Gujarat Titans will face Delhi Capitals in the second leg of IPL 2024 in Delhi on April 24. They go into the game because they are in the bottom half of the points table and desperately need points.
The Titans are in sixth place in the points table. As a team, they still need to win two games in a row. They lost their last game against Delhi Capitals where they were bowled out by just 89 runs. They would like to consider this game as an aberration and take a tough revenge in the Delhi game.
In between, they won the game against the Punjab Kings. The Kings were bowled out for 142 and the Titans won the game in the 29th over of their innings. Their goal was to achieve a subpar result against PBKS.
The team relies heavily on individual players to win games. With the bat, they depend on players like Shubman Gill and Sai Sudharsan, while with the ball they rely on Rashid Khan, Noor Ahmad and Mohit Sharma.
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Gujarat Titans play 11 vs Delhi Capitals – IPL 2024, Match 40
Shubman Gill (C)
Gill will open the batting for the Titans. Against the Punjab Kings, he scored 35 off 29 balls. His wicket sparked a minor collapse for the Titans before Rahul Teatia guided them to a win.
Wriddhiman Saha (WK)
Saha is back in the lineup. He scored 13 off 11 balls. He failed to get his team off to a fast start throughout the season. In between he suffered a thigh injury.
Sai Sudharsan
The southpaw will intervene at three. He scored 31 off 34 balls and tried to keep the innings together with his skipper. He scored 269 points at an average of 33.62.
David Miller
Miller has the highest score of 44 for the Gujarat Titans this season. Against PBKS, he was out for just four runs on six balls. He was out for almost two weeks due to a thigh injury.
Azmatullah Omarzai
Omarzai, the all-rounder, will come in at five. He scored 13 off 10 balls. He initially played a few games, then was benched and returned to the starting lineup in the final game. In the five matches he played, he picked up four wickets and scored 41 runs.
Rahul Tewatia
Tewatia will fill in at six. In the previous game against PBKS, he scored 36 off 18 balls and won the game for his team. As wickets fell around him, he kept his cool and got his team over the finish line.
Rashid Khan
Rashid Khan will step in at seven. He has taken 8 wickets in 8 matches and scored 63 with the bat. He is three short of 150 IPL wickets. At the start of the season he had already taken more than 50 wickets for GT.
Noor Ahmed
Noor will be Rashid’s spinning partner at the other end. He has picked up five wickets from six matches this season. Last season he picked up 16 wickets. Against PBKS he got 2/20.
Mohit Sharma
Mohit will be one of the two Indian pacers to complete the XI. He has picked up 10 wickets from 8 matches and is the most wicket-taker for GT so far this season.
Umesh Yadav
Umesh Yadav should be included in the starting XI in place of Sandeep Warrier. With Mohd Shami already missing, Umesh and Mohit’s experience counts a lot for GT. He has taken seven wickets from six games so far this season.
Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore
Sai Kishore finalizes the expected starting XI for GT. He wasn’t given too many chances. In the last game he made the most of it and took 4/33 against PBKS.
Impact Sub: Shahrukh Khan
GT are now using Shahrukh Khan as an impact substitute in recent games to bolster their impact after covering all departments with the ball. He will continue to play this role. Shahrukh scored 8 out of 4 points in the last game.
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