Mumbai Indians (MI) tackle desk-toppers Gujarat Titans (GT) within the 57th Indian Premier League 2023 (IPL) match at Wankhede Stadium on Friday, May 12. Mumbai Indians took a giant leap within the factors desk with a surprising six-wicket win over Royal Challengers Bangalore of their final recreation whereas chasing a 200-run goal. Rohit Sharma-led facet is positioned within the fourth place within the factors desk with six wins from 11 matches and a win in opposition to Gujarat will enhance their probabilities for playoff qualification. Tilak Varma is offered for the choice and is anticipated to draft into the taking part in XI if Mumbai Indians bat first on Friday.
Gujarat Titans stretched their result in the highest of the factors desk with a giant 57-run win over Lucknow Super Giants of their final recreation. Shubman Gill smashed 94* and Wriddhiman Saha added 81 off 43 to publish a giant complete of 227/2 after which Mohit Sharma took 4 wickets to limit LSG to only 171/7 complete. Hardik Pandya-led facet comfortably tops the chart with 16 factors from 11 video games and enter this recreation as favorites, having gained the primary-leg fixture in opposition to MI by 55Â runs on April 25.
Match Details
Match:Â IPL 2023, Match 57
Venue:Â Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Time:Â 7:30 PM IST
Broadcast and Live Streaming:Â Star Sports Network and JioCinema
Probable Playing XIs
Mumbai Indians:Â Rohit Sharma(c), Ishan Kishan(wk), Cameron Green, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Tim David, Nehal Wadhera, Chris Jordan, Piyush Chawla, Kumar Kartikeya, Jason Behrendorff, Akash Madhwal (Impact Player)
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, Mohit Sharma (Impact Player)
Pitch and Weather Report
The pitch at Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium presents a batting-pleasant floor with quick boundaries. The common first innings rating right here is 169 runs after 107 IPL matches with groups batting second profitable 58Â video games thus far. However, the venue has witnessed 5 200-plus totals within the final six innings in IPL 2023 so, any complete will not be secure right here on Friday.
There is not any forecast for rain in Mumbai throughout the identical time. Temperature is more likely to hover round 33 diploma Celsius throughout recreation time and will lower to 30 in the direction of the top of recreation time. There is a 0% of probability of rain throughout the match time.
Predictions
Best Batter of the Match: Shubman Gill
The in-kind opener smashed unbeaten 94 off simply 51 with the assistance of 10 fours and 4 sixes in opposition to Lucknow Super Giants within the final recreation. Gill additionally recorded 56 off simply 34 in opposition to Mumbai Indians within the final encounter between the 2 groups final month. He at present leads the scoring chart for Gujarat Titans with 469 runs from 11 innings at a strike fee of 143.42 and is third within the prime-scorers chart in IPL 2023.
Best Bowler of the Match: Piyush Chawla
The veteran Indian spinner didn’t get any wickets in opposition to Royal Challengers Bangalore within the final recreation however has been Mumbai’s finest bowler this season. Chawla was glorious in opposition to Gujarat Titans within the first-leg conflict as he took two wickets and scored 18 off 12. He is competing for the Purple Cap this season with 17 wickets from 11 matches and is just 4 wickets behind chief Yuzvendra Chahal.
Who will win the Match: Gujarat Titans (GT)
