In IPL 2023 Qualifier-2 today, MI seventh and GT will enter the field for the second time in a row to reach the final.

Five-time IPL champions Mumbai Indians and defending champions Gujarat Titans will clash today at the world's largest Narendra Modi Stadium. Today in Qualifier-2 of the 16th season of IPL, Mumbai Indians will enter the field for the seventh time and the defending champions Gujarat Titans for the second time in a row to reach the IPL final. The team that wins today will play Chennai Super Kings in the final while the losing team will end their journey here.

Qualifier-2 match will be played at Narendra Modi Stadium

In IPL 2023 today, the Qualifier-2 match will be played at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Gujarat lost by 15 runs against Chennai Super Kings in Qualifier-1. Apart from this, Mumbai defeated Lucknow Super Giants by 81 runs in the eliminator. Both the teams have played each other twice in the IPL so far. Both the teams have won the match once each. As there is no extra day for today's Qualifier 2 match, what happens if it rains and how will the winner be decided? The second finalist team of the tournament will be decided in this way.

If the match remains inconclusive, Gujarat will be declared the winner

If the Qualifier-2 match is not started today due to rain or no decision is taken then Gujarat Titans will be declared the winning team as this team is ahead of Mumbai Indians in the points table. Mumbai Indians are fourth with 16 points and -0.044 net run rate while Gujarat Titans are first with +.809 and 20 points. However this equation will not be needed as chances of rain are negligible.

Mumbai will play Qualifier-2 for the fourth time

Mumbai Indians were at number-4 in the points table after the league stage. Mumbai had 16 points from 14 matches with 8 wins and 6 losses. The Rohit Sharma-led team booked their spot in Qualifier-2 by beating Lucknow Supergiants by 81 runs in the eliminator. The Mumbai team reached the playoffs for the 10th time. Mumbai Indians are going to play Qualifier-2 for the fourth time in their 10th playoff.

Home ground advantage for Gujarat

Defending champions Gujarat Titans topped the league stage. Gujarat team had 20 points from 14 matches with 10 wins and 4 losses. However, in Qualifier-1, the team had to face defeat against Chennai Super Kings. The team has got another chance to qualify for the finals. Gujarat can get home ground advantage. The Gujarat team has played 8 matches on this ground so far, out of which they have won 5 matches.

Gujarat and Mumbai head-to-head

Gujarat Titans do not have a long history in IPL. Gujarat team entered the last season of IPL and managed to win the title. Talking about the statistics between the two teams, Mumbai team is ahead of Gujarat. Till now 3 matches have been played between Gujarat Titans and Mumbai Indians in IPL. Meanwhile, Mumbai has won 2 matches and Gujarat has won one match. In IPL 2023 both teams played 2 matches in which both teams won 1-1 matches.

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Possible playing eleven of both teams

Mumbai Indians

Rohit Sharma (C), Ishan Kishan (wk), Cameron Green, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Verma, Nehal Wadhera, Tim David, Chris Jordan, Piyush Chawla, Kumar Karthikeya and Akash Madhwal

Impact Players: Kumar Karthikeya, Arshad Khan, Vishnu Vinod, Tristan Stubbs and Riley Meredith.

Gujarat Titans

Hardik Pandya (C), Shubman Gill, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Vijay Shankar, Dasun Shanaka/Abhinav Manohar, David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Mohammad Shami, Yash Dayal and Noor Ahmed.

Impact Players: Darshan Nalkande, Sai Sudarshan, Shivam Mavi, Alzari Joseph and Sai Kishore