Rohit Sharma, the captain of Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to bowl first against the Gujarat Titans at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. After winning 3 in a row, Mumbai lost a close game against the Punjab Kings in a last over thriller. On the other hand, Gujarat Titans escaped against the Lucknow Super Giants. They pulled victory from the jaws of defeat by defending 12 in the last over.
Thus this promises to be a nail-biting contest. Jofra Archer after returning for the last match is again ruled out of this one. Riley Meredith replaces the Englishman.
Why is Jofra Archer not playing today?
Rohit Sharma mentioned at the toss that the Archer is not well. Hence he is replaced by Riley Meredith in the playing 11. Jofra Archer went for 42 runs in his 4 overs in the last match against the Punjab Kings. Meanwhile, Meredith looks in great form.
What did the captains say at the toss?
Hardik Pandya: It (pitch) looks good, looks watery. It has been a belter though. The way we fought back, the last game we won but LSG dominated for 36 overs. Credit to the boys the way we came back. We showed what is never give up. Luck was on our side. We are playing the same team. Josh Little comes back for someone, that’s it.
Rohit Sharma: We are gonna bowl first. We saw the pitch, it was hard. They put a lot of water there. Want to make best use of the conditions. Start well early on and see where the game is heading. Games like that happen, we made some errors and we accepted that. It’s important how you come back from that situation, that’s critical. We had a good chat and hopefully we can turn things around. We’ve got 2 changes – Hrithik Shokeen misses out from the last game. Kumar Kartikeya is going to play. Jofra is not well. Riley is back.
Playing XI
Gujarat Titans (Playing XI): Wriddhiman Saha(w), Shubman Gill, Hardik Pandya(c), Vijay Shankar, David Miller, Abhinav Manohar, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Mohammed Shami, Noor Ahmad, Mohit Sharma
Mumbai Indians (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma(c), Ishan Kishan(w), Cameron Green, Suryakumar Yadav, Tim David, Nehal Wadhera, Kumar Kartikeya, Arjun Tendulkar, Riley Meredith, Piyush Chawla, Jason Behrendorff
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