The match between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Gujarat Titans is extremely important in regards to the 2023 Indian Premier League (IPL) as the result will decide which teams reach the play-offs of the competition. While Gujarat Titans, Chennai Super Kings and Lucknow Super Giants have already booked their spot in the top-4, the final slot is still up for grabs. RCB is still in the race and Mumbai Indians took a huge step forward by beating Sunrisers Hyderabad. The rain in Bengaluru has delayed the toss in RCB’s game and that has seriously changed the qualifying scenarios for both teams.
As a result of MI’s win, Rajasthan Royals was eliminated from the race.
If the game is abandoned in Bengaluru, RCB will reach 15 points and MI will qualify for the playoffs.
However, if the match takes place, RCB will have to win their game to get MI into the points table and although both sides will have 16 points, Virat Kohli and Co will advance due to a superior net run rate.
RCB selection:Faf Du Plessis (C), Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell, Mohammad Siraj, Harshal Patel, Wanindu Hasaranga, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Shahbaz Ahmed, Anuj Rawat, Akash Deep, Josh Hazlewood, Mahipal Lomror, Finn Allen, Suyash Prabhudessai, Karn Sharma, Siddharth Kaul, Kedar Jadhav, Wayne Parnell, Himanshu Sharma, Manoj Bhandage, Rajan Kumar, Avinash Singh, Sonu Yadav, Michael Bracewell, Vyshak Vijaykumar
GT squad: Hardik Pandya (C), Shubman Gill, David Miller, Abhinav Manohar, Sai Sudharsan, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Matthew Wade, Rashid Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Vijay Shankar, Mohammed Shami, Alzarri Joseph, Yash Dayal, Pradeep Sangwan, Darshan Nalkande , Jayant Yadav, R Sai Kishore, Noor Ahmad, Odean Smith, KS Bharat, Shivam Mavi, Urvil Patel, Joshua Little, Mohit Sharma, Dasun Shanaka.
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