Rabada Out, Phillips To Replace Rutherford? GT's Strongest Playing XI vs RCB

Soumyajit Dutta

Shubman Gill and Kagiso Rabada [Source: iplt20.com]Shubman Gill and Kagiso Rabada [Source: iplt20.com]

Gujarat Titans have so far surfed on a win and a loss in the two matches they have played in the IPL. The last match GT won was against Mumbai Indians and they would like to ride on that wave as they face RCB for their next match.

Shubman Gill & Co. is set to face RCB on April 2 at Chinnaswamy and though the squad they went with in their last encounter was decent on the field, they would like to make some tactical changes before heading to 'batter's heaven' Chinnaswamy.

GT's Playing XI In Last Match vs MI

Here's a look at GT's playing XI for the last encounter against MI. 

Shubman Gill, B Sai Sudharsan, Jos Buttler, Shahrukh Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Kagiso Rabada, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Sherfane Rutherford
Impact Player - Ishant Sharma.

Expected Changes In GT's Playing XI

Gerald Coetzee To Replace Rabada

Kagiso Rabada's numbers have not been on point this IPL. He has been pretty expensive in both his matches where he scalped just one wicket each. In MI's match, Rabada gave 42 runs in his 4 overs proving to be expensive for the one wicket he packed.

Gerald Coetzee could be a better option and a like-for-like replacement for Rabada as he brings in fresh energy for the RCB matchup. Though economically Coetzee is at par with Rabada boasting 13 wickets at an economy rate of 10.18 in 10 matches, his strike rate is impressive at 15.5. 

No Rutherford, Phillips To Come In

Rutherford has been doing just fine as an impact player for the setup, however, Glenn Phillips could serve better with the bat. Glenn has been packing with the bat in his recent international fixtures and can show his might against RCB too.

Boasting decent numbers against pacers on flat tracks like Chinnaswamy, Phillips can be destructive against Josh Hazlewood and Yash Dayal giving Gujarat that extra edge in the middle overs.

GT's Probable XI vs RCB

Shubman Gill, B Sai Sudharsan, Jos Buttler, Shahrukh Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Gerald Coetzee, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Glenn Phillips
Impact Player - Ishant Sharma, Mahipal Lomror, Gurnoor Brar, Anuj Rawat