The defending champions Gujarat Titans face Mumbai Indians at the Wankhede Stadium on Friday. This will be the second match of both these teams this season. Earlier both the teams had met face to face in Ahmedabad in which Gujarat had won. This time Mumbai would like to avenge that defeat, but Gujarat's Mohammed Shami can become an obstacle in its path. Shami is rocking the powerplay this season and in such a situation he can be a threat to Mumbai captain Rohit Sharma, and Ishan Kishan.
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Powerplay is very important in T20. Every team wants him to do well in these six overs. The bowling team wants to give minimum runs in the powerplay and take maximum wickets. Shami is doing this work very well this season. He is making it difficult for the batsmen to survive in the powerplay and is also not allowing runs to be scored.
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Shami has done well in the Powerplay so far. So far Shami has played 11 matches in IPL-2023, in these matches Shami has bowled a total of 30 overs and has taken 12 wickets. He is the highest wicket-taker in the powerplay this season. If we look at the rest of Shami's figures so far, then his economy has also been excellent. During this, his economy has been 6.63 and the average has been 16.58.
Shami's best performance this season came against Delhi Capitals. In this match, Shami spoiled the condition of the Delhi batsmen and took four wickets in the powerplay itself. In this match, he gave a total of 11 runs and took four wickets in his name.
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Will there be a danger for Rohit?
Gujarat has to face five-time winners Mumbai Indians in IPL-2023 at Wankhede Stadium on Friday. In this match, Pandya would like Shami to once again show amazing powerplay and return Mumbai's upper order to the pavilion quickly. He can become the biggest threat to Mumbai captain Rohit Sharma. Rohit is not in good form this season anyway. Shami has so far bowled in front of Rohit in 10 innings and dismissed him twice.
Ishan Kishan will also have to stay away from Shami. Ishan is also seen in excellent form and is scoring runs in a blistering fashion. Shami will try his best to send Ishan to the pavilion soon. If we look at Shami's figures against Ishan, both have faced each other in eight innings. Ishan has scored 42 runs on Shami but Shami has not been able to dismiss this left-handed batsman even once. The form in which Shami is appearing this time can change this figure.
