Can Rajasthan Royals take revenge of previous year Final defeat?, Hardik Vs Samson, Pitch Report, Match Prediction

The 23rd Match of the Indian Premier League(IPL) 2023, will be played between Gujarat Titans and Rajasthan Royals at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad on 16th April. Gujarat Titans and their habit of Chasing in the last over, the same happened in the previous match as on bowling first restricted Punjab Kings to 153 runs all the bowlers Bowled amazing and picked up a wicked and Mohit Sharma playing his first game for Gujarat Titans take up to wicket and was also adjourned man of the match award. In the second innings Wriddhiman Saha capitalized the power play by scoring 30 runs and at one end Shubham Gill played a match winning knock of 67 runs and in the last 2 balls 4 runs were needed and Rahul Tewatia smashed 4 as Gujarat Titans won the match. On the other hand Rajasthan Royals are also flying high as they defeated Chennai Super Kings by just 3 runs, on batting first scored 175 runs, Jos Buttler was highest scorer with 52 runs along with him Devdutt Padikkal also played a good knock. In the bowling their spinners Ashwin and Chahal both picked up 2 wickets but in the end the hero was Sandeep Sharma although 21 runs were needed but against MS DHONI every score was less. Both teams are looking stable so a good contest is on cards on Sunday evening.

MATCH DETAILS :

Gujarat Giants Vs Rajasthan Royals :

Date: 16th April 2023, Sunday  

Time: 07:30 PM (IST)

Venue: Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad .

Capacity: 132,000

Live Streaming Platform: Star Sports and Jio Cinema (for online streaming).

PITCH REPORT :

Previous match at Ahmedabad we saw both teams scoring over 200 runs. Till now 2 games have been played at this venue and both have been won by team chasing. So win the toss and bowl first will be the approach again.

POSSIBLE PLAYING 11:

GUJARAT TITANS:

Hardik Pandya(C), Shubman Gill, Wriddhiman Saha(wk), Sai Sudharsan, David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Alzarri Joseph, Mohammed Shami, Joshua Little, Mohit Sharma.

RAJASTHAN ROYALS:

Sanju Samson(C)&(wk), Jos Buttler, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Devdutt Padikkal, Riyan Parag, Shimron Hetmyer, Jason Holder, Ravichandran Ashwin, KM Asif, Trent Boult, Yuzvendra Chahal.

HEAD TO HEAD RECORD :

Total Matches Played: 3

Gujarat Titans: 3

Rajasthan Royals: 0

Abandoned: 0

No Result : 0