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Five-time IPL champions Mumbai Indians and defending champions Gujarat Titans will clash at the world’s largest Narendra Modi Stadium today. In Qualifier-2 of the 16th season of IPL, today Mumbai Indians will enter the fray for the seventh time and the current champion Gujarat Titans to reach the final of IPL for the second time in a row. The team that wins today will take on Chennai Super Kings in the final while the journey of the losing team will end here.

Qualifier-2 match will be played at Narendra Modi Stadium

Today in IPL 2023, the Qualifier-2 match will be played at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. In Qualifier-1, Gujarat lost to Chennai Super Kings by 15 runs. Apart from this, in the Eliminator, Mumbai defeated Lucknow Super Giants by 81 runs. Both the teams have clashed twice in the IPL so far. Both the teams have won the match once each. Since there is no extra day for today’s Qualifier 2 match, what if it rains and how will the winner be decided? The decision of the second finalist team of the tournament will be something like this.

If the match remains a draw, then Gujarat will be declared as the winner.

If the match of Qualifier-2 does not start today due to rain or there is no decision, then Gujarat Titans will be declared as the winning team as this team is ahead of Mumbai Indians in the points table. Mumbai Indians are fourth with 16 points and -0.044 net run rate while Gujarat Titans are in first place with +.809 and 20 points. However, this equation will not be needed as the chances of rain are negligible.

Mumbai will play Qualifier-2 for the fourth time

Mumbai Indians were at number-4 in the points table after the league stage. Mumbai had 16 points from 14 matches with 8 wins and 6 losses. In the Eliminator, the Rohit Sharma-led team defeated Lucknow Supergiants by 81 runs to secure a place in Qualifier-2. The Mumbai team has reached the playoffs for the 10th time. Mumbai Indians are going to play Qualifier-2 for the fourth time in their 10th playoff.

Home ground advantage for Gujarat

Defending champions Gujarat Titans topped the league stage. The Gujarat team had 20 points from 14 matches with 10 wins and 4 losses. However, in Qualifier-1, the team had to face defeat against Chennai Super Kings. The team has got one more chance to qualify for the finals. Gujarat can get the advantage of home ground. The Gujarat team has played 8 matches on this ground so far, out of which it has won 5 matches.

Gujarat and Mumbai face to face

Gujarat Titans do not have a long history in IPL. The Gujarat team had entered the IPL last season and managed to win the title. Talking about the statistics between the two teams, the Mumbai team is ahead of Gujarat. So far 3 matches have been played between Gujarat Titans and Mumbai Indians in IPL. Meanwhile, Mumbai has won 2 matches and Gujarat has won one match. In IPL 2023, both the teams played 2 matches in which both the teams won 1-1 matches.

 

Potential playing XI of both the teams

Mumbai Indians

Rohit Sharma (captain), Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Cameron Green, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Verma, Nehal Wadhera, Tim David, Chris Jordan, Piyush Chawla, Kumar Karthikeya and Akash Madhwal

Impact Players: Kumar Karthikeya, Arshad Khan, Vishnu Vinod, Tristan Stubbs and Riley Meredith.

Gujarat Titans

Hardik Pandya (C), Shubman Gill, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Vijay Shankar, Dasun Shanaka/Abhinav Manohar, David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Mohammed Shami, Yash Dayal and Noor Ahmed.

Impact Players: Darshan Nalkande, Sai Sudarshan, Shivam Mavi, Alzarri Joseph and Sai Kishore