Former India player Aakash Chopra has asked the Mumbai Indians (MI) to post bigger totals in IPL 2025. However, he added that the MI batters might find it tough against the Gujarat Titans (GT) bowling attack, especially their seamers, since Shubman Gill doesn’t seem too eager
to use Sai Kishore with the ball as well.
Previewing the MI-GT IPL 2025 clash in a video shared on his YouTube channel ‘Aakash Chopra’, he said, “When I am greedy, I feel you (Mumbai) should score 250 when possible. I felt that in the last match as well, although they won the match by 100 runs. I would say score 245/6 instead of 217/2. Hit a little more if the batting has so much firepower, although they might not get that much chance in this match as the opposing bowling will be slightly better.”
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“They will have (Mohammed) Siraj, Prasidh (Krishna) and (Kagiso) Rabada. After that, Rashid Khan, who is fifty-fifty, but he is there. Then you will have the option of Sai Kishore. If someone can stop Mumbai’s batting juggernaut, this is that bowling attack, especially fast bowling. Spin has dipped a little. It seems like Shubman Gill doesn’t like bowling Sai Kishore and Rashid Khan hasn’t been in very good form,” he further added.
However, Aakash Chopra also stated that the Mumbai Indians bowling attack could also challenge the Gujarat Titans batting lineup as well.
“When I look at Gujarat, if someone can stop their top three, it’s this bowling attack. It has Trent Boult, Deepak Chahar, Hardik Pandya and Jasprit Bumrah, and Corbin Bosch might also play. If these five together stop the top three, Gujarat might be challenged for the first time this season,” he said.
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“Until now, one of the top three has scored a fifty for sure. This has happened in every single game this season, but maybe this will be a different game altogether. So I am extremely eager to watch that. The scales are slightly tilted towards Mumbai because they are playing at home, but Gujarat are a very good team,” Aakash Chopra concluded.
