th match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 on the iconic Wankhede Stadium on Friday (Might 12). Notably, MI and GT have confronted one another as soon as within the IPL 2023, the place Gujarat registered a complete 55-run victory in opposition to the Mumbai-based aspect.

So far as the earlier matches of the 2 groups are involved, MI defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) of their final sport, whereas GT registered a win over Lucknow Tremendous Giants (LSG). Suryakumar Yadav was the standout performer for Mumbai within the contest, scoring sensible 83 runs off simply 35 balls for his group. Nehal Wadhera additionally contributed priceless 52 runs within the run chase. Amongst bowlers, Jason Behrendorff picked up three wickets for MI within the first innings.

Then again, the duo of Shubman Gill and Wriddhiman Saha shined for GT of their victory over LSG. Whereas Gill hammered 94 off 51 deliveries, Saha performed a quickfire knock of 81 runs. Medium pacer Mohit Sharma bagged 4 wickets for the profitable group.

MI are at present positioned on the fourth place of the IPL 2023 factors desk and can look to interrupt into the highest three by defeating Gujarat on Friday. Then again, GT are on the high and wish only one win to seal a spot for the playoffs.

Pitch report:

The Wankhede Stadium has quick boundaries and favours the batters. Nevertheless, spinners may come into play as the sport progresses. The dew issue will play a job within the sport as effectively, and a high-scoring match is predicted to happen on the venue.

Possible XIs:

Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma (c), Ishan Kishan (wk), Cameron Inexperienced, Suryakumar Yadav, Tim David, Nehal Wadhera, Chris Jordan, Piyush Chawla, Akash Madhwal, Kumar Kartikeya, Jason Behrendorff

Gujarat Titans: Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Shubman Gill, Hardik Pandya (c), Vijay Shankar, David Miller, Abhinav Manohar, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Mohit Sharma, Noor Ahmad, Mohammed Shami

Head-to-head document

Performed: 02 | MI received: 01 | GT received: 01 | No consequence: 0

Match Prediction:

Case 1:

• MI wins the toss and bowls first
• Powerplay rating: 55-60
• GT whole: 190-200

Case 2:

• GT wins the toss and bowls first
• Powerplay rating: 50-55
• MI whole: 180-190

Crew bowling first to win the competition.