TATA IPL 2023 Rajasthan Royals (RR) vs Gujarat Titans (GT) Match 48 – venue, squad, pitch report, Team 11 Predictions
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Match Details
| Match no | 48 |
| Date & Time | 05-May-2023, 7.30 PM IST |
| Teams | Rajasthan Royals vs Gujarat Titans |
| Venue | Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur |
Rajasthan Royals-Squad
| All-rounder | Batsman | Bowler | WK-Batsman |
| 1. Riyan Parag 2. Ravichandran Ashwin 3. Jason Holder 4. Akash Vashisht | 1. Yashasvi Jaiswal 2. Devdutt Padikkal 3. Shimron Hetmyer 4. Joe Root | 1. Kuldip Yadav 2. Navdeep Saini 3. Kuldeep Sen 4. Obed McCoy 5. KC Cariappa 6. Yuzvendra Chahal 7. Sandeep Sharma 8. Trent Boult 9. Adam Zampa 10. KM Asif 11. Murugan Ashwin 12. Abdul Bazith | 1. Sanju Samson (c&wk) 2. Jos Buttler (wk) 3. Dhruv Jurel (wk) 4. Donovan Ferreira 5. Kunal Rathore |
Gujarat Titans-Squad
| All-rounder | Batsman | Bowler | WK-Batsman |
| 1. Hardik Pandya 2. Vijay Shankar 3. Jayant Yadav 4. Rahul Tewatia 5. Odean Smith | 1. Shubman Gill 2. Sai Sudarshan 3. Abhinav Sadarangani 4. David Miller 5. Kane Williamson | 1. Rashid Khan 2. Darshan Nalkande 3. Yash Dayal 4. Pradeep Sangwan 5. Alzarri Joseph 6. R Sai Kishore 7. Noor Ahmad 8. Mohammed Shami 9. Shivam Mavi 10. Joshua Little 11. Mohit Sharma | 1. Matthew Wade 2. Wriddhiman Saha 3. KS Bharat 4. Urvil Patel |
Sawai Mansingh Stadium-Pitch Report
As predicted in the last match, the home team Rajasthan Royals scored 202 runs by batting first against Chennai Super Kings. CSK lost the match by 32 runs. It was a belter of a pitch where batsman played their stokes happily on this wicket. This game will be no different and certainly favor batsman once again. Since this wicket is good, any team batting first can score good runs on this wicket and able to defend the score. This wicket will help the pacers initially and as the game progresses it will be good for batting.
Rajasthan Royals-Probable 11
| All-rounder | Batsman | Bowler | WK-Batsman | Impact Player |
| 1. Ravichandran Ashwin 2. Jason Holder 3. Dhruv Jurel | 1. Yashasvi Jaiswal 2. Devdutt Padikkal 3. Shimron Hetmyer | 1. Sandeep Sharma 2. Yuzvendra Chahal 3. Trent Boult | 1. Sanju Samson (C) 2. Jos Buttler | 1. Riyan Parag 2. K M Asif 3. Murugan Ashwin 4. Navdeep Saini |
Gujarat Titans-Probable 11
| All-rounder | Batsman | Bowler | WK-Batsman | Impact Player |
| 1. Hardik Pandya 2. Rahul Tewatia 3. Rashid Khan 4. Vijay Shankar | 1. David Miller 2. Shubman Gill 3. Abhinav Manohar | 1. Mohammed Shami 2. Noor Ahmad 3. Mohit Sharma | 1. Wriddhiman Saha | 1. Alzarri Joseph 2. Matthew Wade 3. Jayant Yadav 4. Pradeep Sangwan 5. K S Bharat |
Predicted Score
The team batting first will score anything around 175-195 runs but the batting supermos can take the runs to >200 runs on this wicket. The team winning the toss should look to bat first so that they can defend the runs on this wicket.
Predicted Match Winners
GT has high potential of winning this game against the home team RR, both teams have good batting depth but RR lack some strength in the bowling. This match can witness good batting vs good spin bowling however GT has a slight advantage on this game.
Recent Wins
Rajasthan Royals: LWLLW (last five matches, most recent first)
Gujarat Titans: LWWWL
Players to watch
RR – Jos Butler, Shimron Hetmyer, Sanju Samson
GT – David Miller, Hardik Pandya, Rashid Khan
Aramco Orange Cap
RR – Jos Butler – 204 runs
GT – Shubman Gill – 284 runs – Rank-9
Aramco Purple Cap
RR – Yuzvendra Chahal – 11 wickets
GT – Rashid Khan – 14 wickets – Rank-2
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