Now, it is time for Rajasthan to strike the killing blow in the final on Sunday at the Narendra Modi Stadium. After getting defeated by the Gujarat Titans in Qualifier 1, Rajasthan Royals thoroughly crushed Royal Challengers Bangalore in the second Qualifier to make the finals for a second time. Gujarat Titans were brilliant in Qualifier 1 against Rajasthan Royals, recording a 7 wicket victory in the last over of the game. Gujarat Titans came into this game having been defeated by Royal Challengers Bangalore in their previous game, and they will want to do much better, particularly on new conditions at Eden Gardens, Kolkata.
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Rajasthan Royals got some good cameos from Yashasvi Jayswal, Sanju Samson, Devdutt Padikkal, and Shimron Hetmyer, but without Buttler to carry their innings, they might be in a bit of a trouble. Apart from those issues, every team will want the players who did not play, such as Mathew Wade and Rahul Tewatia late on for Gujarat, and Sanju Samson, Devdutt Padikkal, Riyan Parag, and Jos Buttler for their opponents Rajastha Royals, to come up big at the end of the day, and Jos Buttler, finally to turn out well in their crucial match. It is a fight of equals for IPL 2022 finals, but Titans played a more consistent brand of cricket compared to RR under Sanju Samson, and that could translate into a title clash. While the league fixtures between the two sides saw Titans getting better results from The Royals, the IPL teams have both come in with different looks heading into tonights match.
The two leaders have met twice in IPL 2022, with the Gujarat Titans emerging victorious in both matches, holding a 2-0 lead in head-to-head records. The narratives that can play out of this encounter are infinite given the number of players that could swing a match in their teams favour at Ahmedabad, and could boil down to a critical one-two punch, like those seen at last years IPL final. Rajasthan Royals are gunning for a second title, having won the inaugural season of the IPL, with Shane Warne leading from the front. The latter famously led Rajasthan Royals to victory in 2008, so it would be appropriate for Royals to win their second trophy in his honor.
Teams:
Gujarat Titans
Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Shubman Gill, Matthew Wade, Hardik Pandya (c), David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Yash Dayal, Lockie Ferguson, Mohammed Shami.
Rajasthan Royals
Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson (c & wk), Devdutt Padikkal, Ravichandran Ashwin, Shimron Hetmyer, Riyan Parag, Trent Boult, Prasidh Krishna, Yuzvendra Chahal, Obed McCoy.