Indian T20 League 2024

BLR vs GUJ, 52nd Match

Preview

The 52nd match of the IND T20 League 2024 is all set to take place between the two bottom fragger sides on Saturday(04th May 2024). The bottom-placed Southern side Bengaluru will host the 8th-placed Gujarat in an almost do-or-die contest at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium.  BLR led by Faf du Plessis just won 3 out of 10 matches they have played in the tournament this season and collected six points. On the other hand, Shubman Gill-led GUJ has won four out of 10 matches in the league and collected an overall 8 points in the competition. 

Bengaluru won its last match against the same side in match 45 of the tournament when they visited Narendra Modi Stadium. After losing the toss, Hosts Gujarat Posted 200 on the board with the sublime batting of Sai Sudharsan who played an unbeaten inning of 84 off 49 balls that included 8 fours and 4 sixes. He was well supported by Shahrukh Khan who played a crucial knock of 58 off 30 balls with the help of 3 fours and 5 sixes. However, the target set by GUJ was not enough to protect them from the mayhem of BLR batters and they chased down the target in 16 overs with the unbeaten knock of Will Jacks who scored 100 off 41 balls, Virat Kohli well supported him on the other hand, played a knock-off 70 off 44 balls to seal the victory for Bengaluru by 9 wickets.

In Head to Head stats, Gujarat has won two of the four matches against Bengaluru. 

Match Details

Match: BLR vs GUJ, 52nd Match, IND T20 League 2024

Date: Saturday, 04 May, 2024

Time: 07:30 PM

Venue: M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru, India

Pitch and Weather Report

The surface at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru is excellent to bat on and we can expect a high-scoring match between the sides. Like so many other tracks in the 2024 IND T20 League, this pitch has provided plenty of runs this season with bowlers finding the going tough. Expect to see plenty of seam and carry throughout the game with a par score likely to be north of 220-230 in this match.

The weather is predicted to remain cloudy with the highest and lowest temperatures ranging between 23-36 degrees Celsius. 

BLR vs GUJ Squads

BLR: Yash Dayal, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Reece Topley, Swapnil Singh, Karn Sharma, Himanshu Sharma, Rajan Kumar, Mohammed Siraj, Alzarri Joseph, Lockie Ferguson, Mayank Dagar, Suyash Prabhudessai, Glenn Maxwell, Mahipal Lomror, Will Jacks, Cameron Green, Tom Curran, Manoj Bhandage, Akash Deep, Rajat Patidar, Virat Kohli, Dinesh Karthik, Saurav Chauhan, Anuj Rawat, Faf du Plessis (c)

GUJ: Shubman Gill (c), David Miller, Wriddhiman Saha, Sai Sudharsan, Shahrukh Khan, Matthew Wade, Kane Williamson, Azmatullah Omarzai, Abhinav Manohar, Rashid Khan, Vijay Shankar, Rahul Tewatia, Spencer Johnson, Kartik Tyagi, Joshua Little, Darshan Nalkande, Noor Ahmad, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Mohit Sharma, Jayant Yadav, Umesh Yadav, Sushant Mishra, Sandeep Warrier, Sharath BR, Manav Suthar

BLR vs GUJ Probable Playing XIs

BLR: Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis (c), Will Jacks, Rajat Patidar, Glenn Maxwell, Cameron Green, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Karn Sharma, Mohammed Siraj, Yash Dayal, Swapnil Singh

GUJ: Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Shubman Gill (c), Sai Sudharsan, M Shahrukh Khan, David Miller, Azmatullah Omarzai, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Sai Kishore, Mohit Sharma, Noor Ahmad

Match Prediction

There is plenty of talent in both squads but it is BLR who will come into this game with the magic ingredient of confidence after their last match's performance they will be on cloud nine. We predict the Hosts BLR to win this match.

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