The 51st match of the Indian Premier League 2023 is scheduled to play between Gujarat Titans and Lucknow Super Giants on Sunday 7th May 2023 at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad.

Gujarat Titans are the defending champions and they had also performed in this tournament like a champion. They are currently the best-performing team of this edition of IPL right now. They had played ten matches with seven wins to their name. They had lost just three matches and are leading the points table. Now they are facing Lucknow Super Giants who had also performed well in this tournament. They are the third-best-performing team in this tournament right now. They had won five out of ten matches played. They had lost four matches while their one match was not decided. They are holding the third place on the points table. These teams had already faced each other in this tournament in a very interesting match where Gujarat Titans won with a margin of just seven runs.

Gujarat Titans are leading the points table and another win in this match will cement their place in the top two teams. They had already beaten Lucknow Super Giants and will be confident for this match. They lost against Delhi Capitals but bounced back strongly and won their most recent match against Rajasthan Royals with a huge margin of nine wickets. Their match against Delhi Capitals was a low-scoring match where the batting order of this team totally failed to give the best performance. Shubhman Gill is leading the batting order of this team and he also has the support of the best batsmen like Vijay Shankar, Sai Sudharsan, and Wriddhiman Saha. Hardik Pandya had also performed well in this tournament and we have seen him batting at number three in most recent matches. He can bat well against the seam bowlers and he sets well on the crease before the spin bowlers come to work. Rahul Tewatia, Abhinav Manohar, and David Miller had been just outstanding in the middle batting order. The bowling unit of Gujarat Giants is also strong and well-balanced. Rashid Khan is the leading bowler of this team and also one of the highest wicket-takers of this tournament. Noor Ahmed also performed well in this tournament.

Mohammad Shami is the leading bowler of this team and he had just been outstanding with the new ball. Mohit Sharma and Hardik Pandya are other bowlers who had done a great job in middle overs. Gujarat Giants had won the previous two matches in a row and their most recent win came against Mumbai Indians with a handsome margin of 55 runs. The way how their batting order performed in that match was just outstanding. They scored a total of 207 runs in 20 overs. Shubman Gill was the most successful and highest run-scorer from their side with 56 runs to his name on 34 balls with the help of seven boundaries and one huge six. David Miller also had an outstanding performance with the bat and scored 46 runs. He faced 22 balls and smashed two boundaries and four huge sixes. Abhinav Manohar was the other batsman who put some runs on the board. He scored 42 runs on 21 balls with the help of three boundaries and the same huge sixes. The bowling unit of Gujarat Giants also performed well and defended the target of 208 runs. They leaked 152 runs in 20 overs. Noor Ahmad was the most successful and highest run-scorer from their side with three wickets to his name in four overs against 37 runs. Rashid Khan also had an outstanding performance with the ball. He picked two wickets in four while he was charged with 27 runs. Mohit Sharma was the other bowler with two wickets to his name in four overs against 38 runs. The skipper, Hardik Pandya could manage to pick one wicket.

The most recent match of Lucknow Super Giants against Chennai Super Kings was not decided and earlier, they were beaten by Royal Challengers Bangalore. KL Rahul is leading the top batting order of this team with Kyle Mayers. He had not been much impressive in this tournament but Kyle Mayers had just been outstanding in this tournament. Ayush Badoni, Marcus Stoinis, and Nicholas Pooran are handling the middle batting order of this team with Deepak Hooda and Krunal Pandya. Almost all batsmen from their side put some runs on the board. Marcus Stoinis was the most successful and highest run-scorer from their side with 72 runs to his name on just 40 balls with the help of six boundaries and five huge sixes. Kyle Mayers also had an outstanding performance with the bat and put some runs on the board. He scored 54 runs while he faced 24 balls and smashed seven boundaries and four huge sixes. Nicholas Pooran was the other batsman from their side who put some runs on the board. He scored 45 runs on just 19 balls with the help of seven boundaries and one huge six.

Ayush Badoni had performed well in this tournament and we also saw this in the most recent match and scored 42 runs. He faced 24 balls and smashed three boundaries and the same huge sixes. Lucknow Super Giants are also rich in the bowling unit and they have a lot of bowlers to choose the best bowling squad. It was interesting to see that they used nine bowlers in their most recent match against Punjab Kings. Marcus Stoinis, Kyle Mayers, Ayush Badoni, Naveen-ul-Haq, Avesh Khan, Amit Mishra, Ravi Bishnoi, Yash Thakur, and Krunal Pandya were used as bowlers in the previous match. They did not perform well but they defended the target of 258 runs and send the full team of Punjab Kings back to the pavilion on a total of 201 runs in 19.5 overs. Yash Thakur was the most successful and highest run-scorer from their side with four wickets to his name in 3.5 overs against just 30 runs. Naveen-ul-Haq also had an outstanding performance with the ball and picked three wickets in four overs while he was charged for 30 runs. Ravi Bishnoi was the other bowler with some wickets to his name. He picked up two wickets while he leaked 41 runs in four overs. Marcus Stoinis picked one wicket in 1.5 overs while he was charged for 21 runs. No other bowler from their side could manage to pick any wicket. Kyle Mayers, Krunal Pandya, Amit Mishra, Avesh Khan, and Ayush Badoni were the bowlers who failed to pick any wicket.

