Royal Challengers Bangalore will face Gujarat Titans at M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru in the 70th game of IPL 2023 on Sunday 21st May. This game is another do or die match for RCB. A win in the match will take place of RCB in the top 4 while Gujarat already qualified. Read the full match preview, pitch report & every detail about the RCB vs GT match with Dream XI team prediction in our fantasy sports segment.

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RCB vs GT

Match Details:

• Match: 70
• Date: 21/05/2023
• Time: 7:30 PM IST
• Venue: M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
• Where to watch: Star Sports, Jio Cinema

Venue Details | Pitch Report

The M Chinnaswamy Stadium wicket is favorable for batters. Here the outfield is fast and the small boundaries allow them to score freely. Most of the matches here are high-scoring ones. Though the leg spinners get some turn in the middle overs of the match. It is almost a month since the last game was played here. In four out of six matches, teams won by defending the total here at Chinnaswamy. The team will win the toss likely to bat first on this wicket.

In IPL 2023 at the M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru:

• 1st-inning score: 226
• 2nd-inning score: 218
• Matches won by the team batting 1st: 4
• Matches won by the team batting 2nd: 2

Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Gujarat Titans | Head to Head

• Matches Played: 2
• RCB won: 1
• GT won: 1

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Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Gujarat Titans | Team News

Royal Challengers Bangalore

RCB won their last match comprehensively against SRH and Virat scored a century in that game. Their top order has played superbly in the tournament and scored the bulk of the team totals. Siraj bowled well and Hasaranga gave good support in spin. They need to perform well and win the match to seal their spot in the top 4.

Gujarat Titans

GT has been the most consistent team in the tournament and they are the alone team who qualified for the playoffs. In this game, they can try the other combination as well. In their last game, Gill got his maiden century in IPL and he has been in superb form with Pandya and Miller in the middle. Rashid has been their spin spearhead alongside Shami leading the fast bowling. Shami is the top wicket-taker and Rashid is just behind him with the same no of wickets in the tournament. They will hope to finish the game on a winning node to have full energy in the playoffs.

Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Gujarat Titans | Possible Lineup

Royal Challengers Bangalore:

• Virat Kohli
• Faf du Plessis
• Glenn Maxwell
• Michael Bracewell
• Mahipal Lomror
• Anuj Rawat
• Shahbaz Ahmed
• Wayne Parnell
• Harshal Patel
• Karn Sharma
• Mohammed Siraj

Gujarat Titans:

• Wriddhiman Saha
• Shubman Gill
• Sai Sudharsan
• Hardik Pandya
• David Miller
• Rahul Tewatia
• Dasun Shanaka
• Rashid Khan
• Noor Ahmad
• Mohammed Shami
• Mohit Sharma
• Yash Dayal

Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Gujarat Titans | Dream XI Team Prediction

After the mega IPL 2025 auction on 24th and 25th November, every Indian Premier League franchise made their squad for the upcoming IPL season. Rishabh Pant was the most expensive player in the auction history with an INR 27 cr bid from Lucknow Super Giants. Meantime, Shreyas Iyer and Venkatesh Iyer also attracted huge bids from Punjab Kings and KKR respectively.

After the auction, only Chennai Super Kings (CSK), Gujarat Titans and Punjab Kings (PBKS) were the teams to have a full quota of 25 players in their squad. Meantime, Surisers Hyderabad (SRH) and Rajasthan Royals were the teams with the least number of players in the squad. 

Before the mega auction, each team had the option to retain a maximum of six players including capped and uncapped players. Post the retentions, teams picked their squads in a bidding war for two days.

Squads of every IPL team after the IPL 2025 auction

Chennai Super Kings (CSK)

Batters:

• Ruturaj Gaikwad
• MS Dhoni (Wicketkeeper Batter)
• Devon Conway
• Rahul Tripathi
• Shaik Rasheed
• Andre Siddarth

All-Rounders:

• Rachin Ravindra
• Ravichandran Ashwin (Bowling All-rounder)
• Vijay Shankar
• Sam Curran
• Anshul Kamboj
• Deepak Hooda (Bowling All-rounder)
• Jamie Overton
• Ramakrishna Ghosh
• Ravindra Jadeja
• Shivam Dube

Bowlers:

• Khaleel Ahmed
• Noor Ahmad
• Mukesh Choudhary
• Gurjapneet Singh
• Nathan Ellis
• Kamlesh Nagarkoti
• Shreyas Gopal
• Matheesha Pathirana

Delhi Capitals (DC)

Batters:

• KL Rahul (Wicketkeeper Batter)
• Harry Brook
• Jake Fraser-McGurk
• Sameer Rizvi
• Faf du Plessis
• Donovan Ferreira (Wicketkeeper)
• Abishek Porel (Wicketkeeper Batter)
• Tristan Stubbs (Wicketkeeper Batter)

All-Rounders:

• Karun Nair
• Ashutosh Sharma
• Darshan Nalkande
• Vipraj Nigam
• Ajay Mandal
• Manvanth Kumar L
• Tripurana Vijay
• Madhav Tiwari
• Axar Patel

