Mumbai Indians replaced Hrithik Shokeen with Murugan Ashwin as they face Gujarat Titans at the Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai on Friday. 

GT skipper Hardik Pandya won the toss and elected to bowl. 

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MI have virtually been kicked out of the playoff race. With eight losses in nine matches, Rohit Sharma and co are placed at the bottom of the IPL 2022 points table. Against Gujarat, their skipper said that the side will look to enjoy themselves and hope to carry on the momentum they gained from the win vs Rajasthan Royals in the last match. 

“We’ve made only one change. M Ashwin in place of Hrithik, just a tactical change. It’s been a tough road for us, we want to finish on a high by playing our best cricket. Not to take too much pressure, we just want to enjoy ourselves which we haven’t done in the first half of the season. Last game was good, hopefully we can create that momentum,” MI skipper Rohit Sharma said at the toss. 

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Pandya, on the other hand, announced an unchanged side. 

“We are gonna bowl first. With the new ball, something might happen, wanted to make sure we get most out of it. More than the formula,it’s important to get the best things for our team and see how next games come. We have been quite consistent, one game was bound to happen. It was supposed to come. Batters didn’t do their best, even the bowlers could have been better. We are playing the same team,” the GT skipper said. 

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Teams:

Mumbai Indians (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma(c), Ishan Kishan(w), Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Tim David, Kieron Pollard, Daniel Sams, Murugan Ashwin, Kumar Kartikeya, Jasprit Bumrah, Riley Meredith

Gujarat Titans (Playing XI): Wriddhiman Saha(w), Shubman Gill, Sai Sudharsan, Hardik Pandya(c), David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Pradeep Sangwan, Lockie Ferguson, Alzarri Joseph, Mohammed Shami