The ninth match of the 18th season of IPL will be played between Mumbai Indians and Gujarat Titans teams. Both teams will clash against each other at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
The start of the two teams has been very bad this season, with both teams facing defeat in their first match. In this case, the eyes of both teams will be on the first win. However, Mumbai Indians will enter the match with a major change, which will increase their team's strength.
Indeed, Mumbai Indians played their first match against Chennai Super Kings in IPL 2025. Suryakumar Yadav was the captain of the Mumbai Indians in this match. But this will not happen in the second match, because Hardik Pandya is ready to return to the team.
As you can tell, Hardik Pandya is a full -time captain of the Mumbai team. But due to a slow over rate, he was banned for a match last season, but by then the group stage matches of the MI were completed. In this case, Hardik had to sit out in the first match of the current season. But now he is ready to handle the team's arch.
Let me tell you, last season was very bad for Hardik Pandya. Hardik Pandya was trolled heavily by MI fans. However, Mi's main coach Mahela Jayawardene hopes that MI fans will look beyond what happened last season and sport the team and the captain.
At a press conference before the match, the coach said, 'I think this is just a game of cricket. Fans are 'fans' and emotions are part of it and I am sure everyone has gone beyond that. Hardik has achieved a lot in the last 12 months and I am sure everyone will be eager to compare last year. We can enjoy a good cricket game.
This will be the sixth clash between Mumbai Indians and Gujarat Titans in the IPL. In the 5 matches played so far, Gujarat seems to be on the hands of the titles. In fact, GT defeated MI in 3 out of 5 matches while the Mumbai team has managed to win twice. Only one match was played between the two teams last season. Even then Gujarat defeated Mumbai. (All Photo Credit: PTI / X / IPL)
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