Reigning champions Gujarat Titans will lock horns against previous season’s runners-up Rajasthan Royals at the Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad on Sunday in the 23rd match of the season. Once again, both of these teams have ticked the right boxes in the early phase of the tournament.

Both of them have won three out of their four matches and look all set to go all the way in the tournament. GT had won their previous match against PBKS by six wickets whereas RR won their last game against CSK by three runs.

Both of these teams cover almost all the bases in their squad and they are a force to reckon with in the ongoing IPL 2023.

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RR’s batter Shimron Hetmyer has thus far amassed 958 runs in 50 matches of the tournament and ergo he is 42 runs away from reaching the 1000-run mark.

Trent Boult has snared 97 wickets in 81 IPL matches and the gun pacer will become the first from New Zealand to take 100 wickets in the IPL after taking three more wickets.

GT captain Hardik Pandya has gathered 1984 runs in 110 IPL matches and he is 16 runs away from reaching the 2000-run mark. Pandya has already completed 50 wickets in the tournament.

Rahul Tewatia has scored 758 runs in 68 IPL matches and he is 242 runs away from reaching the 1000-run mark in the IPL.

RR opener Yashasvi Jaiswal has scored 682 runs in 27 IPL matches and he needs another 318 runs to get to the landmark of 1000 runs.

Devdutt Padikkal has scored 1321 runs in 49 IPL matches and he needs another 279 runs more to reach 1500 runs in the tournament.

Yuzvendra Chahal has scalped 176 wickets in 135 IPL matches and he needs another eight wickets to leapfrog Dwayne Bravo’s tally of 183 scalps and thus become the most successful bowler in IPL history.