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Gujarat Titans (GT) will face Mumbai Indians (MI) in the Qualifier 2 of IPL 2023 in their home ground Ahmedabad. Although Gujarat were table toppers, they lost Qualifier 1 match to CSK, so they should defeat Mumbai in Qualifier 2 to reach the final of this event.
Mumbai defeated Lucknow convincingly two days ago, and they would look to continue their winning momentum in IPL 2023 (MI have won the last four out of their five games this season).
The last time these two sides faced each other, MI defeated GT by 27 runs despite a stunning knock from Rashid Khan in the later stage of the match.
Numbers and stats ahead of GT vs MI game:
2 - Rohit Sharma needs to take two more catches to complete 100 catches as a fielder in the IPL.
Most catches taken as a fielder in IPL:
Suresh Raina - 109
Virat Kohli - 106
Kieron Pollard - 103
Rohit Sharma - 98
Ravindra Jadeja - 97
2 - Mumbai Indians is the only team to defeat Gujarat Titans two times in the IPL history.
GT vs MI in IPL:
Played - 3
GT - 1
MI - 2
3 - Piyush Chawla needs three more wickets to complete the milestone of picking 300 wickets in T20s overall.
Most wickets by an Indian bowler in T20s:
Yuzvendra Chahal - 320
Ravichandran Ashwin - 301
Piyush Chawla - 297
Most wickets by an Indian bowler for MI in an IPL season:
Jasprit Bumrah - 27 in 2020
Harbhajan Singh - 24 in 2013
Munaf Patel - 22 in 2011
Jasprit Bumrah - 21 in 2021
Piyush Chawla - 21 in 2023
4 - Rashid Khan has dismissed Rohit Sharma four times in the IPL.
Rohit Sharma vs Rashid Khan in IPL:
Inns - 6
Runs - 29
Balls - 26
Outs - 4
Batters to get dismissed by Rashid Khan most times in IPL:
Shikhar Dhawan - 4
Moeen Ali - 4
Rohit Sharma - 4
4 - Mohammed Shami needs four more wickets to become the first bowler to pick 50 wickets for Gujarat Titans in the IPL.
Most wickets for GT in IPL:
Mohammed Shami - 46
Rashid Khan - 44
Mohit Sharma - 19
Most wickets by an Indian pacer in a single IPL season:
Harshal Patel - 32 in 2021
Jasprit Bumrah - 27 in 2020
Bhuvneshwar Kumar - 26 in 2017
Mohammed Shami - 26 in 2023
9 - Shubman Gill needs nine more runs to surpass Faf du Plessis and become the highest run-scorer of IPL 2023 to win the orange cap award this season.
Most runs scored by a batsman in IPL 2023:
Faf du Plessis - 730
Shubman Gill - 722
Virat Kohli - 639
22 - Rohit Sharma needs 22 more runs to complete 4000 runs as captain in the IPL.
Most runs by a batsman in IPL as captain:
Virat Kohli - 4994
MS Dhoni - 4660
Rohit Sharma - 3978
25 - Rashid Khan has taken 25 wickets in IPL 2023.
Most wickets by a spin bowler in a single IPL season:
Yuzvendra Chahal - 27 in 2022
Imran Tahir - 26 in 2019
Wanindu Hasaranga - 26 in 2022
Rashid Khan - 25 in 2023