The IPL 2024 has reached its final stretch where every two points matter for every team now. Gujarat Titan will face Chennai Super Kings in the 59th game of IPL this season on 10th May at Ahmedabad. GT can not afford to lose this game while CSK will try to have a stronger grip on one of the top 4 positions.  Details of GT vs CSK Match  Table: Schedule of Match between Gujarat Titan and Chennai Super Kings Match Date Time Venue 59 Friday, May 10, 2024 8:00 P.M BST Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad Gujarat Titan vs Chennai Super Kings: Match Preview Gujarat Titans find themselves in the last position of the table and practically ruled out of the top 4. The IPL 2024 season has been a rather disappointing season for them after playing at least the finale in the previous two editions of IPL. Losing this match will mean they are the first team to be mathematically out for this season. Mumbai Indians fans would also wish for Gujarat Titans to win. Otherwise, they are mathematically out of the IPL this season as well.  Read more: Shakib, Soumya, Mustafizur return as BCB announces squad for final Zimbabwe T20Is This has been a season Gujarat Titans will not want to remember for a long time. They have been struggling to gain momentum all season. They only managed to win only four out of 11 games so far. Their top performers have not been able to deliver. Only two of the batters could score 200+ runs this season which is surprisingly low for such a star-studded batting line-up. Their skipper and top scorer of the last IPL Shubhman Gill has been underperforming as well with only two 50+ scores and 322 runs from 11 innings. Other batters like David Miller, and Rahul Tewatia have not clicked either. Sai Sudarshan has been their top run-scorer this season and he is the only entrant from Gujrat Titans for top 10 run-scorer in IPL this season.  Their bowling unit has been more disappointing this time. None of the top 25 wicket-takers in this IPL has been a GT player. Mohit Sharma has been their highest wicket-taker with only 10 wickets. Their dazzling leg-spin duo of Rashid Khan and Noor Ahmad have been quite under-performing for their standards. The blunt performances of Rashid Khan surprised everyone. Chennai Super Kings have been able to maintain their rhythm throughout the season. They have not been the best like KKR and RR but every time they just did enough to get it done. Captain Rituraj Gaikwad led from the front being the 2nd highest (541 runs) run-getter in this edition of IPL, only one short of Virat Kohli, and is the main candidate for this year’s orange cap. Shivam Dube has also been super impactful with his 350 runs at a massive 170+ strike rate. Read more: T20I Series: Bangladesh take 2-0 lead with comfortable victory over Zimbabwe In bowling, they had a fantastic trio in Mustafizur Rahman, Matheesha Pathirana, and Tushar Deshpande. However, Mustafizur is not available for them due to international duty. Pathirana is also out of the 2024 IPL for a hamstring injury. Deepak Chahar also has fitness issues. It would be interesting to see how CSK team management forms their bowling line-up with so many major absentees. It is good news for them that they have bowlers like Shardul Thakur and Richard Gleeson available to them. They would also like to see their overseas batters contribute much more.  They also have a strong spin-bowling all-rounder core of Moeen Ali, Ravindra Jadeja, and Mitchell Santner. With the absence of their strike-fast bowlers. They would have a big role to play in this game and the remainder of the season as well. GT vs CSK H2H Records So Far Table: Head-to-head records between Gujarat Titan and Chennai Super Kings Total Matches GT Win CSK Win Tie/NR 6 3 3 0 Read more: Women's T20 World Cup: Bangladesh's Schedule Unveiled Squads of Gujarat Titans Shubman Gill (captain), David Miller, Matthew Wade, Wriddhiman Saha, Kane Williamson, Abhinav Manohar, Sai Sudharsan, Darshan Nalkande, Vijay Shankar, Jayant Yadav, Rahul Tewatia, Noor Ahmad, Sai Kishore, Rashid Khan, Josh Little, Mohit Sharma, Azmatullah Omarzai, Umesh Yadav, Shahrukh Khan, Sushant Mishra, Kartik Tyagi, Manav Suthar, Spencer Johnson, BR Sharath, Sandeep Warrier Squads of Chennai Super Kings Aravelly Avanish, Moeen Ali, Deepak Chahar, Mukesh Choudhary, Tushar Deshpande, MS Dhoni, Shivam Dube, Ruturaj Gaikwad (captain), Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Ravindra Jadeja, Ajay Mandal, Daryl Mitchell, Richard Gleeson, Ajinkya Rahane, Mustafizur Rahman, Shaik Rasheed, Rachin Ravindra, Sameer Rizvi, Mitchell Santner, Nishant Sindhu, Simarjeet Singh, Prashant Solanki, Shardul