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Qualifier-2 will be played today between Mumbai Indians and Gujarat Titans in IPL. The match will start from 7.30 pm at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. The winning team will play the final on May 28 against the Mahendra Singh Dhoni-led Chennai Super Kings, while the losing team’s journey will end here. Both the teams will face each other for the first time in the playoffs.
After the league stage, Mumbai Indians stood at number-4 in the points table. The team won 8 out of 14 matches and lost 6. Due to which the team had 16 points. The team led by Rohit Sharma defeated Lucknow Supergiants by 81 runs in the eliminator and qualified for Qualifier-2. The team reached the playoffs for the 10th time. The team has played 19 matches in the top-4 phase of the tournament so far. They won 13 and lost only 6.
On the other hand, defending champions Gujarat Titans finished on top of the league stage. The team had 20 points with 10 wins and 4 losses out of 14 matches, but in Qualifier-1, the team had to face defeat against Chennai Super Kings. So the team got a second chance to qualify for the finals. Gujarat can get the advantage of home ground conditions here. Here the team has played 8 matches so far, out of which they have won 5.
Mumbai Indians are going to play Qualifier-2 for the fourth time in their 10th playoff. Before this, the team made it to Qualifier-2 3 times. The team won 2 matches and lost only one. This defeat also came against Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2011. Since 2012, the team has played 2 Qualifiers-2 and won both. In 2013, the team defeated Rajasthan Royals and in 2017, Kolkata Knight Riders.
This time the two teams will be facing each other for the first time in the playoffs, but the two teams have clashed in the league stage of the tournament so far. Out of which Mumbai won 2 times and Gujarat won once. Both the teams played 2 matches this season, one match each was won by both the teams, but the match played in Ahmedabad was won by Gujarat. If we talk about the pitch here, Ahmedabad pitch is high scoring, here they will prefer to bowl first after winning the toss. Pacers get more wickets here than spinners.
Possible playing eleven of the teams
Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma (captain), Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Cameron Green, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Verma, Nehal Vadera, Tim David, Chris Jordan, Piyush Chawla, Kumar Karthike and Akash Madhwal.
Gujarat Titans: Hardik Pandya (captain), Shubman Gill, Wriddhiman Saha (wicketkeeper), Vijay Shankar, Dasun Shanaka, David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Mohammad Shami, Yash Dayal and Noor Ahmed.
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