Fantasy: Spinners to have a larger say in Ahmedabad?

Fantasy

Venue:  Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad

Average first innings score in last three years:161

30.43% of the games have been won by team batting first

Pacers have picked 67.2% of the wickets to fall here. Spinners have picked 32.8% of the wickets.

*All data since 2020 unless mentioned otherwise

Suggested teams

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Horses for courses

Top Run scorers at this venue

The above graphic tells you the top batters at the venue in the past three years. Click here to check the full list categorized on different parameters - runs, strike-rate, batting average etc.

Top wicket takers at this venue

The above graphic tells you the top bowlers at the venue in the past three years. Click here to check the full list categorized on different parameters - wickets taken, bowling average, bowling economy etc.

Grand League Punts

With the pitch slowly tilting towards assisting the spinners a little more, there is a case to play R Sai Kishore in the XI or maybe rope him as an impact sub. GT went in with Jayant Yadav against Lucknow given that they had three left-handers in their top five. In T20 cricket since 2020, the left-arm spinner has dismissed 10 left-handers at 10.9 (ER 6.7), while against right-handed batters he has picked up 14 wickets at 23.1 (ER 5.5). 

Shams Mulani a better option than Hrithik Shokeen? Among Indians in T20s since 2021, Mulani has picked up 16 wickets at 15.9 and strike-rate of 14.6. Among bowlers who have picked up as many wickets at him in this period the aforementioned numbers are the best. Should the left-arm spinner get a look in?

Probable XIs

Gujarat Titans: Shubman Gill, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Vijay Shankar, Hardik Pandya ( c ), David Miller, Abhinav Manohar, Mohammad Shami, Mohit Sharma, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Noor Ahmad

Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma ( c ), Ishan Kishan (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma,  Cameron Green, Tim David, Jason Behrendorff, Jofra Archer, Arjun Tendulkar, Piyush Chawla, Hrithik Shokeen