The home side is in a good position, but it will be a crucial game for the visitors as every defeat from here will push them closer to the elimination.

Gujarat Titans have appeared a settled and confident unit in recent matches, winning three consecutive fixtures and already holding a perfect record against Mumbai Indians at home. Their impressive top order has been their best asset so far, with Shubman Gill leading from the front with steady accumulations, ably assisted by Jos Buttler. Nevertheless, there are a couple of concerns which includes the form of Sai Sudharsan and lack of contributions from lower-middle order. If GT are to keep their winning run going, contributions from Washington Sundar and Glenn Phillips will need to follow. Individually, in the bowling department, the team seem pretty settled, with pace and spin options seeming to click at varying times.

However for the Mumbai Indians, this is a rough time as the team is currently languishing at the bottom of the points table with only one win from five games. The men in blue and gold look out of sorts in almost all departments. Their middle order batters have failed to finish games and even their bowling unit comprising of built up pacers has failed to take the team through in the games so far. The role of senior cricketer Rohit Sharma has also been haphazard while the struggle of captain Hardik Pandya is visible as he has spoken about the need to take some tough calls.

At the toss, Gujarat have won and chose to bowl first.

Here's what the captains said at the toss:

Shubman Gill:

"It looks like a decent wicket, honestly. There was a bit of dew in the last match. So just in case there is today, I think it would make more sense. Always good to have a target on the board and then try to chase it down. I think the way we have been bowling up front has been a huge positive for us, even in the last match and the game before that. So hopefully we continue with our bowling rhythm up front and then in the middle overs, Rashid Khan has been really good for us. So hopefully we all continue in the same manner. Always good to have some runs on the belt and in a tournament like IPL, a long tournament, if you start well, you can really, really have a good season. And that’s what I will strive for. Always a good challenge to play against them. I think they are a solid team and hopefully it’s going to be a good match. We’re going with the same team."

Hardik Pandya:

"We would have fielded as well. It’s obviously the last game for us as a group. We had to regroup and speak about what Mumbai Indians stands for and what kind of game we want to play. And we had a good amount of chats. People are looking forward to the game. (You have bounced back from such situations before?) Yeah, most often than not. So this time we want to make sure that we start the winning form and make sure that we play some good cricket and tick boxes whenever we are supposed to tick. And yeah, just backing each other, sticking by each other. There will be tough times, but yeah, just stand with each other and go out and play some good cricket. (Areas of improvement) I think we need to play overall better cricket, I can’t pinpoint one factor. As I’ve said earlier, we win together, we lose together. So as a group, we need to get better. It's a fresh day. Sun has risen again and just a positive way. A couple of debuts for us. Danish (Malewar) makes his Mumbai Indians debut. And Krish (Bhagat) as well, who was part of the support bowlers, really impressed us. He got into the team three days back and such is life that he’s playing today."

GT vs MI Playing XI

Gujarat Titans (Playing XI): Shubman Gill(c), Sai Sudharsan, Jos Buttler(w), Washington Sundar, Glenn Phillips, Shahrukh Khan, Rashid Khan, Mohammed Siraj, Kagiso Rabada, Prasidh Krishna, Ashok Sharma

GT Impact subs: Rahul Tewatia, Jason Holder, Manav Suthar, Kulwant Khejroliya, Anuj Rawat

Mumbai Indians (Playing XI): Danish Malewar, Quinton de Kock(w), Naman Dhir, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya(c), Tilak Varma, Sherfane Rutherford, Mitchell Santner, Krish Bhagat, Jasprit Bumrah, AM Ghazanfar

MI Impact subs: Raj Bawa, Ashwani Kumar, Corbin Bosch, Mayank Rawat, Raghu Sharma