Gujarat Titans had faced Lucknow Super Giants in 3 matches where they had won all 3 matches while Lucknow Super Giants had not won any match against Gujarat Titans.

Gujarat Titans had won four out of the previous five matches played so far while Lucknow Super Giants had also won three matches out of the previous five matches.

Gujarat Titans is a strong and well-balanced team and have a strong batting and bowling department which is in good form. The batting and bowling squad of this team is much stronger at least on paper. According to today’s prediction, Gujarat Titans is the favorite team who will win this match. There are many factors that make Gujarat Titans a favorite team to win this match. Some of the key factors are mentioned as under:

• Gujarat Titans won all three matches played against Lucknow Super Giants
• Gujarat Titans are the best-performing team in this tournament
• Lucknow Super Giants also performed well in this tournament
• The main players of Gujarat Titans are in superb form
• Lucknow Super Giants had lost the previous match and will be under pressure

Gujarat Titans is overall a strong team when we compare it with Lucknow Super Giants. They have the best players in the t20 format of cricket. The batting order of this team is also strong and some well-known hitters of the t20 format are part of the squad of this team, so the winning chances of today’s match for Gujarat Titans have been increased. The equation of who will win today’s cricket match prediction and who will win the cricket match today is mentioned as under.

Gujarat Titans have a 58% chance to win this match
Lucknow Super Giants has a 42% chance to win this match

The toss is going to play an important in the result of each and every match of IPL 2023 as we had observed in the previous editions of this tournament. According to the toss prediction, the team who will win the toss will elect to field first as defending had been difficult in the most recent matches of IPL.

The 51st match of IPL T20, 2023 is going to be held at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad. The pitch at this stadium is known to be a good one for batting, with a tendency to produce high-scoring matches. The pitch is generally flat and hard, with even bounce, which makes it favorable for stroke-making. In the past, the Narendra Modi Stadium has hosted some high-scoring matches, and teams batting first have often posted scores in excess of 300. The pitch tends to get slower as the match progresses, making it slightly easier for spinners to grip the ball and extract turns.

The weather forecast for Ahmadabad is good for this cricket match. There are some chances of rain but we are expecting a full match.

Gujarat Titans: Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Hardik Pandya (c), Vijay Shankar, David Miller, Abhinav Manohar, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Mohit Sharma, Noor Ahmad, Mohammed Shami, Joshua Little.

Lucknow Super Giants: Kyle Mayers, Manan Vohra, Karan Sharma, Ayush Badoni, Marcus Stoinis, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Krunal Pandya (c), Krishnappa Gowtham, Naveen-ul-Haq, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohsin Khan.

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• Date: Sunday, 7th May 2023
• Time: 10:00 AM GMT / 03:30 PM LOCAL / 03:30 PM IST

• Stadium: Narendra Modi Stadium
• Location: Ahmedabad, India
• Opened: 1982
• Capacity: 132,000
• Known as: Motera Gujarat Stadium, Sardar Patel Stadium
• Ends: Adani Pavilion End, GMDC End
• Time Zone: UTC +05:30
• Home to: Gujarat, Gujarat Titans
• Floodlights: Yes
• Curator: Bagira Thakur

• Total matches: 10
• Matches won batting first: 6
• Matches won bowling first: 4
• Average 1st Inns scores: 160
• Average 2nd Inns scores: 137
• Highest total recorded: 234/4 (20 Ov) by IND vs NZ
• Lowest total recorded: 66/10 (12.1 Ov) by NZ vs IND
• The highest score chased: 166/3 (17.5 Ov) by IND vs ENG
• The lowest score defended: 107/7 (20 Ov) by WIW vs INDW

Wriddhiman Saha(w), Hardik Pandya(c), Vijay Shankar, David Miller, Abhinav Manohar, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Mohit Sharma, Noor Ahmad, Mohammed Shami, Alzarri Joseph, Shubman Gill, Pradeep Sangwan, Matthew Wade, Jayant Yadav, Dasun Shanaka, Srikar Bharat, Odean Smith, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Shivam Mavi, Darshan Nalkande, Urvil Patel, Sai Sudharsan, Yash Dayal.