The 1st Qualifier match of TATA IPL 2022 is all set to be played between Gujarat Titans and Rajasthan Royals (GT vs RR). Gujarat Titans are in the first position whereas Rajasthan Royals are in the second position. In their previous encounter, GT defeated RR by 37 runs. The match will start at 7:30 PM IST today, at Eden Gardens. Let’s have a look at their Match Preview, Prediction, and Fantasy XI.
GT vs RR: Match Preview
Gujarat Titans
Gujarat Titans are at the top of the points table and were the most consistent team in TATA IPL 2022. GT is led by Hardik Pandya played fourteen languages and won nine of them. Gujarat Titans played their last game against Royal Challengers Bangalore where RCB defeated GT by 8 wickets. Hardik Pandya smacked 63 runs whereas David Miller smashed 34 runs in the game. Rashid Khan also picked a few wickets.
Rajasthan Royals
Rajasthan Royals is in the second position. Rajasthan Royals played their last match against Chennai Super Kings and won the game by 5 wickets. Yashasvi Jaiswal and Ravichandran Ashwin mustered 59 runs and 40 runs respectively for Rajasthan Royals in the game. From the bowling department, Yuzvendra Chahal and Obed McCoy took a couple of wickets.
GT vs RR: Match Prediction
The Sanju Samson-led side won against Chennai Super Kings in their last game of the league stage and the franchise will be looking to win this game as well. They are likely to stick with the same squad. Gujarat Titans had suffered a loss in their final game of the league stage against the Royal Challengers Bangalore. Gujarat Titans have a lot of positives despite their last loss. In the past 5 games, GT lost 3 games and RR lost only 2 games. RR is having a better consistency and it’s predicted that they will win the game against GT.
GT vs RR: Fantasy XI
Wriddhiman Saha from Gujarat Titans did not play the last head-to-head game against Rajasthan Royals but he’s in a great form in the last few matches.
Hardik Pandya from Gujarat Titans stacked 87 runs and took 1 wicket in the last head-to-head match against Rajasthan Royals. He’s also leading GT and is an essential pick.
Jos Buttler from Rajasthan Royals smashed 54 runs in the last head-to-head game against Gujarat Titans and is the leading run-scorer in IPL 2022.
Ravichandran Ashwin from Rajasthan Royals produced a consistent performance throughout IPL 2022 and is an essential choice.
Shimron Hetmyer from Rajasthan Royals smacked 29 runs in the last head-to-head game against Gujarat Titans and can come in handy once again here.
Shubman Gill gave a spectacular performance against Lucknow Super Giants. He scored a wonderful knock of 63 runs off 49 balls that included a total of 7 boundaries.
Rahul Tewatia was amazing with the bat and played a brilliant strike rate of close to 150 in this competition so far.
Yuzvendra Chahal is the highest wicket-taker in IPL 2022 with an excellent total of 26 wickets from as many as 14 games.
Sanju Samson has already smacked more than 350 runs in this T20 tournament and he’s also leading RR.
Rashid Khan from GT picked 18 wickets so far in the tournament and hopefully, he’ll look for crucial scalps in this match as well.
Devdutt Padikkal mustered a total of 337 run in IPL 2022. He’s an essential pick from RR.
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