Thakur, Maheesh Theekshana  Key Players in Gujarat Titan Squad Sai Sudarshan B Sai Sudharsan is the most in-form batter of Gujarat Titans this season. He maintained a decent strike rate and carried the innings while scoring 424 runs for Gujarat Titans in IPL 2024 so far. He has to play a crucial knock in this game to give Gujarat a chance in this game. Read more: Royal Challengers Bengaluru beat Gujarat Titans to stay alive in IPL Shubman Gill The skipper has to lead from the front in this game. If bowlers fail to perform well, Gujarat Titans team management will feel that the batters need to score big to win the game. In such a situation, Shubman Gill is the guy to take the responsibility of scoring big for the team. Key Players in Chennai Super Kings Squad Ruturaj Gaikwad The CSK skipper is one of the most likely candidates for the Orange Cap this IPL season. He also has been the key for CSK as he led the team with the bat. He needs to set the tone and carry the innings for CSK to make them the winners of this game.  Ravindra Jadeja Ravindra Jadeja has been the player of the match in two of the six wins for CSK. He has been effective with both bat and bowl. With the majority of frontline bowlers being either absent or doubtful, Jadeja has to lead the bowling attack to restrict Gujarat Titans to a low total for CSK. Final Words The clash of the two finalists of last season is always an enticing fixture. However, this season’s performance puts CSK as a slight favorite for this game. GT is expected to come with everything for their last chance of survival in the IPL 2024 season.  But CSK usually deals with these kinds of situations with utmost efficiency and they are expected to do the same this time as well. Read more: ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024: Full Fixture, Groups, Teams and Venues

All-rounder Shakib Al Hasan and batsman Soumya Sarkar return to the T20I squad as the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) announced the team for the final two matches of the five-match series against Zimbabwe. Shakib, who missed the first three matches due to Dhaka League commitments, rejoins the squad alongside Mustafizur Rahman, who returned from the IPL on May 2. Soumya Sarkar also makes a comeback after recovering from a knee injury. To accommodate their return, the selectors have left out Parvez Hossain Emon and Afif Hossain for the remaining matches, while Shoriful Islam has been rested. Read more: Towhid's 50 propels Bangladesh to 165 in 3rd T20I against Zimbabwe Bangladesh has already secured the series with victories in the first three matches, but Zimbabwe will be looking to salvage some pride in the final two games, scheduled for May 10th and 12th in Dhaka. This series marks Bangladesh's final home fixtures before the ICC Men's T20 World Cup, which will be held in the USA and West Indies next month. Bangladesh Squad for Final Zimbabwe T20Is: Najmul Hossain Shanto (Captain), Litton Das, Tanzid Hasan Tamim, Shakib Al Hasan, Tawhid Hridoy, Mahmudullah Riyad, Jaker Ali, Mahedi Hasan, Rishad Hossain, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Tanzim Sakib, Soumya Sarkar, Tanvir Islam, Mohammad Saifuddin. Read more: Zimbabwe Come Close, But Bangladesh Clinch the Series

IPL will see the last third of the season go underway as Mumbai Indians will face Kolkata Knight Riders on 3rd May at the Wankhede stadium. Kolkata is sitting at the 2nd position while Mumbai is struggling at no. 9 with very slim chances of qualifying for the playoffs. The match will start at 8:00 PM BST. Schedule of MI vs KKR Match in IPL 2024  Table: Schedule of MI vs KKR Match Date Time Venue 51 Friday, May 3, 2024 8:00 P.M BST Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Preview of Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL 2024 (51st Match) Historically this fixture is dominated by Mumbai Indians. But this time Kolkata Knight Riders will step on the ground as favorites. They have been a well-functioning side since the beginning of the campaign. The opening pair of Phil Salt and Sunil Narine have been performing great. Their destructive opening partnerships along with quick-fire innings from the likes of Andre Russell, Shryeash Iyer, Angkrish Raghuvangshi, and Rinku Singh have helped KKR score 200+ five times already. Wankhede is known for high-scoring encounters and this core of batters will fancy their chances here as well. Read more: Tigers set for New York: T20 World Cup pitches arrive at Nassau County Stadium Mumbai Indians on the other hand has been struggling with only three wins from 10 games this season. Their bowling has been disappointing