🏏 IPL 2024 ~ Match N5 ~ GT vs MI @7.30 PM IST 🏏 - Page 3

Gujarat Titans hit the ground running in the IPL, having won the title in the first year and missing it by a whisker in the second season. It was a commanding start to their arrival in the IPL and the big question that faces the team is - was the early success because of Hardik Pandya's leadership or the side's collective character, under the coaching team of Ashish Nehra.

Tha ks for the tag param but i wont be active today busy playing holi 🤣

Ground about 60% full at the moment. Massive wave of MI blue outside the ground while I was coming in. Was 38 degrees a while ago, gotten a lot cooler. But there's hot air blowing on your face. They call it aandhi? There was a small cultural programme an hour ago to welcome the teams. They've made way for the players.

"Nehra, Sachin, Rohit had a long chat in the middle. Nehra playfully pulled out Hardik's measuring tape as he was marking his run up. There's a lot of laughter and banter between Hardik and his opponents, who until recently, were his teammates."

Looks like Spencer Johnson will start. He's also marking his run up. Rashid, Miller, of course. Could be a toss-up for the fourth spot.

MI won toss and choose to field first

Mumbai Indians' Hardik Pandya wins the toss and chooses to bowl. "Looks like a good track, might have dew later. (Back to where it all started) Feels good to be back. Obviously my birthplace is Gujarat and I got a lot of success in Gujarat so grateful to this state. But my cricketing growth has been in Mumbai. (Prep) Been two weeks since we started the camp. Boys are eager to go out and perform."

Mumbai Indians have won the toss and have opted to field

Hardik and Gill are together in the middle. Mumbai Indians' Hardik Pandya wins the toss and chooses to bowl.

Second anda for today!

BM