Cricket World TV Insights: TATA IPL 2025 Match 14: RCB vs GT - In-Form Players, Venue Stats, Match Predictions - April 2

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Here are the Cricket World TV Insights for today’s TATA IPL 2025 Match 14 - RCB vs GT – Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Gujarat Titans, on April 2nd, featuring analysis on in-form players, venue stats, and match preview, is hosted by Chandresh Narayanan.

Watch the video, and read the Insights and Predictions for the TATA IPL 2025 Match 14 - RCB vs GT – Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Gujarat Titans,  which will be played on April 2^nd,  at the at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.

Match Insights and Predictions

RCB have got off to a great start this season with wins in their first couple of matches. On the other hand, the Titans went down to Punjab Kings but came back strongly to hammer five-time champions – Mumbai Indians – by 36 runs also in Ahmedabad.

We look at the rivalry between the two big franchises, the players to watch out for and the match-ups, the numbers which stand out in the different phases of play and who is likely to come out triumphant in the high-octane encounter.

Head to Head
MATCHES – 5
RCB WON – 3
GT WON – 2


Probable Playing XIs

RCB: 1 Virat Kohli, 2 Phil Salt, 3 Devdutt Padikkal, 4 Rajat Patidar,  5 Liam Livingstone, 6 Jitesh Sharma, 7 Tim David, 8 Krunal Pandya, 9 Rasikh Salam, 10 Josh Hazlewood, 11 Yash Dayal


GT: 1 Jos Buttler, 2 Shubman Gill, 3 Sai Sudharsan, 4 M Shahrukh Khan, 5 Sherfane Rutherford, 6 Rahul Tewatia, 7 Rashid Khan, 8 Kagiso Rabada, 9 Sai Kishore, 10. 11 Mohammed Siraj, 11 Prasidh Krishna

Players To Watch Out For

Jos Buttler (GT)
- 54 (33) vs PBKS & 39 (24) vs MI
- Best AVG & SR product for opener since IPL 2020
- SR of 140 in PP in the IPL

Shubman Gill (GT)
- 33 (14) vs PBKS
- 890 runs in IPL 2023 at SR of 158
- SR of 143 in PP since 2023

Virat Kohli (RCB)
- 59 (36) vs KKR & 32 (16) vs CSK
- Most runs in IPL history
- Most hundreds in IPL history (8)

Phil Salt (RCB)
- 56 (31) vs KKR & 32 (16) vs CSK
- SR of 163 in PP in T20s since 2023
- SR of 162.7 in all T20s since 2023

Rajat Patidar (RCB)
- 51 (32) vs CSK
- SR of 176 vs spin in IPL (amongst the best ever)
- SR of 181 in middle overs since IPL 2023 (third-best)

Venue Stats – M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru

• Average score batting first since IPL 2022 – 196
• Average winning score chasing – 183
• 73% wickets for pacers at SR of 18.4
• Chasing team won only 6 of 14 matches since IPL 2022

Powerplay & Death Over Stats

• Virat Kohli has a strike rate of 201 in the death overs in the IPL.
• Phil Salt has a strike rate of 180 in the powerplay in the IPL.
• Rashid Khan has 70 wickets in the middle overs since IPL 2020 – the second-most after Yuzvendra Chahal.
• Shubman Gill has a strike rate of 143 in the powerplay since IPL 2023.

MATCH-UPS

- Virat Kohli vs Prasidh Krishna
Innings – 7
Balls – 34
Runs – 56
Strike Rate – 164.7
Dismissals – 3


- Phil Salt vs Mohammed Siraj
Innings – 3
Balls – 18
Runs – 47
Strike Rate – 261
Dismissals – 1


- Jos Buttler vs Josh Hazlewood in T20s
Innings – 9
Balls – 66
Runs – 105
Strike Rate – 159
Dismissals – 1

Match Predictions*

Toss Prediction
Royal Challengers Bengaluru

Who will score most runs
Virat Kohli (RCB)
Shubman Gill (GT)

Who will pick most wickets
Josh Hazlewood (RCB)
Mohammed Siraj (GT)

Win Prediction %
Royal Challengers Bengaluru to win
RCB – 60%
GT – 40%

*NB these predictions may be changed nearer the start of the match once the final starting teams have been announced and we will be running ‘In-Play’ features, so stay tuned.


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