Both teams are coming off a defeat in their respective opening games and a win for one of the two sides will get them to open their account in the points table. Hardik had missed MI\u2019s season opener against Chennai Super Kings due to a one-match ban he copped for maintaining a slow over rate last year.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Apart from Hardik, spinner Mujeeb Ur Rahman is also included in the playing eleven, with Robin Minz, Will Jacks and Vignesh Puthur, who took 3-32 against CSK on debut, making way. \u201cThe simple reason is we don't know how the pitch will play, plus the dew factor. It's always better to bat second on the black-soil pitch. Only last year we played on black soil, otherwise we have been playing on red soil. Last year, we had the game under wraps but couldn't finish it.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cThe prep has been fantastic, the boys are excited and we back each other, be there for each other. Very happy stage. I come back, and the others we are keeping the options open. Always about playing good cricket, planning right and enjoying the game,\u201d he said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
GT skipper Shubman Gill said he would have looked to bowl first as well and that his playing eleven is unchanged. \u201cBatted first plenty of times here, so nothing changes for us. It is all about assessing the conditions and seeing what target we can set, and if we are chasing it is about how to get to that target.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cPlenty of positives from the last game, we just got slow in the middle and that post us, but still we managed to score about 200 runs in 14 overs. We have got the same team, might see one change with the impact sub. We want to have a lefty - righty (opening) combination, and Jos has been playing at three for England, so nothing changes for him,\u201d he said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Playing XIs<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Gujarat Titans: Shubman Gill (captain), B Sai Sudharsan, Jos Buttler (wk), Sherfane Rutherford, Rahul Tewatia, Shahrukh Khan, Rashid Khan, R Sai Kishore, Kagiso Rabada, Mohammed Siraj and Prasidh Krishna<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Impact Substitutes: Washington Sundar, Glenn Phillips, Ishant Sharma, Anuj Rawat, Mahipal Lomror<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma, Ryan Rickelton (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya (captain), Tilak Varma, Naman Dhir, Mitchell Santner, Deepak Chahar, Trent Boult, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, and Satyanarayana Raju<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Impact Substitutes: Washington Sundar, Glenn Phillips, Ishant Sharma, Anuj Rawat, Mahipal Lomror<\/p>\r\n\r\n
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