RCB Playing 11 vs Gujarat Titans - IPL 2024, Match 52

Published - 04 May 2024, 05:03 PM | Updated - 23 Aug 2024, 01:11 AM

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Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) takes on Gujarat Titans in the reverse fixture of IPL 2024 in Bengaluru on Saturday, May 4. The match starts from 7.30 pm IST with The Titans facing a must-win situation.

RCB hammered the Titans by nine wickets in a 200-run chase with Will Jacks hitting his maiden IPL ton and hitting the GT bowlers out of the park. It was also his fifth T20 century and one of the most impactful in recent times.

RCB are still placed last on the points table and will finish on 14 points even if they win all their remaining four games. They would ideally like to win all their remaining games and still give themselves a chance to be alive in the playoffs race.

RCB dominated GT thoroughly in the previous game with the batting and bowling clicking unanimously for the side. Heading into this game, they would like to stick with the same side and back themselves to deliver yet again against the same opposition.

RCB Playing 11 vs Gujarat Titans - IPL 2024, Match 52

Virat Kohli

Kohli will continue to open the batting for RCB. He has now scored 500 runs in the season so far and is gresh of an unbeaten 70 off 44 balls in the previous match against GT.

Faf du Plessis (C)

Faf will open the batting with Kohli. He scored 24 off 122 balls against GT and gave his team a fast start. His captaincy this season has been below par something that he should work on next game.

Will Jacks

Jacks should bat at three. It is at batting at that number that he dominated the GT bowlers and brought up his maiden IPL ton. He will look to replicate his batting form. He was included in England's T20 World Cup squad.

Rajat Patidar

Patidar will slot in at four. After a slow start, he has notched up three fifties at a strike rate of nearly 180. He has to bat with an attacking intent.

Glenn Maxwell

Maxwell will slot in at five. This has been a forgetful season for him with the bat. He needs to have a good game. In the last match, he picked up one wicket. He has just scored 32 runs in seven games with three ducks.

Cameron Green

Green will slot in at six. He has done a good job with the bat in the matches that he has batted. He has also been used with the ball sometimes in the final five overs. The Aussie all-rounder was expensive in the last match.

Dinesh Karthik (WK)

Karthik will slot in at seven. He has scored 262 runs in 10 games so far at a strike rate of 195.52. This might well be his last IPL season for him. He would like to make the most of the remaining games.

Karn Sharma

He should bat at eight and is the specialist leg spinner in the side. Karn almost won the match for RCB against KKR with the bat scoring 20 off just 8 balls.

Swapnil Singh

The left-arm spinner has taken a few wickets in the last two games for RCB. He took 1 for 23 against GT. He took two wickets against SRH.

Mohammed Siraj

Siraj will be the specialist Indian pacer in the XI. He has been expensive throughout the season leaking runs at an economy of 9.50. He has picked up just six wickets this season. Despite his poor form, he has been included in the Indian T20 World Cup squad.

Yash Dayal

Dayal concludes the likely XI for RCB against GT. He went for 34 runs off his four overs for RCB against GT. He is RCB's leading wicket-taker this season with 8 wickets in nine matches.

Impact Sub- Mahipal Lomror

Mahipal Lomror with his big-hittting ability can be the Impact Sub for RCB against GT. He will also add depth to the batting lineup. He has scored 80 runs in six games at a strike rate of 200.

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