beyond expectations and has been failing the batters all season. They conceded 200+ four times and 250+ two times this season. Although the likes of Jasprit Bumrah and Gerald Coetzee have been doing their part being the highest and 4th highest wicket-takers of this season respectively. Yet it is proving to be nowhere near enough. Their key players like Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya, Suryakumar Yadav, etc. have been performing below their usual level. MI vs KKR H2H Records So Far Table: Head-to-head records between Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders Total Matches MI Win KKR Win Tie/NR 32 23 9 0 MI vs KKR H2H at Wankhede So Far Table: Head-to-head records between Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders at Wankhede Total Matches MI Win KKR Win Tie/NR 10 9 1 0 Read more: Bangladesh vs India Women’s 3rd T20I 2024: Match Preview Mumbai Indians Squad Table: List of players of the Mumbai Indians Team Players Role Hardik Pandya © Allrounder Dewald Brevis Batting Allrounder Jasprit Bumrah Bowler Piyush Chawla Bowling Allrounder Gerald Coetzee Bowler Tim David Middle Order Batter Harvik Desai Wicketkeeper Batter Shreyas Gopal Allrounder Ishan Kishan Wicketkeeper Batter Anshul Kamboj Allrounder Kumar Kartikeya Bowler Akash Madhwal Bowler Kwena Maphaka Bowler Mohammad Nabi Allrounder Shams Mulani Allrounder Naman Dhir Top Order Batter Shivalik Sharma Batter Rohit Sharma Top Order Batter Romario Shepherd Bowling Allrounder Arjun Tendulkar Bowler Nuwan Thushara Bowler Tilak Verma Batting Allrounder Nehal Wadhera Top Order Batter Luke Wood  Bowler Suryakumar Yadav Batter Read more: India Women secure lead with rain-affected win over Bangladesh Kolkata Knight Riders Squad Table: Players list of Kolkata Knight Riders Team Players Role Shreyas Iyer © Top Order Batter Vaibhav Arora Bowler Srikar Bharat Wicketkeeper Batter Dushmantha Chameera Bowler AM Ghazanfar Bowler Harshit Rana Bowler Venkatesh Iyer Allrounder Sunil Narine Bowling Allrounder Manish Pandey Top Order Batter Angkrish Raghuvanshi Top Order Batter Rahmanullah Gurbaz Wicketkeeper Batter Ramandeep Singh Middle Order Batter Nitish Rana Middle Order Batter Anukul Roy Allrounder Andre Russell Allrounder Sherfane Rutherford Middle Order Batter Chetan Sakariya Bowler Sakib Hussain Bowler Phil Salt Wicketkeeper Batter Rinku Singh Middle Order Batter Mitchell Starc Bowler Suyash Sharma Bowler Varun Chakravarthy Bowler Read more: BCB announces ticket sales for Bangladesh vs. Zimbabwe T20I Series Key Players to Watch in the MI Squad Jasprit Bumrah Jasprit Bumrah has been one of the only constants of Mumbai Indians this year. He is the highest wicket-taker with 14 wickets currently. 9 of them came from the three matches MI won with an economy of 5.33 only. It is evident how much Bumrah needs to shine for MI to win.  Tilak Varma Tilak Varma has been arguably the best batter of MI this season. He is the highest run-scorer for Mumbai with 343 runs from 10 games averaging 42.87 and striking at 153.81. He also played 3 50+ innings and is the only entrant from Mumbai in the top 10 run-scorer list. Read more: Preview of Bangladesh vs Zimbabwe 1st T20I Match of 2024 Key Players to watch in the KKR Squad Sunil Narine Sunil Narine has rediscovered himself in this IPL. The legend of this tournament has found a new life with the bat in hand. He is the 2nd highest run-scorer of KKR with 372 runs striking at a mammoth rate of 181. He also has a century as well. He also picked up 11 wickets with the bowl making him the most impactful player of this KKR side. Phil Salt Phil Salt is KKR’s other destructive opener who scored 392 runs and kept a strike rate of 180.64. He has four fifties which is joint most this season. His opening partnership with Narine has decided many games for KKR this season and it shouldn’t be anything different this time as well. Read more: Analyzing Bangladesh Preliminary Squad in the Upcoming BAN vs ZIM T20I Series 2024 Final Words According to statistics Mumbai Indians dominate over Kolkata Knight Riders. However, the situation is different in IPL 2024 where KKR and MI are holding rank 2 and 9 respectively so far.  MI cannot afford to lose any game now if they wish to qualify for the playoffs. On the other hand, KKR will look to strengthen their position at the top of the table with a win in this game.  Therefore, it can be said that it will be challenging for Mumbai Indians to win against a well-polished opponent like Kolkata Knight Riders in the 51st match of the IPL 2024 tournament.  Read more: What lies ahead for Bangladesh spinners under Mushtaq Ahmed's guidance