IPL 2025 | Today’s Match Prediction, GT vs RR – Who Will Win?
Our Pick
Gujarat Titans
1.82
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An exciting match-up is lined-up on Wednesday in the IPL 2025 edition. It will be the Gujarat Titans taking on the Rajasthan Royals. The GT vs RR match will be played at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad and will be played from 7:30 P.M Indian Standard Time (IST).
Key Takeaways
- Gujarat Titans is coming into this match on the back 3 back-to-back wins in their previous three matches. Meanwhile, Rajasthan Royals have made a stunning comeback. After losing the first 2 matches, they have won the next 2 in a row.
- Gujarat Titans’ top 4 has been in real great form and has been the team’s biggest match winners. When the likes of Sai Sudharsan and Jos Buttler failed in the previous match, Shubman Gill and Sherfane Rutherford won the match for GT. Meanwhile, Mohammed Siraj and Sai Kishore has been in great form with the ball.
- Meanwhile, Rajasthan Royals have been inconsistent this season. Sanju Samson and Dhruv Jurel have been brilliant from the first match while the likes of Yashasvi Jaiswal, Riyan Parag, Nitish Rana have struggled. Bowling has also failed to live-up to the hype with Jofra Archer conceding with over 10 economy rate. However, there has been done upturn in form in the last 2 matches.
GT vs RR: Match Preview
Recent Form (Last 5 Matches)
GT: W, L, W, W, W*
RR: L, L, L, W, W*
Gujarat Titans: Preview
- Except for the defeat in their first match, Shubman Gill led Gujarat Titans have been on a great run of form recently having won all of their previous 3 matches this season, sitting comfortably in the top 4 in the points table.
- Gujarat Titans top order has been the real strength for the Titans this season. The top 4 of Shubman Gill, Sai Sudharsan, Jos Buttler and Sherfane Rutherford have been invincibles. In the last match, even though Sudharsan and Buttler got out early in the previous, Rutherford and Gill saw the team over the line.
- Gujarat’s middle-order and lower-order has been untested so far in the IPL 2025. Thus far, GT haven’t needed to go below the top 4 when batting. But, Washington Sundar who was promoted to number 4 in the previous, played a brilliant inning of 49 runs.
- Gujarat’s pace bowlers have been in great form since last 2 matches. Mohammed Siraj was clinical since the last few matches, taking 9 wickets in 3 matches while he was very expensive and wicketless in the first match.
- R Sai Kishore meanwhile has been the Gujarat Titans’ standout spin bowler in the IPL 2025. Rashid Khan’s form has been terrible so far. Rashid is one of the world’s best spinner but he has been really bad with just 1 wicket and has been conceding over 10 runs economy.
Probable XI: Sai Sudharsan, Shubman Gill (C), Jos Buttler, Shahrukh Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Washington Sundar, Rashid Khan, Sai Kishore, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Ishant Sharma.
Impact Player: Sherfane Rutherford
GT Top Players
Jos Buttler
England cricket team captain Jos Buttler is going to be a player to watch out for in this match-up. Buttler will be playing against his former team Rajasthan and would be looking to prove himself against his former team. He has been so far enjoying batting at the Narendra Modi Stadium. His records at the stadium is standout with 238 runs in 5 IPL matches at the venue. Although he couldn’t score much in the previous match, he will be eager to prove himself against his former team.
TOP BATTER
Jos Buttler to score over 20.5 runs
3.2
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Mohammed Siraj
Gujarat Titans pace bowler Mohammed Siraj has been in great form recently. Although he he was wicketless and expensive in the first match played here, since then, he has taken 9 wickets in the next 3 matches. There is pace and bounce on the offer that Siraj could take benefit of. And with RR’s top-order struggling, this should be another good match for him.
TOP BOWLER
Mohammed Siraj to take over 2.0 wickets
2.2
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Rajasthan Royals: Preview
- After back-to-back league defeats to start the season, the Rajasthan Royals have since bounced back well, winning their next 2 matches in a row against the Chennai Super Kings and the Punjab Kings.
