Gujarat Titans are left with an harm worry ahead of their essential clash in opposition to Mumbai Indians on Friday (May 26). Both groups will likely be locking horns in opposition to one another within the Qualifier 2 of IPL 2023 on the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
While GT misplaced to Chennai Super Kings by 15 runs within the first qualifier, MI surprised Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) by 81 runs. With a spot within the last at stake, each groups would need all their gamers within the squad to be obtainable and harm free. However, the identical isn’t the case with the defending champions with one of their pacers, Darshan Nalkande, hobbling after bowling his spell in opposition to CSK.
Nalkande performed his first match of IPL 2023 within the first qualifier and conceded 44 runs whereas selecting up the wicket of Ajinkya Rahane. His day would’ve been a lot better had he not overstepped in his very first over of the match. He had dismissed Ruturaj Gaikwad but it surely was known as a no-ball after he had crossed the road. Things weren’t the identical for him in the remainder of the match with CSK batters taking the assault to him.
Meanwhile, since Nalkande hobbled after finish of his spell within the earlier recreation, GT will likely be fretting on his health. There isn’t any replace as of now on his health and it stays to be seen if the the Titans are compelled to make a change to their taking part in XI.
In that case, Yash Dayal would possibly come into the competition and even Josh Little might be introduced again. However, then Dasun Shanaka might be dropped to accomodate solely 4 abroad gamers within the line-up.
Gujarat Titans Squad: Wriddhiman Saha(w), Shubman Gill, Hardik Pandya(c), Vijay Shankar, David Miller, Dasun Shanaka, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Darshan Nalkande, Noor Ahmad, Mohammed Shami, Mohit Sharma, Sai Sudharsan, Srikar Bharat, Jayant Yadav, Shivam Mavi, Joshua Little, Pradeep Sangwan, Matthew Wade, Abhinav Manohar, Odean Smith, Alzarri Joseph, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Urvil Patel, Yash Dayal
