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IPL 2023: Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Gujarat Titans – Dafanews Match Preview

Royal Challengers Bangalore will lock horns with defending champions Gujarat Titans in the 70th game at the M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru on Sunday. It will be a must-win for RCB in order to qualify for the playoffs whereas GT has already sealed their last four berth with a dominant run.

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 L

There is no doubt that Gujarat Titans have been the most consistent team in the ongoing season and they have come up with a collective show. Different players have put their hand up in different matches in different situations and it has been their key to success.

Current form for RCB: W W L L W

Royal Challengers Bangalore were able to bag a crucial win in their previous match against SRH. Virat Kohli scored a majestic hundred and the talisman is once again going to hold the key for RCB at the top of the order along with in-form Faf du Plessis.

Head to Head: Matches: 2, Won by RCB: 1, Won by GT: 1.

Both teams have won one match against each other.

Players to look 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.

Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis, Glenn Maxwell, Wanindu Hasaranga, Mohammad Siraj, and Dinesh Karthik will hold the key for RCB.

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,

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.

RCB IPL 2023 SQUAD

Wicketkeepers: Anuj Rawat, Dinesh Karthik.

Batters: Faf du Plessis (SA), Finn Allen (NZ), Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Suyash Prabhudessai, Will Jacks (ENG).

All-rounders: Kedar Jadhav, Wanindu Hasaranga (SL), Mahipal Lomror, Glenn Maxwell (AUS), Shahbaz Ahmed, Sonu Yadav, Manoj Bhandage.

Bowlers: Akash Deep, Josh Hazlewood (AUS), Siddarth Kaul, Mohammed Siraj, Harshal Patel, Karn Sharma, Avinash Singh, Rajan Kumar, Himanshu Sharma.

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