Mumbai Indians and Gujarat Titans will face each other in the 56th match of the Indian Premier League (IPL). Both teams are in the top four of the points table with the Titans sitting pretty at the top while the five-time champions MI are at the fourth position. MI have done well in the last few matches chasing down 200 or more as many as three times. They have been troubled by injuries this season with Jofra Archer recently getting injured while one of their top batters Tilak Varma hasn't played for them in the last two matches.
He last played for MI on May 3 in the game against Punjab Kings and missed matches against Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore. However, in a huge boost to the Mumbai side, Tilak Varma is set to return for the game against Titans. He is expected to slot back at number four and lend stability to the team's line-up.
The southpaw has already scored 274 runs in nine innings at an average of 45.66 and a strike rate of 158.38 and can take the attack to the opposition in big chases as well. His absence in the game against CSK had forced skipper Rohit Sharma to demote himself to number three. But the move didn't work as he bagged a three-ball duck putting pressure on the middle-order as well. Tilak Varma returning to the playing XI will solve a lot of issues for Mumbai Indians in the GT encounter.
MI Probable Playing XI: Ishan Kishan, Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Cameron Green, Tim David, Nehal Wadhera, Chris Jordan, Piyush Chawla, Kumar Kartikeya, Jason Behrendorff
GT Probable Playing XI: Wriddhiman Saha(w), Shubman Gill, Hardik Pandya(c), Vijay Shankar, David Miller, Abhinav Manohar, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Mohit Sharma, Noor Ahmad, Mohammed Shami
