On Sunday, May 7, the 51st match of the Indian Premier League 2023 (IPL) will take place between Gujarat Titans (GT) and Lucknow Super Giants (LSG), with both teams hoping to make major strides to playoff qualified. With a nine-wicket victory over Rajasthan Royals in their most recent match, Gujarat made a statement. With 14 points from ten games, the Hardik Pandya-led side comfortably leads the IPL points standings and is the clear favorite to go to the playoffs.
A KL Rahul-less LSG, on the other hand, lost badly by 18 runs against Royal Challengers Bangalore when needing to score just 127 runs, and they had to settle for a draw against CSK in their final match.
On Sunday, May 7, the 51st match of the Indian Premier League 2023 (IPL) will take place between Gujarat Titans (GT) and Lucknow Super Giants (LSG), with both teams hoping to make major strides to playoff qualified. With a nine-wicket victory over Rajasthan Royals in their most recent match, Gujarat made a statement. With 14 points from ten games, the Hardik Pandya-led side comfortably leads the IPL points standings and is the clear favorite to go to the playoffs.
A KL Rahul-less LSG, on the other hand, lost badly by 18 runs against Royal Challengers Bangalore when needing to score just 127 runs, and they had to settle for a draw against CSK in their final match. But they remain in the third position in the points table with five wins from ten games and will be looking forward to recording their maiden IPL win against Gujarat Titans on Sunday.
Matchup Preview: GT vs. LSG
The Narendra Modi Stadium's pitch has a level surface, however, in T20 matches there, players consistently score high totals. The average first innings score in the IPL is 164 here, but in five games this season, it has been 179. This season, the surface helped fast bowlers by giving the ball more bounce and speed. Rinku Singh of KKR hit five consecutive sixes against GT in the season's first-day meet here as both sides reached 200+ totals.
WILL THE TOSS MATTER?
It will, indeed. Only 10 out of 24 IPL games here have been won by teams batting first. Gujarat lost the most recent game here while trying to outscore the Delhi Capitals by 131 runs, and they also dropped the first two games of this season despite scoring large totals while batting first. Since there won't be any runs due in the second innings, the captain who won the toss will choose to chase.
Basic T20I Stats from The Numbers Game at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad
Gujarat Titans squad members are Wriddhiman Saha (w), Abhinav Manohar (c), Hardik Pandya (s), Vijay Shankar, David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Noor Ahmad, Mohammed Shami, Mohit Sharma, Joshua Little, Shubman Gill, Srikar Bharat, and Ravisrinivasan. Sai Sudharsan, Urvil Patel, Sai Sudharsan, Yash Dayal, Dasun Shanaka, Shivam Mavi, Jayant Yadav, Pradeep Sangwan, Matthew Wade, Darshan Nalkande, and Jayant Yadav
Yash Thakur, Daniel Sams, Prerak Mankad, Deepak Hooda, Avesh Khan, Mark Wood, Swapnil Singh, Romario Shepherd, Arpit Guleria, Yudhvir Singh Charak, and Karun Nair make up the Lucknow Super Giants squad. Kyle Mayers, Manan Vohra, Karan Sharma, Ayush Badoni, Marcus Stoinis, Nicholas Pooran (w), Krunal Pandya (c), and NaIR