Gujarat Titans win toss for Ahmedabad match, dem choose to bowl first against Mumbai Indians. Black-soil pitch for di game, and potential dew later na why dem make dat decision.
Mumbai Indians, wey dey bottom of di table now, put dia reputation as top scouts for test. Dem hand debut to two players wey never play any senior Twenty20 cricket before. Danish Malewar, 22-year-old batter from Vidarbha, and Krish Bhagat, 21-year-old pace bowler from Punjab, get dia first chance.
Malewar go open batting in place of Ryan Rickelton. Rickelton compatriot, Quinton de Kock, remain MI number one wicketkeeper. Rohit Sharma still no fit to play because of hamstring injury from previous match against Punjab Kings.
For MI changes, Mitchell Santner return to di team and replace Shardul Thakur. Thakur conceed 42 runs for him three overs against PBKS last time.
Gujarat Titans, wey dey look to enter top three with win, stick with same team wey give dem three straight wins. Dem only push Shahrukh Khan into first eleven and make Rahul Tewatia one of dia potential Impact Players.
Mumbai Indians line-up: Danish Malewar, Quinton de Kock (wk), Naman Dhir, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya (capt), Tilak Varma, Sherfane Rutherford, Mitchell Santner, Krish Bhagat, Jasprit Bumrah, AM Ghazanfar. Bench players na Raj Bawa, Ashwani Kumar, Corbin Bosch, Mayank Rawat, Raghu Sharma.
Gujarat Titans line-up: Shubman Gill (capt) and di rest of dia winning team. Match set to start for Ahmedabad with GT hoping to use di conditions wey favour bowling first.
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