Jaipur: Both teams have won one Indian Premier League (IPL) title each. They enjoy huge crowd support at their respective home turfs as well. They are intense sides, who love to prove their mettle not much with wild celebrations or media attentions, but by their professional performances.
When Sanju Sampson led Rajasthan Royals (RR) face Shubman Gill captained Gujarat Titans (GT) at Sawai Mansingh Stadium, here in the 24th match of the IPL 2024 on Wednesday evening, it is bound to be an interesting battle.
Well, Rajasthan lead the Points Table with four wins from four matches (three of them in Jaipur and one in Mumbai). But Gujarat, the 2022 edition champions and last edition runners-up have two win from five matches.
GT of course beat Mumbai Indians in their first match this season, who are led by their former captain Hardik Pandya. But the most consistent side of the IPL, ever since they were launched in 2022, Gujarat have not maintained their consistency this season.
Will Gujarat be able to stop Rajasthan's invincible run this season? Not impossible, but appears bit difficult because of RR's balanced and variety-filled bowling attack.
Besides, their batting mainstay Jos Buttler with his maiden ton this season against Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) seems to have got back his old touch. Skipper Samson, Riyan Parag too have excelled well.
On the contrary, Gujarat though have a few match-winning bowlers like Rashid Khan, but their batting mostly is dependent on Gill and David Miller.
RR beat Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) by six wickets in their last match in Jaipur last week. Meanwhile, GT lost to Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) by 33 runs in their last outing at the Ekana Stadium in Lucknow on Sunday.
The two teams have played each other five times in the IPL. The Royals have come up victorious on one occasion, with GThave won four.
RR v GT head-to-head 5:
Rajasthan Royals: 1
Gujarat Titans: 4
Match time: The Match starts at 7:30 PM IST (2:00 PM GMT) with toss taking place half an hour prior to the match i.e., 7:00 PM (1:30 PM GMT)
Match venue: Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Live broadcast match on television in India: RR v GT match will be broadcast live via Star Sports Network.
Live stream in India: The live streaming of RR v GT will be available on JioCinema.
Squads:
Gujarat Titans: Shubman Gill(Captain), Sai Sudharsan, Sharath BR(w), Vijay Shankar, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Noor Ahmad, Umesh Yadav, Spencer Johnson, Darshan Nalkande, Mohit Sharma, Kane Williamson, Abhinav Manohar, Matthew Wade, Manav Suthar, Jayant Yadav, Wriddhiman Saha, David Miller, Sandeep Warrier, Shahrukh Khan, Joshua Little, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Kartik Tyagi, Azmatullah Omarzai, Sushant Mishra.
Rajasthan Royals: Sanju Samson(Captain and wicket-keeper)), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Avesh Khan, Nandre Burger, Yuzvendra Chahal, Shubham Dubey, Rovman Powell, Tanush Kotian, Kuldeep Sen, Abid Mushtaq, Sandeep Sharma, Navdeep Saini, Keshav Maharaj, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Donovan Ferreira, Kunal Singh Rathore. (With IANS support)