Samson Vs Hardik, Sawai Mansingh Stadium Pitch Report, Playing 11 

The 48th Match of the Indian Premier League(IPL) 2023, will be played between Rajasthan Royals and Gujarat Titans at Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur on 5th May. So it's a battle between two who are playing good cricket from last year and have created a rivalry as Gujarat Titans defeated Rajasthan Royals in the finals. But in this season when both the teams met each other Shrimon Hetmyer and Sanju Samson attacking knock won the match for Rajasthan. Rajasthan Royals in the previous match on batting first were good and all thanks to 21 year's old Yashasvi Jaiswal who scored 124 runs and register his first ton in the IPL but other batter's not supported as the next highest score was just 18 runs but Rajasthan Royals still managed to gave a target of 213 runs. In the second innings Ravichandran Ashwin picked up 2 wickets but other bowlers went for runs especially Jason Holder as Rajasthan Royals were not able to defend the target. On the other hand Gujarat Titans also are coming after losing their previous match and would you believe it that they were not able to chase the target. Gujarat Titans chasing record has been brilliant as in 14 matches they have won 12 while chasing. In the previous match Bowlers restricted the opponent to just 130 runs but even after Hardik Pandya scoring unbeaten 59 runs, Gujarat Titans lost the match but still they are the table toppers and are having a good season.

MATCH DETAILS:

Rajasthan Royals Vs Gujarat Titans:

Date: 5th May 2023, Friday 

Time: 07:30 PM (IST)

Venue: Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur

Capacity: 30,000

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

PITCH REPORT :

As dew is not a factor in Sawai Mansingh Stadium, batting first can be considered a good option as this is not High scoring stadium although in the previous match Rajasthan Royals scored 200 runs but team batting second faced difficulty to chase the total as for Fast bowlers this pitch is good.

POSSIBLE PLAYING 11:

RAJASTHAN ROYALS:

Sanju Samson(C)&(wk), Jos Buttler, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Devdutt Padikkal, Shimron Hetmyer, Dhruv Jurel, Jason Holder, Ravichandran Ashwin, Sandeep Sharma, Trent Boult, Yuzvendra Chahal.

GUJARAT TITANS:

Hardik Pandya(C), Shubman Gill, Wriddhiman Saha(wk), Vijay Shankar, David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Joshua Little, Mohammed Shami, Noor Ahmed, Mohit Sharma.

HEAD TO HEAD RECORD :

Total Matches Played: 4

Rajasthan Royals: 1

Gujarat Titans: 3

Abandoned: 0

No Result : 0