Gujarat Titans and Rajasthan Royals are expected to light up Mullanpur in a thrilling clash for the right to take on Royal Challengers Bengaluru in Sunday's final.
The Titans have missed out on one chance to get to Sunday's IPL showpiece in Ahmedabad after a 92-run battering at the hands of champions RCB on Tuesday.
Now they must get the better of Rajasthan Royals and their teen sensation Vaibhav Suryavanshi, who single-handedly destroyed Sunrisers Hyderabad in Wednesday's Eliminator.
Gujarat Titans v Rajasthan Royals Tips Summary
Best Bet - Gujarat Titans to win @ 1/1
Alternative Bet - Jos Buttler over 38.5 player performance @ 5/6
Bet Builder - Jason Holder 1+ wicket, Jofra Archer 1+ wicket & Jos Buttler most GT 4s @ 6/1
Gujarat Titans v Rajasthan Royals Prediction
Best Bet: Gujarat Titans to win @ 1/1
Vaibhav Suryavanshi's astonishing assault on SRH on Wednesday could be a career-defining moment for the teenage sensation - but Gujarat Titans have no need to be fazed.
Suryavanshi bludgeoned a simply remarkable 97 off 29 balls as RR saw off the Sunrisers and he can clearly win games on his own.
And his performance, more than anything else, has helped make RR favourites against a Titans team who look worth supporting at 1/1.
Six wins in their last seven matches was a superb end to the campaign for GT before they ran into the RCB juggernaut on Tuesday.
There was no shame in losing that and this supremely balanced side can get it right against a Royals' team they headed in the table.
Alternative Bet: Jos Buttler over 38.5 player performance @ 5/6
England's Jos Buttler has had a superb season for the Titans and still has more to come.
In his last three matches Buttler has scored 57, 57 and 29 and has clouted 498 runs in his 15 games at 33 runs per match.
As GT's keeper he also takes catches (and the odd stumping) and that's why his player performance might be too low at 38.5.
In his last eight IPL games his player performance make-ups read 59 - 49 - 56 - 23 - 72 - 57 - 77 - 39.
Gujarat Titans v Rajasthan Royals Bet Builder Tip
- Jason Holder 1+ wicket
- Jofra Archer 1+ wicket
- Jos Buttler most GT 4s
Pays 6/1
Take opposition pacemen Jason Holder and Jofra Archer to be in the wickets in Mullanpur.
Titans' star Holder has taken 15 wickets in just nine appearances while Royals' Archer has taken nine in his last four and 24 overall.
If Jos Buttler is set to star then the England keeper-batter is worth chancing to hit the most Titans' fours.
This is clearly the risky element of the three legs, but Buttler has cracked 50 fours so far, only 15 fewer than B Sai Sudharsan who leads the way for GT - but has faced 100 balls more.
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Key Match Stats
- The Titans and the Royals met twice during the regular season, recording a win apiece
- Royals' opener Vaibhav Suryavanshi is the tournament's leading runscorer with 680 runs
- The second top scorer in the tournament is Titans opener B Sai Sudharsan with 652 runs
- Suryavanshi has hit 65 sixes in the tournament (an IPL record for a season) and 22 more than anyone else
- Titans seamer Kagiso Rabada has taken a tournament-high 26 wickets with at least two wickets in six of his last eight appearances
- Jofra Archer, the Royals' England paceman, has taken 24 wickets, including nine in his last four outings
Tactics, Form and Team News
The Titans finished second in the table with six wins in their last seven league matches.
They were then beaten by 92 runs in Tuesday's Qualifier 1 against Royal Challengers Bengaluru, offering up this second chance of a shot in Sunday's final.
Predicted Gujarat Titans XI: Sudharsan, Gill (cap), Buttler (wkt), Sundar, Sindhu, Holder, R Khan, A Khan, Rabada, Siraj, Krishna.
The Royals were comprehensive 47-run victors over Sunrisers Hyderabad in Wednesday's Eliminator and likely to keep faith with the same line-up.
Predicted Rajasthan Royals XI: Jaiswal, Suryavanshi, Jurel (wkt), Parag (cap), Ferreira, Shanaka, Jadeja, Archer, Burger, Sharma, Punja.
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