IPL 2024 GT vs SRH Match Preview: Their major players are out of shape and that's not great when they have to confront the game's most in- type batting system
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Gujarat Titans may have come out of a guiding to fight Mumbai Indians in their season opening with a 63-run battle at home against Chennai Super Kings, which raises the question: Are the Titans materials for the 2024 tournament?
David Miller, for instance, has crossed 30 just three days in 15 innings this year and statistics 29. His strike rate of 119 this year is also his worst in 13 years, a steep drop from 2023 ( 135.2 ) and 2022 ( 147.2 ).
Rashid Khan serves as a second indicator of the Titans ' performance. In their gets- they've had 12 of those since 2023- he comes ahead with an economy level of 7.35. However, Rashid's market price skyrockets in their losses of seven in the same time period. It shows that when he struggles, they battle too. This used to be rare but since last year's tournament, he has leaked nine runs an over roughly once every three matches ( 6 out of 19, 5 of those 6 were losses )
The problem lies with the marauding Sunrisers Hyderabad team, who just finished a achievement that rewrote the IPL record books. Travis Head has his own love tale with Ahmedabad since the ODI World Cup final, Ashish Sharma has carried his kind from the Mian Mushtaq Ali Trophy also and Heinrich Klaasen is the only person to reach 50 T20 touchdowns this year. The Titans may need someone to complete Mohammed Shami's shoes at both stops of their pitches because Narendra Modi Stadium is one of the best pitches for pitchers in the nation.
The Titans, though, you strike up. Barring Pat Cummins, the Sunrisers batsmen have gone at 11.93 goes per over in IPL 2024 and it is an region the guests can utilize, particularly their captain Shubman Gill. Ahmedabad is Gill's favorite venue- 700 runs in 13 innings at an average of roughly 64 and a strike- rate of about 160- and with only 37 runs in two innings this season, he may be itching for a huge contribution.
Team reports and influence player strategy
The Titans are often repetitive with their impact substitutions, but expect fast bowler Mohit Sharma and left- hand batter Sai Sudharsan to switch places. After missing the first two games in the Sheffield Shield final, Matthew Wade is back. Shahrukh Khan or Abhinav Manohar could be tempting options in the middle order.
Probable XII: 1 Shubman Gill ( capt ), 2 Wriddhiman Saha (wk ), 3 Sai Sudharsan, 4 Vijay Shankar, 5 David Miller, 6 Azmatullah Omarzai, 7 Rahul Tewatia, 8 Rashid Khan, 9 R Sai Kishore, 10 Spencer Johnson, 11 Umesh Yadav, 12 Mohit Sharma
After excelling in their season opener, T Natarajan missed Sunrisers ' second game with an unspecified niggle and his availability is unknown. Jaydev Unadkat, his replacement, was impressed by his changes and was able to keep his place in the starting lineup. Wanindu Hasaranga has also not yet arrived in India.
If they bowl first, Sunrisers could start with medium-strider Nitish Reddy or fast bowler Umran Malik, with Travis Head stepping in to take their place in the second inning. Washington Sundar could also be a realistic option against left- hand heavy Titans.
Probable XII: 1 Mayank Agarwal, 2 Travis Head, 3 Abhishek Sharma, 4 Aiden Markram, 5 Heinrich Klaasen (wk ), 6 Abdul Samad, 7 Shahbaz Ahmed, 8 Pat Cummins ( capt ), 9 Bhuvneshwar Kumar, 10 Mayank Markande, 11 Jaydev Unadkat / T Natarajan, 12 Umran Malik
In the spotlight
In two innings, Vijay Shankar has scored 18 runs in 17 balls. He has not bowled either. Against a high- scoring side like Sunrisers, the Titans could be tempted to play Shahrukh Khan instead to add power to the middle order, especially since he follows a consolidator like Sudharsan at No. 3. Shankar, though, enjoys facing Bhuvneshwar Kumar ( 16 off 5, strike rate 320 ) and Jaydev Unadkat ( 15 off 7, strike rate 214 ) in T20 cricket.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar is yet to take a wicket in his two IPL 2024 outings and has conceded 104 runs in eight overs. Against both Kolkata Knight Riders and Mumbai Indians, Bhuvneshwar made promising starts to his spell but ended up leaking big runs in the death overs. As the senior-most bowler in a franchise where he has played since 2014, Bhuvneshwar needs to either find wickets or get his runs down. Ideally, he'd want to do both.
Stats that matter
Gill has historically struggled putting Bhuvneshwar away at the IPL, scoring only 50 runs in 48 balls while being dismissed three times in nine innings. He also has a strike- rate of only 94.4 against Unadkat.
In 23 balls, Abhishek has hit Rashid for three fours and three sixes, averaging a boundary every 3.6 deliveries. His overall strike percentage is 204, and in this IPL, he is batting 226.
Klaasen is hitting a six every 5.4 balls in 2024, behind only Andre Russell's ball- per- six ratio of 4.6. Fifty of his 53 sixes have come between long- off and deep backward square leg.
The team has won six of the ten IPL games that have been played in Ahmedabad since the start of the IPL 2023.
Pitch and conditions
Ahmedabad typically has a true batting surface with enough options to keep pacers and spinners interested. The long square boundaries are also useful for spinners. The IPL's first-innings winning score is 188, which is the average since 2021. In the last outing at the venue, the Titans defended 168 successfully. Experience a scorching afternoon with a temperature of 35 degrees during the toss.
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