Gujarat Titans vs Rajasthan Royals
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23rd Match:
The match between GT and RR is the twenty-third meeting of the IPL 2023, which is going to be played at Narendra Modi Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad on April 16th 2023.
GT vs RR History:
Overall:
The teams competed against each other 3 times. GT won all three (3) times.
Last 5 (completed) match results of GT against RR are WWW – -.
@ GT Backyard:
The teams competed 0 times at the home ground of GT.
Last 5 (completed) match results of GT against RR are – – – – -.
Teams and Ranks:
The Home Side (GT):
The team completed 20 games, out of them the team won 15 times and lost 5 times.
The team is at the third place (current) in the table (IPL 2023) with 6 points (in total), victory will bring the team at the first place with 8 points (in total) and the defeat will place the team at any of the third (current) to fifth place with 6 points (in total).
Last 5 (completed) match results of GT are WLWWW.
Last 5 (completed) match results at home for GT are LW – – -.
The Visiting Side (RR):
The team completed 205 games, out of them the team won 104 times and lost 96 times with 5 without any result (No Result).
The team is at the top (first) place (current) in the table (IPL 2023) with 6 points (in total), victory will bring the team at the top (same) place with 8 points (in total) and the defeat will place the team at any of the second to fifth place with 6 points (in total).
Last 5 (completed) match results of RR are WWLWL.
Last 5 (completed) away match results for RR are WWLWL.
Weather:
Weather forecast for Ahmedabad shows the weather would be pretty clear for the first hour, then mostly clear till the last hour and then pretty clear till the end of the match. The precipitation percentage would be 0% throughout the play, as of now, so there would be almost no chance of rain during the match. The temperature would be between 31 to 35. The wind would be between 4 to 7 km/h. The speed of wind would fluctuate throughout the engagement and the temperature would decrease gradually.
Toss and Pitch (Record of IPL & CLT20):
Teams chose to bat first after winning the toss, which happened 8 times in 22 games. The selection didn’t favor the teams, as the team won 3 times and lost 5 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, when the team chose to bat first, are LLLLW.
On the other hand, the team chose to field first after winning the toss, won 8 times including a (1) victory in a tied game and lost 6 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, when the team chose to field first, are WWWLW.
The first batting team won the matches 9 times. Whereas, the teams, who batted second, won 13 times, though including a (1) win in a tied outing.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, while the team bat first, are LLLLL.
Over all, the teams which won the toss, won the matches 11 times including a (1) victory in a tied match and lost 11 times, as well.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, while winning the toss, are LWLWW.
The Home Team (GT):
The team won the toss 2 times in three (3) played games. The team won once and lost once, too.
Last 5 (completed) match results of the GT at the venue, while winning the toss, are LW – – -.
Last 5 (completed) match results of the GT at the venue, while losing the toss, are W – – – -.
Score:
The lowest successful defended total was 134 runs in 2014. On the other hand, Highest successful chase was 205 runs in 2023.
The first innings lowest total was 123 runs in 2021, and the highest total was 204 runs in 2023. For the second inning, the lowest total was 102 runs in 2014, whereas the highest was 207 runs in 2023.
The batting average of the first innings is 25.23 and 31.07 is for the second innings.
T20 History Between the Teams at the Venue:
The teams faced each other once at the venue, in which GT won.
Last 5 (completed) match results of GT against RR at the venue are W – – – -.
Teams’ T20 History at the Venue:
The Home Unit (GT):
The team had an above average record at the venue. The team won twice and lost once in three (3) played outings.
Last 5 (completed) match results of GT at the venue are LWW – -.
The Visiting Unit (RR):
The team had a good record at the venue. The team won 8 times and lost 6 times in 14 outings.
Last 5 (completed) match results of RR at the venue are LWLLW.
The side never won any outing after choosing to bat first since 2010.
The team never lost any outing after losing the toss since 2014.
The team never lost any outing while defending the target after losing the toss since 2010.
Tentative XI for both the Teams:
Gujarat Titans:
The team may go with a winning combination.
Gujarat Titans Eleven: S. Gill, W. Saha, S. Sudharsan, H. Pandya, + V. Shankar, D. Miller, R. Tewatia, R. Khan, A. Joseph, M. Shami, M. Sharma, + J. Little
Rajasthan Royals:
The team may go with T. Boult, if fit, in place of A. Tampa.
Rajasthan Royals Eleven: J. Buttle, Y. Jaiswal, + D. Padikkal, S. Samson, S. Hetmyer, D. Jurel, J. Holder, R. Ashwin, S. Sharma, T. Boult, K. Sen, + Y. Chahal
*Notes: the result of the most recent match is at the left. *Notes: “*” means the match was tied but the match was resulted through one over eliminator. *Notes: “+” means an impact player. *Notes: Images were taken from Google Search. *Notes: https://t20-head-to-head.com/2023/04/15/ipl-2023-gt-vs-rr-preview/
