Narendra Modi Stadium Pitch Report: The line-ups, conditions, and surface will not be the talk of the town on March 24. The report won’t read that a match took place between the Gujarat Titans and Mumbai Indians but rather a clash for revenge. Having left his ‘new’ side, for the ‘old’ one, Shubman Gill’s Titans will be hellbent on proving a point to their ‘old’ skipper Hardik Pandya.
While CSK and RCB have the biggest rivalry in the IPL, GT vs MI can become the most intense one soon enough. Having claimed to be experiencing his best time in Ahmedabad, Pandya left the side as soon as a better opportunity arose. This ‘betrayal’ could ignite a fire within the Titans’ camp and make them play like they have a major business to handle.
Narendra Modi Stadium Pitch Report: Dew to play a factor in the GT vs MI match?
The surface at the Narendra Modi Stadium traditionally aids batters and fast bowlers. In the first inning, bowlers often find some assistance under the lights and cause a fair few problems for the batters with the new ball. Although dew can play a factor in the second inning, it won’t completely take the bowlers out of the equation.
As per the overall record, batting first or second does not affect the outcome of the match here. The match results are split 13-14 in favor of the sides chasing, but last year, that completely changed.
Last season, the team batting first here had a 6-3 win/loss record. In the first three matches, the side chasing won, but that quickly changed, and the remaining six matches were won by the team batting first. Taking the equal battle between bat and bowl, pacer-friendly conditions, and the difficulty of chasing here into consideration, whichever captain wins the toss will likely opt to bat first.
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