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IPL 2023: Gujarat Titans vs Rajasthan Royals – Dafanews Match Preview

The previous season’s finalists – Gujarat Titans and Rajasthan Royals – will take on each other at the gigantic Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad on Sunday in the 23rd match of the season. Both of these teams have once again started on a high as they have won three out of the four games they have played.

We look at the current form, head-to-head, players to look out for, and squads of both teams in our match preview.

Current form for GT: W L W W

Gujarat Titans once again found a new hero in Mohit Sharma, who returned with impressive figures of 2-18 in the last game against PBKS. Furthermore, Shubman Gill scored a fine knock of 67 runs in the run-chase of 154 runs against PBKS. Thus, the defending champions will want to keep coming with collective efforts.

Current form for RR: W W L W

Rajasthan Royals have once again done a good job with the bat as Jos Buttler and Yashasvi Jaiswal have been brilliant at the top. Moreover, the spin duo of Ravichandran Ashwin and Yuzvendra Chahal have been right on the money. RR might bring in Trent Boult against GT as he adds a lot of strength to the pace bowling line-up.

Head to Head: Matches: 3, Won by GT: 3, Won by RR: 0.

GT had won all three matches against RR in the previous season.

Players to watch out for: Shubman Gill, Hardik Pandya, David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Alzarri Joseph, and Mohammed Shami are going to hold the key for GT.

Jos Buttler (wk), Sanju Samson, Shimron Hetmyer, Jason Holder, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, and Yuzvendra Chahal will hold the key for RR.

GT Squad for IPL 2023: Wicketkeepers: Wriddhiman Saha, Matthew Wade (AUS), KS Bharat, Urvil Patel.

Batters: Abhinav Manohar, David Miller (SA), Sai Sudharsan, Shubman Gill, Kane Williamson (NZ).

All-rounders: Hardik Pandya, Rashid Khan (AFG), Vijay Shankar, Rahul Tewatia, Odean Smith (WI).

Bowlers: Alzarri Joseph (WI), Mohammed Shami, Darshan Nalkande, Noor Ahmad (AFG), R. Sai Kishore, Pradeep Sangwan, Yash Dayal, Jayant Yadav, Mohit Sharma, Joshua Little (IRE), Shivam Mavi.

RR IPL 2023 SQUAD

Wicketkeepers: Sanju Samson, Jos Buttler (ENG), Dhruv Jurel, Kunal Rathore, Donovan Ferreira (SA).

Batters: Shimron Hetmyer (WI), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Devdutt Padikkal, Riyan Parag, Joe Root (ENG).

All-rounders: Ravichandran Ashwin, Abdul P A, Akash Vashisht, Jason Holder (WI).

Bowlers: Trent Boult (NZ), KC Cariappa, Yuzvendra Chahal, Obed McCoy (WI), Sandeep Sharma, Navdeep Saini, Kuldeep Sen, Kuldip Yadav, Murugan Ashwin, Adam Zampa (AUS), KM Asif.

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