- Sanju Samson assumed the full leadership of the franchise in the last match after Riyan Parag led the side in the first 3 matches. That helped both the batters respectively. While Samson scored 38 runs, Riyaj Parag scored 43 runs in the match vs PBKS.
- Yashasvi Jaiswal who was struggling in the initial matches, was in brilliant touch vs Punjab Kings as he scored 67 runs off 45 balls in the previous match. Dhruv Jurel has been the other consistent performer while Nitish Rana’s only standout inning was against CSK when he scored 81 runs off 36 balls.
- It has been average performance for the Rajasthan Royals bowlers in the IPL 2025. Wanindu Hasaranga’s 4 wickets vs CSK makes him the top wicket-taker with 6 wickets while Sandeep Sharma, Maheesh Theekshana and Jofra Archer has taken 4 wickets each.
- Jofra Archer’s 3 wickets for 25 runs in 4 overs is a big positive for the Royals. Jofra struggled in the first few matches, conceding over 10 economy rate. However, RR fans will now be hoping that Archer can maintain his form.
Probable XI: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson (C), Nitish Rana, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Wanindu Hasaranga, Jofra Archer, Maheesh Theekshana, Yudvir Singh, Sandeep Sharma.
Impact Player: Kumar Kartikeya/ Akash Madhwal
RR Top Players
Sanju Samson
Rajasthan Royals captain Sanju Samson has been the top batter for the side this season so far, despite recovering from an injury. Samson has scored 137 runs and expected to continue his run scoring momentum. Sanju likes to bat against Gujarat Titans as well having previously scored 230 runs in 6 matches against the Titans. At the venue though, he has been little bit average having scored 235 runs in 12 matches.
TOP BATTER
Sanju Samson to score over 20.5 runs
2.1
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Jofra Archer
Not many Rajasthan Royals bowlers have a great record against Gujarat Titans. However, English pace bowler Jofra Archer is going to be a player for watch out for. He took 3 wickets in the previous match vs Punjab Kings and looked in great touch. Although Archer has not played vs GT, but he has taken 7 wickets in 5 matches at the venue with economy rate under 8.
TOP BOWLER
Jofra Archer to take under 3.5 wickets
2.6
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Head-to-Head
| Teams | GT | RR |
|---|---|---|
| Matches Played | 6 | 6 |
| Won | 5 | 1 |
| Lost | 1 | 5 |
| No Result | 0 | 0 |
GT vs RR: Pitch, Toss & Weather Reports
• Pitch & Toss Update – The Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad is a batting friendly surface which has been quite evident in the first 2 matches played here at the venue. With pace and bounce on the offer, there is more assistance available for the pacers than the spin bowlers. PBKS scored 243 runs in the first match at the venue while GT scored 232 in reply. Next match, GT scored 198 runs while Mumbai scored 160 runs as batters found it difficult to score runs in the 2nd inning. Toss will play key role here and with the potential impact of dew in mind, team that wins the toss, should opt to bowl first.
• Weather Report – The weather forecast for the match-up on Wednesday suggests it is going to be very hot and humid. During day timing, the temparature is expected over 40°C while at night it will go down to 36-32°C. There will be light breeze and with 0% probability of precipitation, there is no chance of rain.
GT vs RR Betting Tips
- Both the teams, Gujarat Titans and the Rajasthan Royals have been in great recent form in the last few matches. Both sides will be looking to keep their winning momentum going.
- Gujarat Titans looks to be the more settled side here. The Titans top 4 of Shubman Gill, Jos Buttler, Sai Sudharsan and Sherfane Rutherford have been their match winning combo while Rajasthan Royals batters and bowlers have been inconsistent so far.
- Mohammed Siraj has been in great form taking 9 wickets in the last 3 matches with Sai Kishore being their lead spin bowler. On the other hand, Wanindu Hasaranga is the top wicket-taker with 6 wickets, 4 of it coming in the previous match vs CSK. Meanwhile, Jofra Archer looked in good touch in the last match taking some key wickets after literally conceding over 10 economy rate.
- The head-to-head record is also hugely in favour of the hosts Gujarat Titans, who looking at all th aspects, is odds on favourite to win this match.
Bet on Gujarat Titans to WIN.
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