GT vs MI IPL Live Score 2024: Shubman Gill's Gujarat Titans keen to spoil Hardik Pandya's Mumbai Indians homecoming

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GT vs MI IPL Live Score 2024, Gujarat Titans vs Mumbai Indians: In normal circumstances, MI fans would have welcomed back Hardik Pandya with open arms. Not only is it the return of their prodigal son, it also means the addition of one of the most lethal all-rounders in limited overs cricket. But that hasn't quite been the case this time around, even a cursory check on social media would tell you that MI fans are not happy with Pandya's return, mainly due to the fact that he has replaced five-time IPL winning captain Rohit Sharma as captain. MI also didn't do themselves any favours by refusing questions around a rumoured captaincy clause in Pandya's contract and the discussions that led to the decision of Rohit being effectively sacked as captain. They didn't even allow a question on what kind of conversation Pandya has had with Gill with regards to the GT captaincy.

GT vs MI IPL Live Score 2024, Gujarat Titans vs Mumbai Indians: Hardik Pandya was announced as captain of the Gujarat Titans before IPL 2022, a move that raised a lot of eyebrows considering the fact that Pandya at the time was struggling to nail down a spot in the Indian team and hadn't bowled for a long time due to injuries. However, he had well and truly returned to peak fitness in that IPL, bowling like a dream and reinvented himself as a top order batter. Pandya's captaincy was also lauded and he ended becoming the first man since Shane Warne in 2008 to lead a debutant team to the IPL title in their very first season in the IPL. The next season, GT finished runners-up to Chennai Super Kings.

GT vs MI IPL Live Score 2024, Gujarat Titans vs Mumbai Indians: It is hard to deny that there are shades of RCB appointing a young Virat Kohli as their captain in 2013 in GT giving the mantle to Gill. He is still only 24 years old but in recent years has established himself in the Indian team across formats. Gill has been in quite sensational form for well over a year now. Kohli had relished the captaincy role in RCB and with the Indian team, with his already impressive record going to a different level when he became skipper. Both GT and Indian fans would hope that Gill will take to it in a similar fashion.

GT vs MI IPL Live Score 2024, Gujarat Titans vs Mumbai Indians: Both sides have faced each other four times, with GT winning twice and MI coming out on top on two occasions.

GT vs MI IPL Live Score 2024, Gujarat Titans vs Mumbai Indians: Cricket fans! A very good afternoon. Are you ready for tonight? Possibly the biggest match of this year's IPL thus far? Yeah, you read that right. Mumbai Indians and Gujarat Titans haven't had much of a rivalry thus far. Of, to a certain extent it did, but given what has transpired in the last three odd months, with Hardik Pandya first returning to MI and then getting appointed as their captain, promises to change the equation altogether. GT, hoping to fill the Hardik void, named a captain of their own in Shubman Gill, and the promotion promises to be the biggest litmus test of his young career. Hardik vs Shubman with GT wanting to show they can move on and make a team without Hardik is the showdown everyone would have their eyes on.