Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 MI Confirmed Playing XI vs GT

The hosts, Gujarat Titans (GT) face the Mumbai Indians (MI) in Match 9 of the 18th Indian Premier League, IPL 2025, at the Narendra Modi Stadium. The contest will take place on Saturday, January 29th, at 7:30 p.m. Indian Standard Time.

Both sides are coming off losses in their first matches and want to gain confidence with a win today. Gujarat Titans lost a hard-fought game against the Punjab Kings in the season opener. After getting the target of 243 runs, they came close but lost by 11 runs. On the other hand, Mumbai Indians lost their opening match against their arch-rival, Chennai Super Kings.

Hardik Pandya, Mumbai Indians’ usual captain, returns for this match after completing his slow over-rate punishment from last season against CSK. With the Ahmedabad surface favoring hitters, unlike in Chennai, this might be a serious test for Mumbai Indians batsmen.

They have some outstanding hitters, like Rohit Sharma, Will Jacks, Suryakumar Yadav, and Ryan Rickelton. Meanwhile, Tilak Varma can serve as an anchor, keeping the inning going.

Mumbai’s spin department will put the Gujarat Titans’ batsmen to the test as well. The five-time champions include Mitchell Santner and Vignesh Puthur, a teenager who excelled in his first outing by grabbing three wickets for 32 runs in four overs. Watch out for him for the next IPL matches.

IPL 2025 Match Predictions

IPL 2025 MI Confirmed Playing XI vs GT

Top Order

Rohit Sharma, Ryan Rickelton (wk), Will Jacks

Middle Order

Suryakumar Yadav, (c), Tilak Varma, Robin Minz, Naman Dhir

Bowlers

Mitchell Santner, Deepak Chahar, Trent Boult

Impact Player

Vignesh Puthur

Opening Pair

Mumbai Indians Former captain Rohit Sharma and newcomer Ryan Rickelton will be the opening pair for Mumbai Indians. In the last match, Rohit Sharma failed to open his scorebook.

Rickelton was only able to score 13 runs but he played with a good strike rate of 185, hitting three boundaries.

Will Jacks at NO. 3

Will Jacks also started his innings with some quick fire; he scored 11 runs in just 7 balls while hitting two boundaries. He failed to judge the spin-friendly track of Chennai and gave his wicket to Ashwain. But this pitch of Ahmedabad could be a batting-friendly pitch where he can showcase his talent.

Middle Order

Both Suryakumar Yadav and Tilak Varma are trying to anchor the innings. SKY scored 29 runs in 26 balls with two boundaries and one over boundary; on the other hand, Tilak Varma scored 31 runs in 25 balls with two boundaries and two over boundaries. Unfortunately, both of them were hunted by Noor Ahmad

The captain, Hardik Pandya, will return after suspension. His addition to the team will provide them with balance and depth in both the bowling and batting departments.

The debutante Robin Minz wasn’t too impressive in that match but this match will help him to prove his worthiness in the team.

Naman Dhir played a small cameo of 17 runs from 12 balls; he look good while batting; he could be a great batter in this IPL season.

Bowlers

While batting, Mitchell Santner scored 11 runs on 13 balls and failed to take any wickets.

While playing against his former team, Deepak Chahar displayed an amazing batting performance. After losing some early wickets when Mumbai Indians were struggling to achieve a respectable total, Chahar showcased his batting skills and scored 28 runs on 15 balls. While bowling, he also took one wicket.

Trent Boult failed to take any wickets in the previous match but he bowled with a good line and length, which could be important for the game against GT.

Impact Player

Vignesh Puthur, the boy, will be a great impact player option for Mumbai Indians in the upcoming match. In his debut match against CSK, he took three wickets. Mumbai Indians is also looking for another impactful performance from him in the IPL.