Gujarat Titans’ Dominance and the Threat of Rajasthan Royals:-
All match number 23 of IPL 2025 on one side is Gujarat Titans on the other side is Rajasthan Royals Rajasthan Royals are coming after checking and mating two kings, so will they be able to stop the victory chariot of Gujarat here will we get to see Butler’s support and Shubman Gill’s auspicious start in this match or will we get to see Sanju Samson’s handsome innings and Riyan Parag will set this match on fire which team will win this match.
Key Players to Watch: Top Three Batters in Focus:-
The top three of Gujarat Butler Sai and Gill dominate this ground a lot all three have an average of 58 plus on this ground apart from that Gill has scored three centuries four half centuries on this ground in very few matches Sai is no less, he has scored a century and five half-centuries in very few matches and Butler also explodes here, he has scored a century and a half-century, he looks like a giant on this ground. Sanju Samson plays very well against Gujarat, in the last five innings, he has scored two 60-plus innings, Thik Senna has also taken two wickets twice in the last three innings against Gujarat, so you can keep an eye on these players, Jaiswal has an average of just 12 against Gujarat, so his chances of performing well will be a little less.
Head-to-Head Record: Gujarat Titans Lead:-
Headmyer plays very well, Headmyer is on fire against Gujarat Titans, he has an average of 80-plus at this venue, so brother Headmyer’s bat can also perform well, about head-to-head battles, so six head-to-head matches have been played between these two teams and Gujarat Titans have won five times, if they have won once against Rajasthan Royals, then Gujarat seems to be far ahead in head-to-head battles, last match Which was played between these two teams, it was played in Rajasthan’s home, Rajasthan made 196 which Gujarat chased on the last ball and batting contest between these two teams, Sanju Samson scored 68 and Riyan Parag scored 76 runs, once again there will be a lot of expectations from both of them and if we look from Gujarat’s side, Bhaiya Shubman Gill scored 72, Shahi played well and in the end.
Gujarat Titans: Strong Batting and Bowling Lineup:-
First they stopped RCB at 169 and chased it, then they entered Sunrisers’ home ground and stopped them at just 152 and chased that too. Gujarat Titans are showing their bowling power here. They had also stopped Mumbai Indians at 160. So not only in batting, Gujarat is showing heat in its bowling as well.
Mohammad Siraj, Prasidh Krishna are bowling very well. Shahi Kishore is also bowling very well. So bowling is completely dominating. Top three of Gujarat Titans is very strong in batting and it is doing very well in every match. And many questions were being raised that if Butler gets out early, Sai got out early, top three don’t perform well, then what will happen to this team.
Rajasthan Royals: A Comeback with Power:-
Shubman Gill did make one but both the batsmen of top three got out early. Sai Sudarshan Jos Buttler was under team pressure, after that a very beautiful innings of Sundar Washington Sundar came and after that Rutherford also showed some good hitting and the team won the match, so brother it seems that there is no one in them but in every match some new hero emerges, if the top three do not perform, then what are the shortcomings and what kind of form is going on, if we talk about change, then Gerald Kwaje can be brought in the team in place of Ishan Sharma, Ishan Sharma is batting very well, first of all if we talk about the opening player, then Shubman Gill and Shahi Sudarshan are giving a very good start in every match, Shahi Sudarshan got out early in the last match but he has given a good start in almost every match and Shubman Gill hit 50 in the last match, before that he was scoring 30 plus, was not able to score 50, but in the last match he is also hitting 50, he is the prince of this field, he is the prince, with an average of 60 in this match More than 1000 runs in 20 innings at the venue, dominates Rajasthan in just 20 innings, 444 runs in 13 innings, an average of 40 plus, so brother Shubman Gill can once again be seen doing good work, his bat can perform and Shah Sudarshan can also stand shoulder to shoulder with him, he also has an average of 56, has scored 750 runs in just 14 innings, has not played many matches against Rajasthan.
Key Players for Rajasthan Royals: Impactful Top and Middle Order:-
A good start to Gujarat, the opening is very strong and stable and destructive too, apart from that, there is Jos Buttler in the middle order, at number three, his average is also 60 at this venue and Rajasthan, brother, is Jos Buttler’s ex-team, we might get to see his explosion, Jos the Boss, against his ex-team, 70 plus 30 plus 54 back to back decent innings, destructive innings, have come in this IPL, so Buttler’s explosion can also be in the top three He looks in good form, Washington Sundar was promoted, he scored 49 in the last match, he can come up in this match as well, he bats very well, apart from that Rutherford is also batting very well, see this in every match, 30 plus 30 plus 46 18, here as per the need, he has scored 64 in two innings at this venue as well, so Rutherford ‘s bat can also work and Rutherford is also doing very well, so in such a situation, if we look at the top five, it looks very good, the top five has been tested, Gujarat Titans’s bat can also work and Rutherford is also doing very well, so in such a situation, if we look at the top five, it looks very good, the top five has been tested, now the testing remains in the lower order, how Tetia Shahrukh and Rashid Khan give a finishing test, how they play in pressure situations, it will be very interesting .
