Who will win GL vs RPS, IPL 2017 13th Match?
Gujarat Lions will look for their first win in the Indian Premier League 2017 as they take on the Rising Pune Supergiant on April 14. This will be the 13th match of the season and it will be hosted at the Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot. Live action is scheduled to begin at 8 PM local time.
GL vs RPS 13th Match: Where to watch/Live streaming
TV channels: Set Max, Sony Six, Sky Sports
Live streaming: Bet365, Hotstar, Star Sports
Toss Prediction
Five of the last six IPL matches at the Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium have been won by the side that has batted second. Toss therefore is going to play an important role in this match and the team that wins it on Friday is more likely to bowl first. We predict Rising Pune Supergiant to win the toss as Gujarat Lions have a very poor toss record at this ground.
Read on for team previews, latest odds, betting tips and prediction for GL vs RPS, IPL 2017 13th match....
GL Team News & Playing 11
Team News
Gujarat Lions will breathe a sigh of relief as Ravindra Jadeja who missed the first couple of games due to finger injury is set to return and bolster the team's spin department. Allrounder Dwayne Bravo however will not be playing as he is yet to fully recover from his hamstring injury.
Key Players
Aaron Finch and Brendon McCullum had scored 50 and 49 respectively when Gujarat Lions last played RPS at this ground. The team will expect these two to do well with the bat along with Dinesh Karthik who has made decent contributions in both the games this season. Ravindra Jadeja will be the key figure in GL's bowling lineup. The left-arm spinner took 71 wickets in India's recent home test season to become the most successful bowler after Ravichandran Ashwin.
Recent Form
Gujarat Lions are yet to find their first win of the IPL 2017. They are lying right at the bottom of the points table after suffering back-to-back heavy defeats, first against Kolkata Knight Riders and then against Sunrisers Hyderabad. Bowling has been very ordinary but that is expected to improve with the return of Jadeja.
Gujarat Lions Predicted Playing 11
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JJ Roy, BB McCullum, SK Raina (c), AJ Finch, KD Karthik (wk), DR Smith/James Faulkner, DS Kulkarni, P Kumar, Ravindra Jadeja, Tejas Baroka, S Kaushik.
RPS Team News & Playing 11
Team News
Their regular skipper Steven Smith who had been ruled out of their last game against the Delhi Daredevils due to upset stomach is likely to return for this game. The rest of the squad is fit and no further changes are expected in their lineup.
Key Players
Ajinkya Rahane and Steven Smith had hit a fifty and a century respectively against Gujarat Lions last year. The two have had good hits this year as well and so there will be a lot of expectations on them going into this game. Imran Tahir has been the most impressive of all the bowlers in the side and RPS will want him to continue his rich vein of form. The South African spinner has troubled batsmen with his legbreaks and has taken six wickets from three matches at a healthy economy rate.
Recent Form
Rising Pune Supergiant are sitting one place above Gujarat Lions at the seventh spot on the points table after one win and two losses from their first three league games. After winning their opening game against Mumbai Indians, they have faced defeats in their next two games against Kings XI Punjab and Delhi Daredevils respectively.
Pune Supergiant Predicted Playing 11
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AM Rahane, MA Agarwal, SPD Smith (c), RA Tripathi, BA Stokes, MS Dhoni (wk), R Bhatia, DL Chahar, A Zampa, AB Dinda, Imran Tahir.
Team Form in Last Five Matches (most recent first)
Gujarat Lions: L L L L W
Pune Supergiant: L L W W W
GL vs RPS Head to Head
Gujarat Lions and Rising Pune Supergiant do not share a long history of head-to-head contests in the Indian Premier League. Both played their first season last year and so the two teams have faced each other only twice with Gujarat Lions winning on both the occasions. One of those matches was played at the Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium.
GL vs RPS Betting Odds
Gujarat Lions are the only team who have not won a single game so far this season. They received a hammering in both their matches which is why bookmakers are not showing enough confidence in them. However, the return of key player Ravindra Jadeja makes them good value at 1.95 with Betfair and 2 with Bet365. Rising Pune Supergiant are likely to have their key batsman Steven Smith back and therefore find themselves at lower odds of 1.89 with 1xbet and 1.80 with bet365.
GL vs RPS Prediction
Gujarat Lions have had a disastrous start to their IPL campaign and they will be desperate to turn things around. They have a strong batting lineup with the likes of Roy, McCullum, Raina, Finch and Smith. The only thing that was letting them down was the absence of a frontline spinner and now with Jadeja back in the side, this issue seems to be resolved to quite an extent.
The Lions will have the psychological edge of having never lost to Rising Pune Supergiant. Though the latter will also welcome back their key man Steven Smith, it remains to be seen how well he can perform after coming from an illness. Gujarat Lions have now found some balance in their lineup and we predict them to win their third match against RPS.
Final Verdict: Back Gujarat Lions to beat Rising Pune Supergiant in the 13th match of IPL 2017 at 1.91 with 1xbet and 2.00 with bet365.
Apr 14, 2017
20:00 IST / 14:30 GMT
Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium - Rajkot, India
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