Rajasthan Royals will lock horns against Gujarat Titans at the Sawai Man Singh Stadium, Jaipur on Friday. It will be a crucial match for both of these teams as they had lost their previous game and they will be looking to get back to winning ways. When these two had met earlier in the season, Rajasthan Royals had won by three wickets.
We look at the current form, head-to-head, players to look out for, and squads of both teams in our match preview.
Current form for GT: L W W W L
Gujarat Titans have once again ticked the right boxes in the ongoing season but they had failed to chase down a subpar score of 131 runs against Delhi Capitals in the previous season. Ergo, they will be looking to come up with a better batting performance.
Current form for RR: L W L L W
Rajasthan Royals have managed only two wins in their last five matches and they will be looking to come up with a better performance against GT. RR could not defend the total against Mumbai Indians in the last game despite putting a total of 213 runs on the board.
Head to Head: Matches: 4, Won by GT: 3, Won by RR: 1.
GT holds the edge against RR in the H2H battle.
Players to watch out for: Shubman Gill, Hardik Pandya, David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Alzarri Joseph, and Mohammed Shami are going to hold the key for GT.
Jos Buttler (wk), Sanju Samson, Shimron Hetmyer, Jason Holder, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, and Yuzvendra Chahal will hold the key for RR.
GT Squad for IPL 2023: Wicketkeepers: Wriddhiman Saha, Matthew Wade (AUS), KS Bharat, Urvil Patel.
Batters: Abhinav Manohar, David Miller (SA), Sai Sudharsan, Shubman Gill, Kane Williamson (NZ).
All-rounders: Hardik Pandya, Rashid Khan (AFG), Vijay Shankar, Rahul Tewatia, Odean Smith (WI).
Bowlers: Alzarri Joseph (WI), Mohammed Shami, Darshan Nalkande, Noor Ahmad (AFG), R. Sai Kishore, Pradeep Sangwan, Yash Dayal, Jayant Yadav, Mohit Sharma, Joshua Little (IRE), Shivam Mavi.
RR IPL 2023 SQUAD
Wicketkeepers: Sanju Samson, Jos Buttler (ENG), Dhruv Jurel, Kunal Rathore, Donovan Ferreira (SA).
Batters: Shimron Hetmyer (WI), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Devdutt Padikkal, Riyan Parag, Joe Root (ENG).
All-rounders: Ravichandran Ashwin, Abdul P A, Akash Vashisht, Jason Holder (WI).
Bowlers: Trent Boult (NZ), KC Cariappa, Yuzvendra Chahal, Obed McCoy (WI), Sandeep Sharma, Navdeep Saini, Kuldeep Sen, Kuldip Yadav, Murugan Ashwin, Adam Zampa (AUS), KM Asif.
