Thursday's Gujarat Lions vs Rising Pune
Supergiants IPL 2016 match will be quite an emotional game for several
ex-Chennai Super Kings players, especially Suresh Raina and Mahendra
Singh Dhoni. Will the Lions roar in their den? Get live cricket score
and updates of Gujarat Lions (GL) vs Rising Pune Supergiants (RPS) here.
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19:32 hrs IST: Here are the playing XI of both teams:
Rising Pune Supergiants: Ajinkya Rahane, Faf du Plessis, Kevin Pietersen, MS Dhoni (c & wk), Steven Smith, Mitchell Marsh, Rajat Bhatia, Murugan Ashwin, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ishant Sharma, RP Singh
Gujarat Lions: Brendon McCullum, Aaron Finch, Suresh Raina (c), Dinesh Karthik (wk), Dwayne Bravo, Akshdeep Nath, James Faulkner, Ravindra Jadeja, Praveen Kumar, Pravin Tambe, Shadab Jakati
19:30 hrs IST: Rising Pune Supergiants skipper MS Dhoni wins the toss and elects to bat first.
19:29 hrs IST:Toss time!
19:28 hrs IST: STAT ATTACK - Suresh Raina needs 53 more runs to become the first Indian to reach 6000 runs in T20 cricket.
19:24 hrs IST: Let's see who wins the battle of spinners today!
The
conditions at Rajkot's Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium will play
a big role during the Lions and the Supergiants contest. The IPL
debutants played their first games on true pitches where the ball came
on to the bat. It may not be the case in Thursday's game where the slow
and spin-friendly nature of the wicket may not amuse the batsmen.
Rising Pune Supergiants consigned Mumbai Indians to a nine-wicket defeat at the Wankhede Stadium on April 9. RPS, chasing 122 for a win, won with 32 balls to spare. All three RPS batsmen - Ajinkya Rahane, Faf du Plessis and Kevin Pietersen - returned 100-plus strike rates.
Gujarat Lions beat Kings XI Punjab in Mohali by five wickets with 14 balls to spare. Three of Lions' top four batsmen returned 150-plus strike rates. It was Dwayne Bravo's 4 for 22 that ruined Punjab.
Both RPS and GL are equally matched. It will be upon the slow bowlers to control tonight's match. Ex-CSK teammates Ravichandran Ashwin (RPS) will have a direct battled with local boy Ravindra Jadeja. Brendon McCullum vs Faf du Plessis will another contest to look out for. Several personal battlelines will make this fixture an interesting one.source:sports.ndt
19:32 hrs IST: Here are the playing XI of both teams:
Rising Pune Supergiants: Ajinkya Rahane, Faf du Plessis, Kevin Pietersen, MS Dhoni (c & wk), Steven Smith, Mitchell Marsh, Rajat Bhatia, Murugan Ashwin, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ishant Sharma, RP Singh
Gujarat Lions: Brendon McCullum, Aaron Finch, Suresh Raina (c), Dinesh Karthik (wk), Dwayne Bravo, Akshdeep Nath, James Faulkner, Ravindra Jadeja, Praveen Kumar, Pravin Tambe, Shadab Jakati
19:30 hrs IST: Rising Pune Supergiants skipper MS Dhoni wins the toss and elects to bat first.
19:29 hrs IST:Toss time!
19:28 hrs IST: STAT ATTACK - Suresh Raina needs 53 more runs to become the first Indian to reach 6000 runs in T20 cricket.
19:24 hrs IST: Let's see who wins the battle of spinners today!
19:06 hrs IST:Hello and welcome to the coverage of sixth match of the Indian Premier League season 9. Gujarat Lions take on Rising Pune Supergiants at Rajkot tonight. Pune thrashed Mumbai Indians in their first game while Gujarat got the better of Kings XI Punjab at Mohali.
Mahendra
Singh Dhoni and Suresh Raina were teammates while playing for the
Chennai Super Kings in the IPL but will now go head to head.
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Rising Pune Supergiants consigned Mumbai Indians to a nine-wicket defeat at the Wankhede Stadium on April 9. RPS, chasing 122 for a win, won with 32 balls to spare. All three RPS batsmen - Ajinkya Rahane, Faf du Plessis and Kevin Pietersen - returned 100-plus strike rates.
Gujarat Lions beat Kings XI Punjab in Mohali by five wickets with 14 balls to spare. Three of Lions' top four batsmen returned 150-plus strike rates. It was Dwayne Bravo's 4 for 22 that ruined Punjab.
Both RPS and GL are equally matched. It will be upon the slow bowlers to control tonight's match. Ex-CSK teammates Ravichandran Ashwin (RPS) will have a direct battled with local boy Ravindra Jadeja. Brendon McCullum vs Faf du Plessis will another contest to look out for. Several personal battlelines will make this fixture an interesting one.source:sports.ndt
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