Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Gujarat Titans, IPL 2024: Match Preview, Fantasy Picks, Pitch And Weather Reports
Both teams have won twice each in four head-to-head encounters.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) will be playing against Gujarat Titans (GT) in Match 52 of the Indian Premier League, 2024. The match will be played at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru, on Saturday. Royal Challengers Bengaluru have played 10 matches in the series and are ranked 10th on the points table with six points, while Gujarat Titans have also played 10 matches and they are ranked eighth on the points table with eight points.
Pitch Report and Weather Conditions
The pitch at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru, will allow for good stroke play and the batters will find it easy to bat on the surface. It will not allow a lot of assistance to the bowlers and wicket-taking is not going to be easy. The average first-innings score at this venue in the last 20 matches is 170 runs. The team batting first at this venue has won 42% of its matches, so the toss does not make much of a difference here. The team winning the toss may decide to bat or bowl depending on the ground conditions.
Pace or Spin?
The venue is suited for both Pacers and Spinners alike.
Weather Report
The temperature will hover around 32 degree C and humidity is expected to be around 14%. Winds at a speed of 3.73 m/s are expected. Cloud cover is expected, so expect some movement to aid the pace bowlers.
Head-to-Head
In the four matches played between these two teams, the batters of both teams have earned the most fantasy points for their respective teams so far.
In their previous encounter in this series, Will Jacks was the Man of the Match as he scored the highest fantasy points for Royal Challengers Bengaluru with 151 points while Sai Sudharsan topped the fantasy points leaderboard for Gujarat Titans with 118 points.
Fantasy Top Captain and Vice-Captain Picks
Virat Kohli
Virat Kohli is a fairly consistent player in terms of fantasy points. He has an average of 74 fantasy points in the last 10 games and a fantasy rating of 10. He is a top-order, right-handed batter. In the recently played 10 matches, Kohli has scored 500 runs averaging 71.4 per match.
Will Jacks
Will Jacks is a punt player for your Fantasy Team. He has an average of 64 fantasy points in the last 10 games and a fantasy rating of 9.9. He is a top-order, right-handed batter. In the recently played five matches, Jacks has scored 176 runs averaging 44 per match.
Sai Sudharsan
Sai Sudharsan is a very consistent player in terms of fantasy points. He has an average of 59 fantasy points in the last 10 games and a fantasy rating of 10. He is a top-order, left-handed batter. In the recently played 10 matches, Sudharsan has scored 418 runs at an average of 46.4 per match.
Cameron Green
Cameron Green is an all-rounder with an average of 48 fantasy points in the last 10 games, a fantasy rating of 8.2 and is a good-to-have player for your Fantasy Team. He is a right-handed batter. In the recently played eight matches, Green has scored 111 runs averaging 22.2 per match. He can also give you some bowling fantasy points, bowling right-arm fast-medium and in recent matches, he has taken six wickets, averaging 32.3.
Rashid Khan
Rashid Khan is a good-to-have player for your Dream11 Fantasy Team. He has an average of 40 fantasy points in the last 10 games and a fantasy rating of 7.8. He bowls leg-break googly and in the recent 10 matches, Rashid has taken eight wickets at an average of 38.
Sai Kishore
Sai Kishore is a fairly consistent player in terms of fantasy points. He has an average of 36 fantasy points in the last 10 games and a fantasy rating of 8.1. He bowls slow left-arm orthodox and in the recent five matches, he has taken seven wickets at an average of 19.6.
Glenn Maxwell
Glenn Maxwell is an all-rounder with an average of 28 fantasy points in the last 10 games, a fantasy rating of 9.8 and is a good-to-have player for your Fantasy Team. He is a top-order batter who bats right-handed. In the recent seven matches, Maxwell has scored 32 runs averaging 5.3 per match. Maxwell can also give you some bowling fantasy points, bowling off-break and in recent matches, he has taken five wickets at an average of 20.8 per match.
Shahrukh Khan
Shahrukh Khan is an all-rounder with an average of 27 fantasy points in the last 10 games, a fantasy rating of 9.8 and is a fairly consistent player in terms of fantasy points. He is a right-handed batter. In the last five matches, Sharukh has scored 88 runs at an average of 17.6 per match.
Mohammed Siraj
Mohammed Siraj is a bowler with an average of 21 fantasy points in the last 10 games, a fantasy rating of 6.6 and is a fairly consistent player in terms of fantasy points. He bowls right-arm fast-medium and in the recent nine matches, Siraj has taken six wickets at an average of 53.8.
Fantasy Team
Wicket-Keeper: Dinesh Karthik and Wriddhiman Saha
Batters: Sai Sudharsan, Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis and Shubman Gill
All-Rounders: Shahrukh Khan, Glenn Maxwell, Cameron Green and Azmatullah Omarzai
Bowler: Rashid Khan and Mohit Sharma
Captain: Shubman Gill
Vice-Captain: Mohit Sharma
Royal Challengers Bengaluru
Gujarat Titans
Faf du Plessis
Virat Kohli
Glenn Maxwell
Rashid Khan
David Miller