Rahul Tiwari
khelja|28-03-2025
The second week of IPL 2025 continues. The 9th of this season will be played on Saturday 29 March at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. During this time there will be a competition between the hosts Gujarat Titans and Mumbai Indians. Both teams have played their opener, where they had to face defeat. The Gujarat team captained by Shubman Gill lost at their home by 11 runs against Punjab Kings. At the same time, when Hardik Pandya was not there in the first match, Mumbai lost under the captaincy of Suryakumar Yadav in Chepock against Chennai Super Kings. Now both teams are going to get down to play in their second match, where they will be looking for the first win of the season. In such a situation, which team looks stronger and who can win? Let's know.
Talking about the head-to-head record between Gujarat Titans and Mumbai Indians, the pan of Gujarat looks heavy in it. The two teams have won 5 times in the IPL so far, in which Gujarat won 3 times. At the same time, Mumbai team won 2. Last season, only one match was played between GT and Mi, in which Gujarat won the match by 6 runs. At the same time, in the 3 matches held in the season of IPL 2023, Gujarat defeated Mumbai 2 times. During this time, he also defeated Mumbai in a qualifier match.
GT's biggest score- 233 runs
GT's shortest score- 168 runs
Mi's biggest score- 218 runs
Mi's shortest score- 152 runs
Talking about the records of Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, 36 matches of IPL have been played here so far. In this ground,
First batting team 15 matches (42 %) Live
First bowling team 21 matches (58 %) Live
Biggest score 243 runs, Punjab Kings against Gujarat Titans (2025)
Smallest score 89, Gujarat Titans against Delhi Capitals (2024)
The biggest successful runchase 207/7, Kolkata Knight Riders against Gujarat Titans (2023)
Talking about the pitch of Ahmedabad, there have been many high scoring matches here in the last two seasons. In the first match played here this season, both innings were fiercely run. While Punjab Kings scored 243 runs, the Gujarat team also hit 232 runs and reached close to victory. At the same time, there was not much change in the pitch as the game proceeded. That is, this pitch is being very good for batting in both innings. Therefore, chasing the target in the world's largest cricket stadium can prove to be a good decision. The records of IPL also tell that the batting in the second innings on this ground gets more success.
Possible playing-11
Gujarat Titans: Shubman Gill, Sai Sudarshan, Jose Butler, Rahul Tewatia, Shah Rukh Khan, Sai Kishore, Arshad Khan, Rashid Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Mohammad Siraj and famous Krishna.
Mumbai Indians: Hardik Pandya (captain), Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Robin Minj, Ryan Ricelton (wicketkeeper), Tilak Verma, Naman Dhir, Will Jacks, Mitchell Santner, Trent Bolt, Deepak Chahar.