Gujarat Titans host Rajasthan Royals in match 23 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad in the second of Sunday’s double-header. The match starts at 7:30 PM IST on April 16.
Hardik Pandya’s defending champions GT head into the match on the back of their third win of this season, while RR led by Sanju Samson are also fresh from their third win of the campaign. GT has won 3 in 4, whereas RR has also won 3 of 4.
Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad Pitch Report:
The Narendra Modi Stadium has been batting friendly so far, but has provided a little assistance for new ball bowlers. The average score batting first in IPL at the venue is 164.
Both the matches of the 2023 season have seen the team chasing win the match. GT chased down a target of 179 set by CSK with 4 balls to spare, while KKR pulled off a 205 run chase against GT riding on Rinku Singh’s last-over display of five sixes.
The chasing teams have had the most success with teams batting second winning on most occasions. So, the captain winning the toss will not hesitate to bowl first at the Narendra Modi Stadium.
Batting And Bowling Gujarat Titans vs Rajasthan Royals
Later, Shubman Gill (67) and Wriddhiman Saha (30) scored marvellous knocks for the team. David Miller (17*) and Rahul Tewatia (5*) helped the team to get the winning runs towards the end, stealing a victory with 6 wickets in hands.
Rajasthan Royals are led by Sanju Samson in IPL 2023. In the previous clash of IPL 2023, RR stunned Chennai Super Kings. Batting first in the match, RR posted 175-8 with a fifty by Jos Buttler (52). Ravichandran Ashwin and Shimron Hetmyer also added crucial 30 runs each.
Later, Devon Conway played a marvellous knock of 50 runs for CSK. Ravindra Jadeja (25*) and MS Dhoni (32*) also hit fabulous knocks. However, RR managed to halt CSK at 172-6 till the final over, winning the nail-biting clash by just 3 runs.
GT vs RR 23rd Match Preview
Now, the two former champions will clash at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, which will host it’s third match of the season. GT have lost one and won one at their home so far.
Gujarat Titans opened the season with a 6-wicket win over Chennai Super Kings in the first fixture of the season at the venue, but lost from a winning position against Kolkata Knight Riders by 3 wickets in the most recent fixture at home.
Ahead of GT vs RR 2023 meeting at the Narendra Modi Stadium, we take a look at the pitch report and weather forecast for the day as some parts of the country have received summer showers.
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Rajasthan Royals, led by Sanju Samson have also played some superb cricket this season. They are coming into this game on a back of hard-fought win against CSK at Chepauk and would be high in confidence.
Their dynamic opening duo of Jos Buttler and Yashasvi Jaiswal have taken them off to a flier in most of the games while Samson has also played couple of sparkling knocks. They have a quality bowling attack as well with two of the best spinners in India and they would be looking to avenge the lost of the 2022 season final. Let’s see how things pan out.
Head-to-head: Rajasthan Royals and Gujarat Titans have been against each other three times in the IPL so far and all occasions, GT have got the better of Rajasthan Royals.
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