IPL 2024: Mumbai Indians win the toss against Gujarat Titans; choose to field first

The 5th match of the IPL 2024 season will be played between Gujarat Titans vs Mumbai Indians at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Sunday, March 24, 2024. However, Mumbai Indians won the toss and opted to field first.

While Hardik Pandya will lead his old franchise Mumbai Indians, replacing the five-time IPL title winner Rohit Sharma, Gujarat Titans will be played under the young and talented Shubman Gill. Although Pandya faced backlash for MI’s move, Gill received the backing of many. This match is going to be important for them as well as the team going forward and they both would like to start on a positive note.

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IPL 2024: GT vs MI, Match 5: Who said what at the toss?

Hardik Pandya: We are gonna bowl first. Looks like a decent track, might get better if the dew arrives. Feels good to be back. My birthplace is Gujarat, a lot of success came in Gujarat, very grateful to the crowd and this state. My cricketing birth happened in Mumbai, so really good to be back. It’s been almost two weeks, we started the camp. Boys are very eager to go out there and perform. We had wonderful practice matches and practice nets. All are looking good. The excitement is a different feeling. We have four quicks, three spinners and seven batters. Making sure all the departments are looked after.

Shubman Gill: Feels very excited, to be able to captain at a stadium where I have a lot of fond memories. This has been one of our strengths, the last couple of seasons the support that we’ve got from the fans has been tremendous for us. I was here a week prior before this game, played a practice match, had a couple of practice sessions. Everyone is looking good, everyone is looking fit. We 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.

Playing XIs:

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

Mumbai Indians Subs: Dewald Brevis, Romario Shepherd, Vishnu Vinod, Nehal Wadhera, Mohammad Nabi

Gujarat Titans: 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

Gujarat Titans Subs: BR Sharath, Mohit Sharma, Manav Suthar, Abhinav Manohar, Noor Ahmad