Sanju Samson’s Rajasthan Royals will face Hardik Pandya’s Gujarat Titans in Match 48 of Indian Premier League 2023 at Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur on Friday, 5 May 2023. Keep reading to find out IPL 2023 48 RR vs GT Match Preview.
Five of the Rajasthan Royals’ nine games so far have resulted in victories. They had a strong start to the season by winning four of the first five games. However, their recent performance wasn’t great as they lost three of the following four games. However, winning the following game would move them to the top of the standings.
On the other side, the Gujarat Titans are the current table-toppers after winning six of their first nine games. After losing to the bottom-of-the-table Delhi Capitals, they enter this game on a losing streak. This season, there is fierce competition between the teams. A modest slump in performance could force the squad to withdraw from the top 4 in the back end of the tournament.
RR vs GT Head to Head
Let’s have a look at the head-to-head record for RR vs GT today match prediction. Which will help us to understand who will win today’s IPL match. Know who has higher chances of winning between Rajasthan Royals vs Gujarat Titans?
Total Matches Played: 4
Rajasthan Royals Won: 1
Gujarat Titans Won: 3
Tie: 0
No Result: 0
Players to watch out for
Rajasthan Royals
Trent Boult
He has taken ten wickets in IPL 2023 in seven games at an average of 23.4, including seven in the powerplay, which is the most for the Royals. To the GT openers Shubman Gill and Wriddhiman Saha, who have scored at a meager strike rate of 92.56, Boult has bowled a total of 55 deliveries. In the IPL, Boult has three times dismissed each of the openers.
Jos Butler
With an average of 32.11 and a strike rate of 138.94 over nine games this season, he has scored 289 runs, including three half-centuries. Notably, he has performed well against GT, scoring 89 runs with a 151.67 strike rate. Buttler had managed to hit 94 runs at a strike rate of 151.61 against Shami, GT’s most productive bowler this season with 17 wickets, despite being dismissed just once in the previous five years.
Gujarat Titans
Mohammad Shami
With 17 wickets in nine games at an average of 14.52, an economy rate of 7.05, and a strike rate of 12.35, Shami has been outstanding in the IPL 2023. He has taken 18 wickets overall against Rajasthan Royals in the IPL, the most of any opponent, at an average of 24.39, demonstrating his skill against them.
Shubhman Gill
He leads the Titans in runs scored this season with 339, averaging 37.66 with a 140.66 strike rate. Particularly during the powerplay, Gill has been a force to be reckoned with, scoring 166 runs at a strike rate of 149.54, the highest of all GT batters.
Rajasthan Royals vs Gujarat Titans Predicted Playing XIs:
Trent Boult made a comeback to the RR line-up for the last game against Mumbai Indians. He replaced Adam Zampa in the XI. RR could well stick to the same combination.
Gujarat Titans went in with an unchanged unit for their previous clash versus Delhi Capitals. In spite of a defeat in that match, there is a good chance that the franchise would resist making any changes in the team.
Here are the predicted playing XI’s of Rajasthan Royals vs Gujarat Titans for the IPL 2023 Match 48
Rajasthan Royals Predicted Playing XI:
Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson (c & wk), Devdutt Padikkal, Dhruv Jurel <> Kuldeep Sen, Shimron Hetmyer, Ravichandran Ashwin, Jason Holder, Trent Boult, Sandeep Sharma, Yuzvendra Chahal
Gujarat Titans Predicted Playing XI:
Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Abhinav Manohar, Hardik Pandya (c), Vijay Shankar, David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Noor Ahmad, Mohammed Shami, Mohit Sharma <> Shubman Gill, Joshua Little
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