Mohammad Siraj is also working shoulder to shoulder with Prasah Krishna, four wickets, three wickets, two wickets. Both these bowlers are bowling brilliantly, they are seen completely dominating the opposing team and Siraj has taken 12 wickets against RR, so once again the havoc of these two can rain on the opposing team, the third pacer is the weak link, Ishan Sharma is getting beaten a lot, he is a very experienced player but is getting beaten a lot, he is not able to control the economy, so in such a situation, Gal Koji can be an excellent option, his current form is also very good, he is seen taking two-three wickets consistently, he used to play for Mumbai Indians earlier, so if he comes into the team, then it is possible that he also bowls well and supports Siraj and Krishna, about spin, then the team has two quality spinners, Rashid Khan and Shai Kishore, Rashid Khan’s form in the team The biggest concern for the team is that till now you can see that they are going wicketless in back to back matches. There are 20 wickets at this venue and 16 wickets against RR, but the form is a concern for them. We hope that Rashid Khan will be back in form as soon as possible and we will get to see the magic of the magical Rashid Khan once again. R Sai Kishore is trying to fill his absence. He is taking two-three wickets in every match and is bowling very well.
Bowling Battle: Gujarat’s Pace vs Rajasthan’s Spin:-
He is also controlling the economy. R Sai Kishore is an amazing bowler and we can see his domination in this match. Apart from that, Washington Sundar is also in the option. If they want, they can make him bowl. He bowls right arm off spin and also bats very well, so he can be the third spinner.
Rajasthan Royals are also coming after encountering two Kings. First, they defeated Chennai Super Kings by six runs. Defended 182. Then made 205 at the home of Punjab Kings. And there they stopped a huge batting team like Punjab Kings at 150, so they also showed their bowling power, showed that we can also bowl, we got hit in the first match, 287 was made against them, so it seemed that their batting and bowling did not have strength, but the comeback they made after that was amazing, very wonderful, and their last match was 205, you can see in what way and Rajasthan Royals won by 50 runs, no one had any expectations against Punjab, Yashasvi Jaiswal came in form, there was a good partnership with Sanju Samson, Riyan Parag continued it and in the end we got to see the finishing touch by Nitish Rana, Hatmyer, Dhruv Royal and the team had reached a very good total and Jofra Archer came after taking a nap, we saw how he was sleeping while batting and after that when he came, he took three wickets by giving only 25 runs, after that Sandeep Sharma took two wickets, Tiksena took two wickets, Kartikeya and Hasaranga also bowled amazingly So we are getting to see an amazing performance from Rajasthan Royals, so brother, they are also coming after winning.
Pitch Conditions: A Batting-Friendly Surface:-
Yashasvi Jaiswal scored 67 runs for the first time when he batted, but his average at this venue is just 12, so this is a statistic to consider that Yashasvi does not do well on this ground, ah this ah sorry he has an average of 12 against GT, he does not do well against GT and on this ground also he has only 89 runs in four innings, Sanju Samson does very well and there will also be expectations from him that see how he scored six He has scored 230 in five innings against GT at this venue as well and look at his form, 38 20 66 came in the first match, so his form is also good. If both of them stay put, they have the capability to score 110-120 in 10 overs in the power play. Once they give a good start, they have a lot of destructive batsmen in the middle order. How Nitish Rana spread destruction against Chennai.
If he had not got out, instead of 182, 220-230 would have been scored. He plays very fast but there is no consistency. He does not perform well in every match. He takes a gap in two-three matches, this is a problem. But can today’s match be like this, in which we will get to see Rana’s fighting skills? Riyan Parag is playing with consistency, see this 51 25 37 43.
Now there is no pressure of captaincy on him, so it is possible that he does well in this match and the last time he scored 76-77. He had played a good innings against Gujarat, so it is possible that he repeats that kind of innings once again and Rajasthan Royals would be expecting from him that Cruz Royals also do well in the first match, 33 in the second match or he has been flopping for two matches, so his bat is yet to perform well, however, he can also do well, he is a very talented player, the middle order is full of three youngsters, he is very talented but the thing is that there is no stability here because Nitish Rana does not bat with consistency, in the lower order, Headmeyer can show his fire show in the death overs, he bats very well 63 43, he has played this kind of innings recently, his average is 84 at this venue and 120 runs in six innings against GT is a very good number for a lower order batsman, I would say they can also use Shubham Dubey if needed and Hasranga is also there, so if they use Shubham Dubey then they will not use Kumar Karthikeya and if they use Kumar Karthikeya then they will not use Shubham Dubey.
Conclusion: The Clash of Titans:-
This match is going to be played at Narendra Modi Stadium, 38 matches have been played at this venue, the average score is 170, 16 matches were defended and 20 matches have been chased, 11 times 190 plus, nine times 170 to 190, nine times 150 to 170 and eight times the score has been below 150. In the last match, the wicket was of black soil, here also Gujarat made 196, Mumbai could score only 160, 10 wickets for pacers, two wickets for spinners, 243 was scored here, the wicket was of red soil, Punjab made it and Gujarat chased almost 500 runs.
If we get to see this match, then we might get to see this type of wicket as well, 172 was chased here, 159 was chased here, so we are seeing that batting is very easy and we get to see a lot of runs. In 38 matches, 98 wickets have been taken by spinners and 2001 wickets by pacers, so even if it is a black soil wicket, 180, 190 can be made here, batsmen can score, we also got to see this in the last match And if the wicket is of red soil, then 220-230 can also be made.