GT vs MI IPL 2024 Highlights: Gill's Gujarat captaincy off to winning start, Mumbai lose 12th consecutive opening match

GT vs MI IPL Live Score 2024, Gujarat Titans vs Mumbai Indians: Saha with a four off the very first ball, then he takes a single to bring Gill on strike. Gill was livid with himself for having missed on a leg stump half-volley third ball, which went straight to fielder and was a dot ball. But he doesn't miss out when Pandya sends the same thing fourth ball, breaks his wrists and sends the ball fine. Two runs off the last ball after that. Luke Wood will bowl the second over.

GT vs MI Live Score: GT 11/0 in 1 over

GT vs MI IPL Live Score 2024, Gujarat Titans vs Mumbai Indians: Here we go then, Pandya bowling the first over himself, as he used to do quite a few times for Gujarat Titans. Wriddhiman Saha is facing up and new Titans captain Gill at the other end.

GT vs MI IPL Live Score 2024, Gujarat Titans vs Mumbai Indians: All this talk around Pandya and Rohit has led to Ishan Kishan going slightly under the radar. He has been in the news for all the wrong reasons off late. This will be the first time he will play top level professional cricket since November 2023, after having not played for Jharkhand in the Ranji Trophy despite apparently being asked to do so by the Indian team management.

GT vs MI IPL Live Score 2024, Gujarat Titans vs Mumbai Indians: He says that he is excited to captain at a stadium where he has a lot of fond memories. The support they get here is one of GT's strength, he says. Everyone is looking good, everyone is looking fit. They have got three players making debuts for GT - Umesh bhai, Spencer and Omarzai. There are so many players who will be making their debut later this season. There is Sushant from the U-19s, Sai Sudharsan has been doing well for us in the last couple of sessions.

GT vs MI IPL Live Score 2024, Gujarat Titans vs Mumbai Indians: Pandya says that it looks like a decent track which could get better with dew later on. He acknowledges that Gujarat is his birth place and where he got a lot of success and thanks the crowd. He says that his cricketing birth happened in Mumbai. They have been training for a couple of weeks, a few wonderful practice matches and practice nets. All are looking good. Four quicks, three spinners and seven batters. Making sure all the departments are looked after.

GT vs MI IPL Live Score 2024, Gujarat Titans vs Mumbai Indians: Shubman Gill(c), Wriddhiman Saha(w), Sai Sudharsan, Vijay Shankar, David Miller, Azmatullah Omarzai, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Umesh Yadav, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Spencer Johnson

GT vs MI IPL Live Score 2024, Gujarat Titans vs Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan(w), Tilak Varma, Naman Dhir, Hardik Pandya(c), Tim David, Shams Mulani, Piyush Chawla, Gerald Coetzee, Jasprit Bumrah, Luke Wood

GT vs MI IPL Live Score 2024, Gujarat Titans vs Mumbai Indians: Right here we go! Hardik Pandya has won the toss and Mumbai Indians bowl first.

GT vs MI IPL Live Score 2024, Gujarat Titans vs Mumbai Indians: Right there is your team news folks. Spencer Johnson, Azmatullah Omarzai and Umesh Yadav have been handed their maiden GT caps.

GT vs MI IPL Live Score 2024, Gujarat Titans vs Mumbai Indians: Ashish Nehra could be seen playfully pulling up Hardik Pandya's measuring tape as he marked his run up. Pandya has been playing and joking around with his former GT teammates as the two teams warm up.

GT vs MI IPL Live Score 2024, Gujarat Titans vs Mumbai Indians: If there are people waiting to go, "ha, told you so!" as soon as Pandya's reign gets off to a losing start, well history says that they will have their chance today. The five-time IPL champions have not won their first match of the season for 11 years now.

GT vs MI IPL Live Score 2024, Gujarat Titans vs Mumbai Indians: Pandya and Shami's boots are massive ones to fill and moreover, they are Indian boots. That is two world class Indian talents that GT don't have this season and they may simply have to be replaced by a foreign talent. David Miller and Rashid Khan are two lock-ins and GT would also be relying on the stability Kane Williamson provides from the top order. However they would also want one overseas bowler in their lineup from among Spencer Johnson, Noor Ahmad and Joshua Little. That could mean that GT might have to choose between Williamson and the all-rounder Azmatullah Omarzai.

GT vs MI IPL Live Score 2024, Gujarat Titans vs Mumbai Indians: In case you missed it, something absolutely incredible happened in Jaipur which led to a stoppage in the match between RR and LSG just two balls. You can read exactly what happened here.

GT vs MI IPL Live Score 2024, Gujarat Titans vs Mumbai Indians: Obviously we are still quite long way away from getting any kind of pitch report but we can still see the pitch out there. It has a nice sheen under lights, and is expected to have good bounce and carry. Dew hasn't been a factor in the evening, which means the team bowling second won't be at a massive disadvantage. The weather is expected to be hot, with temperatures touching 38 degrees centigrade already.

