Battle of two neighbors, Rajasthan was the first champion, Gujarat in the final for the first time
The wait for the champion in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 season will end today (May 29). Today, there will be a competition between the teams of two neighboring states Gujarat Titans (GT) and Rajasthan Royals (RR) for the title.
This match will be played at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad from 8 pm. The special thing in the match will be that Gujarat will go to play the final in its first season, while the Rajasthan team will play the final for the second time. The Rajasthan team was the champion in the first IPL i.e. 2008 season.
Match winner player in Gujarat team?
Almost all the match winners are there in the Gujarat team, which is under the captaincy of Hardik Pandya. Everyone has proved this too. Captain Hardik himself is also running in excellent form. David Miller and Rahul Tewatia take the lead in the middle order. While Wriddhiman Saha and Shubman Gill have taken the lead in the opening. Bowling includes the likes of Rashid Khan, Mohammed Shami, Lockie Ferguson.
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X-factor for Rajasthan?
By the way, this season the Rajasthan team is riding on the shoulders of one-man army Jos Buttler. Butler is leading the race for the Orange Cap and he has also become the third player in IPL history to score more than 800 runs. Butler has so far scored 4 centuries in the season. Apart from these, captain Sanju Samson, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shimron Hetmyer and Ravichandran Ashwin also have the power to make a difference with the bat.
In the bowling, the reins of the Rajasthan team will be on the shoulders of Trent Boult, famous Krishna, Yuzvendra Chahal, Obed McCoy. Chahal has remained jointly at number one in the Purple Cap race with 26 wickets so far.
Rajasthan Royals Squad
▪️Batsmen/Wicketkeepers- Sanju Samson (Captain), Jos Buttler, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shimron Hetmyer, Devdutt Padikkal, Karun Nair, Dhruv Jurel, R. van der dusen
▪️All-rounders- Ravichandran Ashwin, Riyan Parag, Anunay Singh, Shubham Garhwal, Jimmy Neesham
▪️Bowlers- Trent Boult, Pranali Krishna, Yuzvendra Chahal, KC Cariappa, Navdeep Saini, Obed McCoy, Kuldeep Sen, Tejas Baroka, Kuldeep Yadav, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Daryl Mitchell
Gujarat Titans Squad –
▪️Batsmen/Wicketkeepers – Shubman Gill, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Abhinav Sadarangani, David Miller, Wriddhiman Saha, Matthew Wade
▪️All-rounders – Hardik Pandya (Captain), Rashid Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Dominic Drakes, Jayant Yadav, Vijay Shankar, Darshan Nalkande, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Sai Sudarshan
▪️Bowlers- Mohammed Shami, Lockie Ferguson, Noor Ahmed, R Sai Kishore, Yash Dayal, Alzarri Joseph, Pradeep Sangwan, Varun Aaron.
