Match preview: GT vs RR
Match preview: GT vs RR- In the 48th match of the IPL 2023, Rajasthan Royals (RR) will play Gujarat Titans (GT) at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur on Friday, May 5. This season, both teams have put on strong performances, and they are expected to do so again in this match. Six out of nine games have been won by the Titans, who are currently leading the points table. In spite of dominating three matches on the road, they lost their last match against the Delhi Capitals.
Aman Hakim Khan’s half-century helped the Capitals rack up 130 runs in 20 innings. In the power play, the Titans lost three wickets and were unable to recover. Despite the efforts of Hardik Pandya, Abhinav Manohar, and Rahul Tewatia, the team was unable to reach its goal, scoring only 125 runs with the loss of six wickets and losing the game by five runs.
Match preview: GT vs RR
The Royals are at present situated in the fourth spot in the focus table, having won five out of nine games this season. The Royals batted first in their most recent match against the Mumbai Indians, scoring 212 runs with seven wickets lost in 20 overs, including Yashasvi Jaiswal’s maiden IPL century. However, Ravichandran Ashwin was the Mumbai Indians’ most successful bowler, taking two wickets for 27 runs in four overs, helping the Mumbai Indians reach the target in 19.3 overs.
Alag vibe, full hype. 🔥 pic.twitter.com/oJUdNpIf2m
— Rajasthan Royals (@rajasthanroyals) May 5, 2023
In the IPL, RR, and GT have met four times, including in the championship match of the previous season. In three of these contests, GT has prevailed. Notwithstanding, in their past experience this season, the Royals figured out how to get their most memorable success against GT, effectively pursuing an objective of 178 runs in the last game.
Probably playing XI of GT and RR
In the comments, your XI to take on Hardik and Co. 🔥 pic.twitter.com/r85MnNdOHc
— Rajasthan Royals (@rajasthanroyals) May 5, 2023
Rajasthan Royals: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Devdutt Padikkal, Shimron Hetmyer, Ravichandran Ashwin, Jason Holder, Jos Buttler, SV Samson (C), DC Jurel, Trent Boult, Yuzvendra Chahal, Sandeep Sharma
Gujarat Titans: Shubman Gill, HH Pandya (C), A Manohar, DA Miller, Vijay Shankar, R Tewatia, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Rashid Khan, M Shami, MM Sharma, Noor Ahmad
Pitch report
The Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur has hosted 14 Twenty20 matches, with an average first innings score of 138 runs. Due to the fact that the teams batting first and second have both won equal numbers of games, the toss may not play a significant role in this situation. On this surface, spinners have taken 54% of the wickets, while pacers have only taken 46%.
The Sawai Mansingh Stadium surface is conducive to bowling, providing ample support for both pacers and spinners. The team that bats second has an excellent record at this venue, and the team that wins the toss here is likely to choose to chase. As the game progresses, the surface becomes better for batting.
