Last year's finalist teams are going face to face in IPL-2023 on Sunday. The defending champions Gujarat Titans are hosting Rajasthan at their home Narendra Modi Stadium. In this match, Rajasthan captain Sanju Samson won the toss and decided to bowl first. Last season three matches were played between Rajasthan and Gujarat and all three matches were won by Gujarat.
This season, both teams have played four matches each, out of which both have won three. Like last season, this season too these two teams are looking very strong.
Bolt return
Trent Boult has returned to the Rajasthan team. He has come to the team in place of Jason Holder. Adam Zampa came as an impact player in the last match but in this match, he is a part of the starting playing-11. Apart from him, there are Yuzvendra Chahal and Ravichandran Ashwin in the team. That is, Rajasthan has landed with three spinners. Devdutt Padikkal has not found a place on the team. Apart from Padikkal, Murugan Ashwin. Donovan Ferreira, and Navdeep Saini, are Root Impact Player Substitutes.
Toss Update @rajasthanroyals win the toss and elect to field first against @gujarat_titans.
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Vijay Shankar out
There have also been changes in the Gujarat team. Vijay Shankar, who scored a half-century off 21 balls against Kolkata, is not playing in this match. Abhinav Manohar has come in his place. This team has selected Josh Little, Jayant Yadav, Noor Ahmed, Shrikar Bharat, and Dasun Shanaka as Impact Player Substitute.
Playing-11 of both the teams
Rajasthan Royals - Joss Buttler, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson (Captain), Riyan Parag, Shimron Hetmyer, Dhruv Jurel, R Ashwin, Trent Boult, Adam Zampa, Sandeep Sharma and Yuzvendra Chahal.
Gujarat Titans - Wriddhiman Saha, Shubman Gill, Sai Sudarshan, Hardik Pandya (Captain), Abhinav Manohar, David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Alzarri Joseph, Mohammed Shami, Mohit Sharma.