🏏 IPL 2024 ~ Match N 24 RR vs GT in Jaipur @ 7.30 PM IST 🏏 - Page 5

Pitch and conditions: "Slightly windy at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium. 62 meters on one side (against the wind), 70 meters on the other (with the wind). 79 meters down the ground. Looks like a really good wicket. There's just a hint of grass on it - green grass. Hopefully that will keep some extra pace in the wicket. We saw here last time, this was the slowest out of all the surfaces on this block of wickets in Jaipur. For me, I'll look to play straight as a batter here. Because we know in Jaipur, there can be some movement with the new ball. But as it goes on, I expect it to get a little bit slower. With the overhead conditions, there shouldn't be much dew. Overhead conditions suggest there might be rain later on" - Pommie Mbangwa and Aaron Finch.

Rain is there, covers on!!

Toss may delay.

Thanks for the tag and thread. May the best team win.

As we wait for the rain to relent, here is what happened between these two sides last season. They played each other twice, with both of those games being won by the away side. RR, riding on Shimron Hetmyer's pyrotechnics, got the job done in Ahmedabad, but the Titans, led by Rashid Khan, demolished the Royals in Jaipur. GT will not mind something of that ilk tonight as well.

Originally posted by: Savera84

Table-toppers Rajasthan Royals are in action today in Jaipur, taking on the Gujarat Titans. With four wins in four games, Royals have been on a roll despite Yashasvi Jaiswal not getting many runs at the top, and all of their wins have been fairly comfortable.

history says titans n form is in Rajasthan this season until now , confused whom to choose

And then there was one. Just the one team with a spotless, unblemished record at this year's IPL. The Rajasthan Royals have won batting first. They have won chasing. They have won at home, they have won away. Their batters are scoring runs, their bowlers are taking wickets. And they have cast themselves as the team to beat this season.

First things first, it is drizzling in Jaipur. No word yet on whether that has affected when the toss takes place, but this is unexpected. The covers are on, and this is a dampener (quite literally) ahead of what promises to be a sizzling contest.

Cricfan: "Is it a huge rain? Or will it be a quick start once the drizzle stops? " -- It is not raining cats and dogs, but it is steady rain, and the covers are in full operation.

Originally posted by: SoniRita

And then there was one. Just the one team with a spotless, unblemished record at this year's IPL. The Rajasthan Royals have won batting first. They have won chasing. They have won at home, they have won away. Their batters are scoring runs, their bowlers are taking wickets. And they have cast themselves as the team to beat this season.

RR's run, in many ways, is similar to what the Gujarat Titans achieved in their first two seasons. This campaign has been a little different for GT, though. Injuries have played a part, but a 2-3 record after five games is still short of their standards.

Originally posted by: SoniRita

RR's run, in many ways, is similar to what the Gujarat Titans achieved in their first two seasons. This campaign has been a little different for GT, though. Injuries have played a part, but a 2-3 record after five games is still short of their standards.

A trip to Jaipur, keeping all that in mind, might not be what the Titans would have wanted. More so because RR are only behind the Chennai Super Kings when it comes to winning at home.

When viewed from another perspective, however, this is perhaps just what the Titans need. An away win, especially against the pace-setters, could reinvigorate their campaign, and tell everyone that they will not give up their playoff status so easily.