Match number 57 of IPL 2023 will see the most successful team in the history of the competition taking on the defending champions. The Mumbai Indians host the Gujarat Titans at the Wankhede today.
This will be the reverse fixture of this clash this season. In the first match between these two teams, GT beat MI by a big margin.
The match will see GT captain Hardik Pandya go up against his former franchise.
TimesofIndia.com here takes a look at all the big details that you should know for this blockbuster clash on Friday:
What: IPL 2023 Match 57
Teams: Mumbai Indians and Gujarat Titans
When: May 12, Friday - 7:30 PM IST start. Toss at 7 PM IST
Where: Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Head to head of these two teams from IPL 2022: These two teams played each other once last season and MI won the game by 5 runs
Overall Head to Head:
Played: 2
Won by GT: 1
Won by MI: 1
Where the two teams finished last season: Mumbai Indians finished 10th, while the Gujarat Titans finished first after the league stage and then went on to win the title
Win-Loss record of the two teams in IPL 2022 (league stage):
Mumbai Indians - Played - 14, Won - 4, Lost - 10, Points - 8
Gujarat Titans - Played - 14, Won - 10, Lost - 4, Points - 20
Win-Loss record for both teams in IPL 2023 (Last 5 matches - last match mentioned last):
Mumbai Indians: L, W, W, L, W
Gujarat Titans: W, W, L, W, W
Captains:
Mumbai Indians - Rohit Sharma
Gujarat Titans - Hardik Pandya
1/10:MI vs GT IPL 2023: Upbeat Mumbai to take on Gujarat's might in vital clash
2/10:MI likely to be tested against GT
<p>An upbeat Mumbai Indians are likely to be tested to the hilt by table-toppers and defending champions Gujarat Titans in a vital Indian Premier League (IPL) match in Mumbai on Friday.<br /></p>PTI
3/10:MI look promising
<p>For the first time in this IPL, five-time winners MI have looked promising as they rose to the third spot in the points table with a six-wicket thumping of Royal Challengers Bangalore on Tuesday.<br /></p>ANI
4/10:MI's batting on a roll
<p>The manner in which MI thrashed RCB -- chasing 200 inside 17 overs -- highlighted once again how successful their batting has been, even though for the second consecutive game they reshuffled the order in a bid to push their net run rate.<br /></p>IANS
5/10:MI on top despite Rohit's lean patch
<p>Despite their best batter and captain Rohit Sharma enduring a lean patch with five single-digit scores on the trot, MI's batting has been nearly unstoppable at the Wankhede Stadium as they successfully chased a target of 200 or above twice in three attempts.<br /></p>ANI
6/10:MI bowlers need to buckle up
<p>However, the issue for MI this year is not restricted to Rohit's form or the absence of Jasprit Bumrah or Jofra Archer, but their bowling which has conceded four consecutive totals above 200, and nearly did so versus RCB again.<br /></p>PTI
7/10:Suryakumar, Nehal shine for MI
<p>Suryakumar Yadav's 35-ball 83 and Nehal Wadhera's second fifty of the season handed MI a commanding win over RCB, but the hosts would know that they cannot afford any slip up against the mighty GT, who are sitting pretty at the top, largely unchallenged.<br /></p>PTI
8/10:Will Tilak Varma be fit for GT clash?
<p>Suryakumar's return to form is the biggest positive for MI, for whom the likes of Ishan Kishan, Cameron Green, Tim David and Tilak Varma have done the bulk of the scoring. It remains to be seen if Varma is fit for the contest on Friday.<br /></p>AFP
9/10:MI batters need to tackle Rashid and Noor
<p>The contest could, however, depend a lot on how MI's free-flowing batters go against eight overs of spin from Rashid Khan and Noor Ahmad, who has thrived in the company of the senior Afghan.<br /></p>AP
10/10:GT on the brink of making it to the playoffs
<p>With eight wins in 11 matches, GT are on the brink of making it to the playoffs and be the first team to do so.<br /><br /><br /></p>AFPLikely Playing XIs:
Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma (C), Ishan Kishan (WK), Cameron Green, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma/Tristan Stubbs, Tim David, Nehal Wadhera, Chris Jordan, Kumar Kartikeya, Piyush Chawla, Akash Madhwa
Gujarat Titans: Wriddhiman Saha (WK), Shubman Gill, Hardik Pandya (C), Vijay Shankar, David Miller, Abhinav Manohar, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Noor Ahmad, Mohit Sarma, Mohammad Shami
Full squads:
Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma (C), Ishan Kishan (WK), Cameron Green, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Tim David, Nehal Wadhera, Arjun Tendulkar, Hrithik Shokeen, Piyush Chawla, Jason Behrendorff, Riley Meredith, Ramandeep Singh, Kumar Kartikeya, Shams Mulani, Vishnu Vinod, Duan Jansen, Sandeep Warrier, Jofra Archer, Akash Madhwal, Arshad Khan, Tristan Stubbs, Dewald Brevis, Raghav Goyal
Gujarat Titans: Hardik Pandya (C), Shubman Gill, David Miller, Abhinav Manohar, Sai Sudharsan, Wriddhiman Saha, Mohit Sharma, KS Bharat, Matthew Wade, Rashid Khan, Odean Smith, Rahul Tewatia, Vijay Shankar, Mohammed Shami, Alzarri Joseph, Yash Dayal, Pradeep Sangwan, Darshan Nalkande, Jayant Yadav, R. Sai Kishore, Noor Ahmad, Shivam Mavi, Urvil Patel, Joshua Little.
Weather Forecast for Mumbai on May 12:
Maximum Temperature: 36 degrees celsius
Minimum Temperature: 29 degrees celsius
Clear skies in the evening. Humid
Wind: 13 kmph
CloudCover: 33 %
Chances of rain: 0%
Stadium Capacity: 33,108
Pitch: Good batting track. High scoring game possible. Pacers will get some assistance in movement under lights. Average first innings score here is around 194. Chasing is the better option. Expect the captain winning the toss to field first
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New Rules:
Impact Player: Both captains will have a list of upto 5 substitutes. 1 of them can be called in as the Impact Player to bat and bowl.
Name Playing XI after the toss: Both captains will be allowed to pick a playing XI they have pre-decided depending on the outcome of the toss. Teams could be prepared with two slightly different XIs, if they choose to do so. The team sheets will be exchanged after the toss.