Bowlers:

• Mitchell Starc
• T Natarajan
• Mohit Sharma
• Mukesh Kumar
• Dushmantha Chameera
• Kuldeep Yadav

Gujarat Titans (GT)

Batters:

• Shubman Gill
• Jos Buttler (Wicketkeeper Batter)
• Kumar Kushagra (Wicketkeeper Batter)
• Anuj Rawat (Wicketkeeper Batter)
• Sherfane Rutherford
• Glenn Phillips (Wicketkeeper Batter)

All-Rounders:

• Nishant Sindhu
• Mahipal Lomror
• Washington Sundar
• Gerald Coetzee
• Mohd. Arshad Khan
• Karim Janat
• B. Sai Sudharsan
• Shahrukh Khan

Bowlers:

• Kagiso Rabada
• Mohammed Siraj
• Prasidh Krishna
• Manav Suthar
• Gurnoor Singh Brar
• Sai Kishore
• Ishant Sharma
• Jayant Yadav
• Kulwant Khejroliya
• Rahul Tewatia
• Rashid Khan

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)

Batters:

• Rinku Singh
• Quinton de Kock (Wicketkeeper Batter)
• Rahmanullah Gurbaz
• Angkrish Raghuvanshi
• Rovman Powell
• Manish Pandey
• Luvnith Sisodia
• Ajinkya Rahane

All-Rounders:

• Venkatesh Iyer
• Anukul Roy
• Moeen Ali
• Ramandeep Singh
• Andre Russell

Bowlers:

• Anrich Nortje
• Vaibhav Arora
• Mayank Markande
• Spencer Johnson
• Umran Malik
• Harshit Rana
• Sunil Narine
• Varun Chakaravarthy

Lucknow Super Giants (LSG)

Batters:

• Rishabh Pant (Wicketkeeper Batter)
• David Miller
• Aiden Markram
• Abdul Samad
• Aryan Juyal (Wicket Keeper)
• Himmat Singh
• Matthew Breetzke
• Nicholas Pooran (Wicketkeeper Batter)

All-Rounders:

• Mitchell Marsh
• Digvesh Singh
• Yuvraj Chaudhary
• Arshin Kulkarni
• Ayush Badoni

Bowlers:

• Avesh Khan
• Akash Deep
• M Siddharth
• Shahbaz Ahmed
• Akash Singh
• Shamar Joseph
• Prince Yadav
• Rajvardhan Hangargekar
• Mayank Yadav
• Mohsin Khan
• Ravi Bishnoi

Mumbai Indians (MI)

Batters:

• Rohit Sharma
• Suryakumar Yadav
• Robin Minz
• Ryan Rickelton
• Will Jacks
• Shrijith Krishnan
• Bevan John Jacobs
• N. Tilak Varma

All-Rounders:

• Naman Dhir
• Karn Sharma
• Mitchell Santner
• Raj Angad Bawa
• Arjun Tendulkar
• Vignesh Puthur
• Hardik Pandya

Bowlers:

• Trent Boult
• Deepak Chahar
• Allah Ghazanfar
• Ashwani Kumar
• Reece Topley
• Venkata Satyanarayana Penmetsa
• Lizaad Williams
• Jasprit Bumrah

Punjab Kings (PBKS)

Batters:

• Shreyas Iyer
• Vishnu Vinod
• Josh Inglis
• Harnoor Pannu
• Suryansh Shedge
• Pyla Avinash
• Prabhsimran Singh
• Shashank Singh

All-Rounders:

• Marcus Stoinis
• Glenn Maxwell
• Nehal Wadhera
• Marco Jansen
• Azmatullah Omarzai
• Priyansh Arya
• Aaron Hardie
• Musheer Khan

Bowlers:

• Arshdeep Singh
• Yuzvendra Chahal
• Harpreet Brar
• Vyshak Vijay Kumar
• Yash Thakur
• Lockie Ferguson
• Kuldeep Sen
• Xavier Bartlett
• Pravin Dubey

Rajasthan Royals (RR)

Batters:

• Sanju Samson (Wicketkeeper Batter)
• Nitish Rana
• Shubham Dubey
• Vaibhav Suryavanshi
• Kunal Rathore
• Shimron Hetmyer
• Yashasvi Jaiswal
• Dhruv Jurel

All-Rounders:

• Jofra Archer
• Wanindu Hasaranga
• Yudhvir Singh

Bowlers:

• Maheesh Theekshana
• Akash Madhwal
• Kumar Kartikeya Singh
• Tushar Deshpande
• Fazalhaq Farooqi
• Kwena Maphaka
• Ashok Sharma
• Sandeep Sharma

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB)

Batters:

• Rajat Patidar
• Virat Kohli
• Liam Livingstone
• Phil Salt
• Jitesh Sharma
• Tim David
• Devdutt Padikkal
• Swastik Chhikara

All-Rounders:

