IPL: Rajasthan Royals vs Gujarat Titans Predictions

Gujarat Titans will play against Rajasthan Royals in the 24th match of IPL 2022.

Rajasthan Royals have played four games this season so far where they managed to win three games and are currently standing at the top position on the points table of IPL 2022.

While Gujarat Titans are placed at the number 4 spot with 3 wins and one defeat in four games.

Gujarat Titans have surprised everyone with the brilliant performance in their maiden IPL season.

They suffered a loss against Sunrisers Hyderabad in their previous match that ended their 3-match winning streak.

GT failed to defend 163 runs as SRH convincingly chased down the target in the last over with 8 wickets in hand.

Kane Williamson and Abhishek Sharma scored 57 and 42 runs respectively.

On the other hand, Rajasthan Royals won by only 3 runs against Lucknow Super Giants in the last ball thriller.

Shimron Hetmyer scored an impressive knock of 59 runs while Yuzvendra Chahal picked up an excellent 4-wicket haul for Rajasthan Royals.

Team news

The Titans have given Matthew Wade a long run so far but he has not performed.

This could prompt them to select Rahmanullah Gurbaz, the explosive batter from Afghanistan.

On the other hand, Rajasthan’s middle order needs to be more consistent.

R Ashwin and Prasidh Krishna had a bad day at office in the last match and need to bounce back.

Key stats

RR are the most six-hitting team of IPL 2022 with 11 sixes per match.

Sanju Samson’s strike rate against pace is 107 but it shoots up to 238 against spin.

Match details

Teams: RR vs GT

Venue: Dr. DY Patil Sports Academy

Date: 14th April, Thursday

Time: 7:30 pm IST

Head to head record

Gujarat Titans will face the Rajasthan Royals for the first time in IPL history.

Total Matches Played: 0

 KKR won: 0

GT won: 0

Tie/no results: 0

GT Probable Playing 11

Matthew Wade (wk), Shubman Gill, Sai Sudharsan, Hardik Pandya ©, Abhinav Manohar, David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Darshan Nalkande, Lockie Ferguson, Mohammad Shami

RR Probable Playing 11

Jos Buttler, Devdutt Padikkal, Sanju Samson (c & wk), Rassie van der Dussen, Shimron Hetmyer, Riyan Parag, Kuldeep Sen, Ravichandran Ashwin, Prasidh Krishna, Trent Boult, Yuzvendra Chahal

Star bowler of the match

Yuzvendra Chahal has been brilliant with the ball this season. He also has picked up 4 wickets in the previous match and he will be the star bowler in this match.

Star batsman of the match

Jos Buttler is having a wonderful season with the bat.

He has scored a hundred and is among the top 5 run scorers of this season so far.

Buttler is expected to continue his form and score another match-winning knock for his side.

Star Wicketkeeper of the match

Sanju Samson has played a couple of good knocks for his side this season and he is also quite sharp behind the stumps.

He will be the star Wicketkeeper of the game.

Star all-rounder of the match

Hardik Pandya has worked a lot on himself to improve his fitness and he is getting the results now.

He scored a crucial half-century and also picked up a wicket in the previous game.

Who will win?

Both these sides have a strong lineup and they are hoping to win the game to strengthen their position in the top 4.

Gujarat Titans will rely a lot on Rashid Khan to pick up wickets and also block runs in the middle overs.

The team combination of Rajasthan is better than Gujarat and their batting and bowling department are much stronger than GT.

Rajasthan Royals have a lot of options in both bowling and batting attacks.

Their top-order is also quite dangerous just like their bowling which puts them ahead of Gujarat in this match.

Hence, our prediction for match 24 is that Rajasthan Royals will beat Gujarat Titans.