Rajasthan and Gujarat, two teams with identical records, take on each other in Match 24 of the Indian T20 League 2022 at the DY Patil Sports Academy on Thursday evening. Rajasthan are at the top of the table with 3 wins in four matches with an excellent net run rate (NRR), whereas Gujarat are in 4th position with the same number of wins but a lower NRR.

Rajasthan Team won their previous match against Lucknow by a narrow margin of 3 runs. Shimron Hetmyer scored 59 runs with the bat, while Chahal picked up 4 wickets and helped the team defend the total successfully. Rajasthan won their previous match played at this venue.

On the other hand, Gujarat suffered their first loss of the season against Hyderabad by 8 wickets. Captain Pandya scored 50 runs and also took a wicket in the second innings. He will be looking for improved all-round performances from his teammates in this match.

Match Details

• Match: Rajasthan vs. Gujarat, Match 24
• Venue: DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai
• Date & Time: Apr. 14, 2022, at 7:30 PM IST

Rajasthan vs Gujarat Match 24 Probable Playing XIs

Team Rajasthan

J. Buttler, D. Padikkal, S. Samson (C & WK), R. van der Dussen, S. Hetmyer, R. Parag, K. Sen, R. Ashwin, T. Boult, Y. Chahal, P. Krishna

Team Gujarat

M. Wade (WK), S. Gill, S. Sudharsan, H. Pandya (C), D. Miller, R. Tewatia, A. Manohar, R. Khan, D. Nalkande, M. Shami, L. Ferguson

Gujarat vs Rajasthan Head-to-head Record

Though these teams haven’t met before, Rajasthan beat Lucknow, the other new franchise, in their last match. 

Weather Report

Mumbai is into its summer season now, and the temperature will be around 31°C when the match begins. 

Pitch Report

This venue has already seen a 200-plus total chased down, but a score of 169 has been defended too. With pitches starting to be reused for the matches, they are showing signs of spin. The key to success here seems to be to keep some wickets in hand for a late assault. The average first-innings score in the seven matches played here is 166 runs.

Toss

4 of the 7 matches played here so far have been won by the chasing side, but batting first will not be a bad thing on this surface. With dew not affecting much in the second innings, a score of around 170 runs can be defended here.

Rajasthan vs Gujarat Match 24 Top Fantasy Picks

Team Rajasthan

• J. Buttler registered his first low score of the season in the last match against Lucknow. Despite that, he is the Orange Cap holder with 218 runs in four matches at an average of 72.67 and a strike rate of 141.55. His battle with the quality pace attack of Gujarat has the potential to determine the result of the match.
• R. Van der Dussen made his debut for Rajasthan in the last match. Although he was dismissed for a score of just 4, he is a quality white-ball batter with more than 4,100 runs in his T20 career with 3 hundreds and 28 fifties. Expect him to make a good contribution here.
• Y. Chahal has looked perfectly at home in the Pink jersey of Rajasthan. He is the current Purple Cap holder with 11 wickets in four matches at an average of 9.45 and an economy rate of 6.5. Chahal was adjudged the Player of the Match in the last match against Lucknow for his spell of 4/41.

Team Gujarat

• S. Gill is the big reason for Gujarat’s excellent start to the tournament. He is the team's leading run scorer with 187 runs in four matches at an average of 46.75 and a brilliant strike rate of 159.82. Gill missed out in the last match because of some outstanding fielding by Hyderabad’s R. Tripathi.
• H. Pandya in full flow is an asset to both departments in any team he is part of. Coming in at No. 4 in the line-up, he is doing well scoring 141 runs at an average of 47. Moreover, he  is regularly bowling with the new ball and has picked up 3 wickets so far.
• R. Khan has settled well with his new team and proving to be an important cog in Gujarat’s bowling unit. In four matches, he has taken 6 wickets at an average of 17.83 and an economy rate of 6.68. His best figures of 3/22 came against Punjab. 

Rajasthan vs Gujarat Match 24 Howzat Dream Team

• Wicketkeepers: S. Samson, J. Buttler
• Batters: S. Gill, D. Padikkal, S. Sudharshan, R. Van der Dussen
• All-rounder: H. Pandya
• Bowlers: T. Boult, Y. Chahal, L. Ferguson, R. Khan

• Captain: S. Gill/R. Khan
• Vice Captain: J. Buttler/Y. Chahal

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