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Table toppers Gujarat Titans (GT) lock horns with former champions Rajasthan Royals (RR) as Sanju Samson won the toss and elected to bat first in their Indian Premier League (IPL) clash at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur on Friday (May 5).
"We would like to bat first. It's a bit hard to read this pitch. Let's bat a few overs and figure out later. The standard of cricket we are playing is really good. We were expecting something like this from Jaiswal with the prep he had been putting in. Zampa comes in place of Holder,” RR skipper Samson said after winnint the toss.
“We were going to bat first as well. If the home captain does not know to what to choose, I thought might as well bowl and see what happens. They are a strong, consistent side. We have to be at our best. I don't think so (smiles, when asked about changes to his side),” GT captain Hardik Pandya said after the toss.
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RR, led by Sanju Samson in IPL 2023, has played 9 games so far in IPL 2023, winning 5 and losing 4. They have 10 points. GT, under skipper Hardik Pandya, have played 9 games. By winning 6 matches and losing 3, GT owns 12 points.
Pitch report
“63m and 68m hits to the square boundaries. I don't think this is the easiest pitch. There are some bare patches, but there are spots where there is a good covering of grass. May not be two paced, but could play low. Decent picth, 170-180 kind I would say,” Nick Knight and Deep Dasgupta analysed the pitch.
Rajasthan Royals (Playing XI): Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson(w/c), Devdutt Padikkal, Shimron Hetmyer, Dhruv Jurel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Adam Zampa, Sandeep Sharma, Yuzvendra Chahal.
Gujarat Titans (Playing XI): Wriddhiman Saha(w), Hardik Pandya(c), Vijay Shankar, David Miller, Abhinav Manohar, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Mohit Sharma, Noor Ahmad, Mohammed Shami, Joshua Little.
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