Cricket Match Predictions: Indian Premier League, Mumbai Indians vs Gujarat Titans - 57th Match - May 12
The 57th match of the Indian Premier League, 2023 will take place between Mumbai Indians and Gujarat Titans on the 12th of May, 2023 at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai.
Top Tournament Stats - IPL 2023
Mumbai Indians are currently placed at the 3rd position on points table.
The top run scorer for Mumbai Indians is Suryakumar Yadav with 376 runs to his name.
The top wicket taker for Mumbai Indians is Piyush Chawla with 17 scalps under his belt.
Mumbai Indians are in a superb form currently. They are winning back to back matches and are very much in the playoffs contention.
They defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore in their previous match by 6 wickets. Royal Challengers Bangalore batted first and they posted a total of 199 for 6 in 20 overs. Virat Kohli and Anuj Rawat were dismissed early on in the innings. Faf du Plessis and Glenn Maxwell then smashed the bowlers to all parts of the ground to score 65 and 68 runs respectively. The middle order again failed to capitalise on the start RCB got and they were reduced to a total of 199 for 6 in 20 overs of play.
During the chase, Rohit Sharma lost his wicket in the powerplay overs. Ishan Kishan and Suryakumar Yadav then took the responsibility of taking their team over the line. Kishan smashed 42 in 21 balls while SKY played a match winning innings of 83 in 35 balls to seal the match in favor of Mumbai Indians. Nehal Wadhera provided the winning blow as he finished with 52 runs to his name in 34 balls. Mumbai Indians chased the total down in the 17th over with 6 wickets in hand.
Gujarat Titans Form Guide:
Gujarat Titans are placed at the 1st position on points table.
The top run scorer for Gujarat Titans is Shubman Gill with 469 runs to his name.
The top wicket taker for Gujarat Titans is Mohammad Shami with 19 scalps under his belt.
Gujarat Titans are in a phenomenal form currently. They have beaten Lucknow Super Giants in their previous match by a big margin of 56 runs.
Gujarat Titans batted first and they posted a huge total of 227 for 2 in 20 overs. Wriddhiman Saha and Shubman Gill were simply fantastic right from the word go. Gill made 94 off 51 balls while Saha scored 81 off 43 balls. On the back of these phenomenal knocks, Gujarat Titans reached 227 in 20 overs of play.
During the chase, Kyle Mayers and Quinton de Kock got their team off to a flier. They scored 48 and 70 runs respectively. Once Mayers got out, the run rate dipped down by a great degree. The middle order kept losing wickets in regular succession and Lucknow Super Giants found themselves out of winning contention. They were eventually restricted to 171 for 7, as LSG lost the match by 56 runs.
Let’s have a look at the squads:
Gujarat Titans (GT): Hardik Pandya (C), Rashid Khan, Abhinav Sadarangani, Alzarri Joseph, B. Sai Sudharsan, Darshan Nalkande, David Miller, Jayant Yadav, Matthew Wade, Mohammad Shami, Noor Ahmad, Pradeep Sangwan, R. Sai Kishore, Rahul Tewatia, Shubman Gill, Vijay Shankar, Wriddhiman Saha, Yash Dayal, Mohit Sharma, Joshua Little, Urvil Patel, Shivam Mavi, KS Bharat, Odean Smith, Kane Williamson
Mumbai Indians (MI): Rohit Sharma (C), Suryakumar Yadav, Akash Madhwal, Arjun Tendulkar, Dewald Brevis, Hrithik Shokeen, Ishan Kishan, Jason Behrendorff (T), Jofra Archer, Kumar Kartikeya Singh, Mohd. Arshad Khan, N. Tilak Varma, Ramandeep Singh, Tim David, Tristan Stubbs, Raghav Goyal, Nehal Wadhera, Shams Mulani, Vishnu Vinod, Duan Jansen, Piyush Chawla, Jhye Richardson, Cameron Green
Cricket Match Predictions* - PrePlay
Who will win the toss? – Mumbai Indians
Who will win?- Mumbai Indians
Top Batter (Runs Scored) – Suryakumar Yadav (Mumbai Indians), Hardik Pandya (Gujarat Titans)
Top Bowler (Wickets taken) - Piyush Chawla (Mumbai Indians), Noor Ahmad (Gujarat Titans)
Most Sixes – Suryakumar Yadav (Mumbai Indians), Hardik Pandya (Gujarat Titans)
Player of the Match- Suryakumar Yadav (Mumbai Indians)
Team Scores Batting first - Mumbai Indians 180+, Gujarat Titans 175+
Match Handicap: Mumbai Indians
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*NB these predictions may be changed nearer the start of the match once the final starting teams have been announced and we will be running ‘In-Play’ features, so stay tuned.
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