Bet on RR vs GT: Prediction, tips and odds for Rajasthan Royals and Gujarat Titans IPL match today

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Bet on RR vs GT: Prediction, tips and odds for Rajasthan Royals and Gujarat Titans IPL match today image

Both the Gujarat Titans (GT) and the Rajasthan Royals (RR) know that a win could cement them top spot in the IPL points table, when they meet at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium on Friday. 

The Titans — defending champions from 2022 — are currently at the summit of the table, but a shock loss in their last outing against Delhi Capitals has them well within striking distance of the chasing pack.

For the Royals, they also lost their last game — a defeat to Mumbai Indians (MI) — and their form is patchy, having lost three of their last five. 

But a win here could see them leapfrog their opponents on net run rate (NRR), and put one foot in the playoffs. Here we look at the best bets and odds for this match.

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RR vs GT match prediction 

While both GT and RR are in the top four, they have both played inconsistently over their last five games — the Titans winning three, and the Royals winning two.

But both also know what it takes to perform when the stakes are at their highest. This is a repeat of the 2022 final, when GT won by seven wickets, and they have the class to come through again in this one, despite being second best in the betting odds.

We're taking the Titans to edge this one, in what could be a close affair. Click here to bet directly on this match in India.

Prediction: GT to win

  RR win GT win
Dafabet
(India)
1.86 1.99

RR vs GT match facts 

  • Date: Friday, May 5 
  • Time: 7:30 pm (IST)
  • Location: Sawai Mansingh Stadium
  • Last meeting: April 17, 2023 - RR won by three wickets

RR vs GT team news 

The Titans remain without star Kane Williamson, who has been ruled out of the IPL season, and replaced by Dasun Shanaka

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Rajasthan will also be without two key players; Trent Boult is out indefinitely with an unspecified niggle, while Prasidh Krishna will miss the season with a back injury, replaced with Sandeep Sharma.

RR vs GT best bet 

  • Pick: Team batting second to win
  • Odds: 1.85 (Dafabet)

The toss could be crucial in this one, and it's likely that whoever wins it will choose to bowl. The Sawai Mansingh Stadium favours the bowlers, particularly spin, and the stats suggest that the side who chases will have a distinct advantage.

In fact, of the 49 IPL matches played here, the chasing side have won on 32 occasions. 

RR vs GT outside bet 

  • Pick: Yashasvi Jaiswal to score 50
  • Odds: 4.00 (Dafabet)

The RR breakthrough star is averaging 47.56 runs per match in the IPL this year and has cleared 50 three times, as well as claiming a maiden IPL century.

Cleary one of the IPL's top batsmen right now, Jaiswal has every chance to hit 50 again even on a bowling-friendly pitch, and at 4.00 is most definitely worth the risk. 

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