GT likely XI (if batting first): GT- Shubman Gill (C), Wriddhiman Saha (WK), Sai Sudharsan, Azmatullah Omarzai, David Miller, Shahrukh Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Umesh Yadav, Spencer Johnson, Mohit Sharma

GT likely XI (if bowling first): Shubman Gill (C), Wriddhiman Saha (WK), Azmatullah Omarzai, David Miller, Shahrukh Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Umesh Yadav, Spencer Johnson, Mohit Sharma, Sai Kishore

MI likely XI (if batting first): Rohit Sharma, Dewald Brevis, Ishan Kishan, Tilak Verma, Hardik Pandya, Nehal Wadhera, Tim David, Mohammad Nabi, Piyush Chawla, Nuwan Thushara, Akash Madhwal

MI likely XI (if bowling first): Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Tilak Verma, Hardik Pandya, Nehal Wadhera, Tim David, Mohammad Nabi, Piyush Chawla, Nuwah Thushara, Luke Wood, Akash Madhwal

GT vs MI IPL Live Score 2024, Gujarat Titans vs Mumbai Indians: Mumbai Indians last reached the final of the IPL, and won the title, in 2020. Since then, though, they haven't reached a final. It is the longest period they have had to go through a trophy drought since 2013.

GT vs MI IPL Live Score 2024, Gujarat Titans vs Mumbai Indians: Apart from Shami and Wade, GT are also without Jharkhand wicketkeeper Robin Minz, whom they bought for ₹3.6 crore. He has been ruled out because of injuries sustained in a bike accident. Tamil Nadu's Sandeep Warrier and Karnataka's BR Sharath were named as replacements.

GT vs MI IPL Live Score 2024, Gujarat Titans vs Mumbai Indians: Rajasthan Royals won the toss and chose to bat against Lucknow Super Giants. 15 overs have gone in their innings and their score reads 143/3. Captain Sanju Samson has scored 59 in 39 balls and he has Shimron Hetmyer at the other end on one run. Things looking good at the moment for the hosts.

GT vs MI IPL Live Score 2024, Gujarat Titans vs Mumbai Indians: Shubman Gill(c), Wriddhiman Saha(w), Sai Sudharsan, David Miller, Vijay Shankar, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Joshua Little, Mohit Sharma, Umesh Yadav, Noor Ahmad, Kane Williamson, Matthew Wade, Jayant Yadav, Sandeep Warrier, Shahrukh Khan, Abhinav Manohar, Sharath BR, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Darshan Nalkande, Kartik Tyagi, Spencer Johnson, Azmatullah Omarzai, Sushant Mishra

GT vs MI IPL Live Score 2024, Gujarat Titans vs Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan(w), Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya(c), Tim David, Nehal Wadhera, Mohammad Nabi, Piyush Chawla, Gerald Coetzee, Jasprit Bumrah, Luke Wood, Suryakumar Yadav, Shreyas Gopal, Vishnu Vinod, Shams Mulani, Romario Shepherd, Arjun Tendulkar, Kumar Kartikeya, Shivalik Sharma, Anshul Kamboj, Akash Madhwal, Nuwan Thushara, Dewald Brevis, Kwena Maphaka, Naman Dhir

GT vs MI IPL Live Score 2024, Gujarat Titans vs Mumbai Indians: Kwena Maphaka was the player of the tournament in this the U19 World Cup this year and with good reason. The 17-year-old took a whopping 21 wickets in the six innings that he bowled in and terrified opposition batters with his raw pace. He was easily the most exciting talent to emerge from the tournament. Will MI fans get to see the young starlet let rip today?

GT vs MI IPL Live Score 2024, Gujarat Titans vs Mumbai Indians: Matthew Wade was part of the Tasmania side that lost to Western Australia by 377 runs in the final of the Sheffield Shield today. It means that he is yet to arrive in time to be ready for this match.

GT vs MI IPL Live Score 2024, Gujarat Titans vs Mumbai Indians: Well GT are in a slightly worse position with regards to injuries to major stars than MI. Their star pacer Mohammed Shami is out for the season as he recovers from an injury. Shami won the Purple Cap last season, having taken 28 wickets and then went on to tear teams apart in the 2023 World Cup.

GT vs MI IPL Live Score 2024, Gujarat Titans vs Mumbai Indians: Apart from SKY, MI will miss the services of overseason pacers Jason Behrendorff and Dilshan Madushanka, both of whom have been ruled out for the season. Gerald Coetzee is also not match fit to play against Titans. Mumbai's overseas quicks available for selection are the replacement players: England's Luke Wood and South Africa's teen sensation Kwena Maphaka.