The 30th match of IPL 2026 is being played between Gujarat Titans (GT) and Mumbai Indians (MI). This match is being held on 20th April at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Mumbai would like to win this match at any cost, because the team’s condition in the points table is still very bad. In this match, Gujarat won the toss and decided to bowl first. The special thing is that in this match, two players are also making their IPL debut in Mumbai jersey.
So far, both Gujarat and Mumbai have played 5-5 matches in IPL 2026. In these 5 matches, Gujarat Titans have won 3 matches and lost 2. The team’s net run rate is +0.018 and currently remains at sixth position in the points table. On the other hand, the condition of Mumbai Indians is completely opposite. Mumbai has won only 1 match in 5 matches, while facing defeat in 4 matches. With a poor net run rate of -1.076, Mumbai team is at the bottom i.e. 10th in the points table.
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These 2 players made their IPL debut in MI jersey
After losing the toss, Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya said, ‘I think we have to play better cricket overall. I can’t point to any one thing. Two players are debuting for us. Danish Malewar is playing his first match for Mumbai Indians. Krish Bhagat, who was earlier a part of the support bowlers, also impressed us a lot. He joined the team just three days ago and is playing today.
Who are Danish Malewar and Krish Bhagat?
Danish Malewar is a young batsman from Vidarbha. It is the result of his tremendous performance in domestic cricket that he got the contract for IPL 2026. He also scored his first first-class double century in the quarter-finals of the Duleep Trophy. The special thing is that Danish has played only first-class cricket till now and that too a total of 13 matches. Despite this, Mumbai Indians showed confidence in him and included him in their team for his base price of Rs 30 lakh.
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Punjab’s 21-year-old all-rounder Krish Bhagat was included in the team a few days ago in place of injured Mumbai Indians player Atharva Ankolekar. Now Krish is making his IPL debut in the match against Gujarat Titans. Krish has been a part of Mumbai Indians’ trials for the last 2 years. He played for the Reliance team in the DY Patil T20 Cup in 2026 and was associated with the team as a support bowler since the beginning of this season.
GT vs MI playing-11
- Gujarat Titans: Shubman Gill (captain), Sai Sudarshan, Jos Buttler (wicketkeeper), Washington Sundar, Glenn Phillips, Shahrukh Khan, Rashid Khan, Mohammed Siraj, Kagiso Rabada, Prasidh Krishna, Ashok Sharma.
Impact Substitute: Rahul Tewatia, Jason Holder, Manav Suthar, Kulwant Khejroliya, Anuj Rawat. - Mumbai Indians: Danish Malewar, Quinton de Kock (wk), Naman Dheer, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya (c), Tilak Verma, Sherfane Rutherford, Mitchell Santner, Krish Bhagat, Jasprit Bumrah, AM Ghazanfar.
Impact Substitute: Raj Bawa, Ashwini Kumar, Corbin Bosch, Mayank Rawat, Raghu Sharma.
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