• Krunal Pandya
• Swapnil Singh
• Romario Shepherd
• Manoj Bhandage
• Jacob Bethell
• Mohit Rathee

Bowlers:

• Josh Hazlewood
• Rasikh Dar
• Suyash Sharma
• Bhuvneshwar Kumar
• Nuwan Thushara
• Lungi Ngidi
• Abhinandan Singh
• Yash Dayal

Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH)

Batters:

• Ishan Kishan (Wicketkeeper Batter)
• Aniket Verma
• Sachin Baby
• Heinrich Klaasen
• Travis Head

All-Rounders:

• Atharva Taide
• Abhinav Manohar
• Brydon Carse
• Kamindu Mendis
• Abhishek Sharma
• Nitish Kumar Reddy

Bowlers:

• Mohammad Shami
• Harshal Patel
• Rahul Chahar
• Adam Zampa
• Simarjeet Singh
• Zeeshan Ansari
• Jaydev Unadkat
• Eshan Malinga
• Pat Cummins

Hello and welcome to Sportz Point's LIVE coverage of the IPL 2025 Auction as the excitement around the cricketing world reaches its peak. From intense bidding wars, and surprise player picks, to expert analysis, as teams strategize for the upcoming season we will bring you everything in this LIVE blog for you.

A total of 577 players are set to be featured in the Mega Auction.

Stay tuned as we dive into the auction room dynamics, track the biggest buys, and provide expert analysis on the decisions that could redefine the upcoming season. Refresh this page regularly for the latest updates, commentary, and insights from the action-packed event.

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When and where the IPL 2025 Auction will start?

The IPL 2025 auction will start at 3.30 pm IST on 24th and 25th November in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

The Mega Auction for IPL 2025 will commence today and will last two days, where all the 10 IPL franchises will lock horns to snatch away great talents and big names to shape up their respective teams that will compete in the IPL 2025 for the final glory. 

Here are the FAQ and everything you need to know about the IPL 2025 Mega Auction. 

Read Also | Full list of players to be auctioned

Hello! Welcome to the live blog of Sportz Point. Today the day has come when the list of players will be released for the mega auction to be held before IPL 2025.

All 10 franchises on Thursday will announce the names they want to retain for IPL 2025. At the same time, the journey of many big players will end with their previous franchises and they will have to enter the mega auction to be held next month. These may also include some big names like KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant and Shreyas Iyer. It will be interesting to see whether his team retains an explosive batsman like Pant or not.

This is Payal Debnath along with Koushik Biswas will bring you all the updates of IPL 2025 Retention from the web desk. 

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A mega auction is to be held before the IPL 2025 season. This auction may take place in late November or early December this year.  But before that, all the 10 franchises will have to prepare and submit the list of their retained and released players. Its last date is tomorrow (31st October). 

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The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has recently issued new rules regarding retention. According to this, a franchise can retain maximum of 6 players. If a team retains less than 6 players, then in that case the franchise will get a chance to use the Right to Match card during the auction. 

Speculations have started even before the official list of retained players is revealed. If reports are to be believed, Gujarat Titans (GT) may release Mohammed Shami and Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) captain KL Rahul can join the IPL 2025 auction pool.  

Let's take a look at which players all 10 franchises can retain.

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IPL 2025 probable retention list

Gujarat Titans

• Shubman Gill
• Rashid Khan
• Sai Sudarshan
• Shahrukh Khan
• Rahul Tewatia (RTM)

Lucknow Super Giants

• Nicholas Pooran
• Mayank Yadav
• Ayush Badoni
• Ravi Bishnoi (RTM)

KL Rahul is expected to be included in the auction pool.

Mumbai Indians

• Rohit Sharma
• Hardik Pandya
• Jasprit Bumrah
• Suryakumar Yadav
• Tilak Varma

Chennai Super Kings

• MS Dhoni (Uncapped) 
• Ruturaj Gaikwad
• Ravindra Jadeja
• Rachin Ravindra (possibly)
• Matheesha Pathirana

Sunrisers Hyderabad

• Pat Cummins
• Heinrich Klaasen
• Abhishek Sharma
• Travis Head
• Abdul Samad

Royal Challengers Bangalore

• Virat Kohli
• Mohammed Siraj
• Yash Dayal (conditional)

Delhi Capitals

• Kuldeep Yadav
• Axar Patel
• Rishabh Pant (DC wants to retain him, but there is a lot of talk about his inclusion in the auction pool) 

Kolkata Knight Riders

• Sunil Narine
• Rahmanullah Gurbaz
• Rinku Singh
• Harshit Rana

There is a big question mark on Shreyas Iyer as many players are ahead of him in KKR's priority list, but talks have taken place between Iyer and the KKR management.

Punjab Kings

• Arshdeep Singh 

Instead of retaining all the players, the Right to Match (RTM) can also be used.

Rajasthan Royals

• Sanju Samson
• Yashasvi Jaiswal
• Riyan Parag

 There is a big question mark over Jos Buttar due to injuries, so it will be interesting to see what RR does.