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GT vs RCB Match Prediction– Who Will Win Today IPL Match? IPL 2024 Match 45

Gujarat Titans (GT) and Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) are set to wrestle with each other in their upcoming encounter in IPL 2024. The GT vs RCB match takes place on Sunday, April 28.

The venue of the GT vs RCB match is Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. Both teams will lock horns in the Indian Premier League 2024 for the first time. Below we look at GT vs RCB match prediction.

GT vs RCB Team Analysis

Gujarat Titans

Shubman Gill leads Gujarat Titans in IPL 2024. Gujarat has played 9 games in the league so far, winning 4 matches and losing 5. They have 8 points. GT has failed to come up with a dominating show like the last season.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru

Faf du Plessis is the skipper of Royal Challengers Bengaluru in IPL 2024. RCB has played 9 games so far, winning 2 and losing 7. They are the worst performers in IPL 2024.

GT vs RCB Key Factors

Pitch Conditions

The GT vs RCB match takes place at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. The pitch is considered a bowling-friendly wicket where bowlers tend to dominate. The average 1st and 2nd innings total in T20Is at the stadium is 160 and 137 respectively.

Form and Fitness

David Miller has returned to the Gujarat squad after missing two weeks of action in IPL 2024. There are no other injury cases in the GT camp. Glenn Maxwell faced a thump injury and missed some games for RCB.

Tactical Acumen

Gujarat Titans- Gujarat Titans have a good batting unit that comprises names like Shubman GIll, Rahul Tewatia, Sai Sudharsan, and David Miller. However, their bowlers have struggled in the absence of ace pacer Mohammed Shami.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru- Royal Challengers Bengaluru has a powerful top-order and lower-order. However, their middle-order batters have failed to show consistency. RCB bowlers have executed a horrible show in IPL 2024.

GT vs RCB Match Prediction– Who Will Win Today IPL Match? IPL 2024 Match 45

GT vs RCB Score Prediction

Team	1st Innings	2nd Innings
GT	180-200	170-190
RCB	160-180	150-170

Players to perform prediction

Gujarat Titans - Shubman Gill, Sai Sudharsan, and Rahul Tewatia are the leading run-getters for the side. Mohit Sharma and Rashid Khan have clinched the most number of wickets.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru- Virat Kohli, Dinesh Karthik, and Faf du Plessis are the highest run-scorers for the team. Yash Dayal and Mohammed Siraj are the top wicket-takers.

GT vs RCB Best Batsman Prediction

Who will score the most runs for GT in the match: Shubman Gill or David Miller

Who will score the most runs for RCB in the match: Virat Kohli or Faf du Plessis

GT vs RCB Best Bowler Prediction

Who will pick the most wickets for GT in the match: Mohit Sharma or Rashid Khan

Who will pick the most wickets for RCB in the match: Yash Dayal or Mohammed Siraj

Who will win the Match?

Gujarat Titans and Royal Challengers Bengaluru have both struggled to win games in IPL 2024. While GT has a better set of bowlers, RCB has a better set of batters. However, all the RCB bowlers have struggled to perform and it is a big challenge for the side. Moreover, Gujarat Titans enjoy the home advantage so they are stronger in the GT vs RCB encounter. #IPL

IPL 2024: All records broken during KKR vs PBKS match

From highest recorded T20 run chase to most sixes hit in a T20 match - here is the list of all records broken at the Eden Gardens on Friday.

It was a run-fest during the Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings match at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Friday where 523 runs were scored across the two innings.

KKR scored 261/6 in the first innings but couldn’t defend the total as PBKS won by eight wickets with eight balls to spare.

The 42nd match of the IPL 2024 saw PBKS win its third game after a four-match losing streak.

Here are all the records made and broken during the KKR vs PBKS match:

1) Punjab Kings chased a world record total of 261 runs with eight balls to spare, breaking South Africa’s record when it chased down 259 against West Indies in 2023.

2) The match also broke the record for the most sixes hit in a T20 game ever- 42.

3) All four openers from both teams scored fifty-plus scores to register a new IPL record. KKR- Sunil Narine (71), Phil Salt (75); PBKS- Prabhsimran (54), Jonny Bairstow (108*).

4) Bairstow’s 45-ball century was the quickest by an Englishman in the IPL and his second hundred in the in the tournament. He finished with 108 in 48 balls hitting nine sixes.

5) KKR scored its second-highest IPL total of 261 courtesy of a 138-run opening partnership between Sunil Narine and Phil Salt.

6) PBKS recorded 93 runs with the loss of one wicket by the end of six overs to record its highest PowerPlay score in IPL.

7) PBKS smashed 24 sixes in the second innings, going past SRH’s record of 22 sixes against DC earlier this season.

8) KKR registered the highest total (261) at Eden Gardens in the first innings but PBKS chased it down and now holds the record.

9) PBKS also recorded its highest total score (262) which is the sixth-highest IPL total, also matching RCB to hit most runs in the second innings of a T20.

11) Second highest match aggregate in IPL- 523.

IPL 2024: Delhi Capitals sign star Afghanistan all-rounder as Mitchell Marsh's replacement

Rishabh Pant-led Delhi Capitals lost star Australian all-rounder Mitchell Marsh to a hamstring injury and replaced him with an experienced Afghanistan cricketer on Thursday. Delhi have made a strong comeback after a poor start to the IPL 2024 with four wins in nine games.

Delhi Capitals signed the veteran Afghanistan cricketer Gulbadin Naib for the remainder of the IPL 2024. Naib came in as Mitchell Marsh's injury replacement with the latter returning back to Australia after suffering a hamstring injury.

Naib, 33, was the star performer during Afghanistan's tour of India in January 2024 where he recorded two back-to-back fifties in the last two T20I games. Naib is set to make his maiden IPL appearance when Delhi face Mumbai Indians at Arun Jaitley Stadium on Saturday.

"Delhi Capitals have signed Afghanistan all-rounder Gulbadin Naib as a replacement for Mitchell Marsh for the remainder of the Tata Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024," IPL media advisory said. "Marsh has been ruled out of the tournament due to an injury. Naib has represented Afghanistan in 82 One-Day Internationals (ODIs) and 65 T20 Internationals (T20Is) so far. A right-handed batter and a medium pacer, this will be his first stint in the Tata IPL. Naib signs in for his reserve price of INR 50 lakhs."

Delhi Capitals updated squad: Rishabh Pant (c & wk), David Warner, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Abishek Porel, Tristan Stubbs, Axar Patel, Lalit Yadav, Kuldeep Yadav, Anrich Nortje, Khaleel Ahmed, Mukesh Kumar, Prithvi Shaw, Shai Hope, Praveen Dubey, Rasikh Dar Salam, Sumit Kumar, Kumar Kushagra, Yash Dhull, Vicky Ostwal, Swastik Chikara, Jhye Richardson, Ricky Bhui, Lizaad Williams, Ishant Sharma, Gulbadin Naib.