Gujarat Lions will be flying high after their fantastic win against Kolkata Knight Riders as they prepare to face Kings XI Punjab in Rajkot on Sunday.
The Kings XI, on the other hand, will be hoping for a turnaround in their fortunes having lost four matches in a row.
Ahead of the match, we have the latest team news, start time and date, as well as how you can watch all the action from the UAE.
DATE, TIME, VENUE INFO
Date: April 23, 2017 (Sunday)
Time: 14:30 GST, 16:00 local time (IST), 10:30 GMT
Venue: Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot
WHERE TO WATCH, LIVE STREAMING INFO
TV: UAE – OSN Sports Cricket HD, India – Sony Six, Sony Six HD (English), Sony Max, Sony Max HD 3 (Hindi), UK – Sky Sports
Online streaming: hotstar.com, Hotstar app (in India only)
LIVE: Sport360.com
TEAM NEWS, SQUADS, PREDICTED XIs
Unsung hero of last night, Basil Thampi. Stats say opposite but he bowled the tough overs again. Underestimated influence. Super attitude!
— Brendon McCullum (@Bazmccullum) April 22, 2017
GL SQUAD: Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, Dwayne Bravo, James Faulkner, Brendon McCullum, Aaron Finch, Dwayne Smith, Dinesh Karthik, Dhawal Kulkarni, Praveen Kumar, Andrew Tye, Ishan Kishan, Pradeep Sangwan, Shivil Kaushik, Shadab Jakati, Jaydev Shah, Nathu Singh, Basil Thampi, Tejas Singh Baroka, Manpreet Gony, Jason Roy, Munaf Patel, Chirag Suri, Shelly Shaurya, Shubham Agrawal, Pratham Singh, Aksh Deep Nath
The decision to open the batting with Aaron Finch worked a treat for the Lions in the previous match as he got them off to a rapid start that set them on their way to a victory.
The team management might be slightly disappointed with the performances of Dwayne Smith in recent matches and they could be tempted to bring back Andrew Tye in place of the West Indian.
PREDICTED GL XI: Finch, McCullum, Raina, Karthik (wk), Kishan, Smith, Jadeja, Faulkner, Praveen, Thampi, Kulkarni.
KXIP SQUAD: David Miller, Manan Vohra, Axar Patel, Glenn Maxwell, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Anureet Singh, Sandeep Sharma, Shaun Marsh, Wriddhiman Saha, Nikhil Naik, Mohit Sharma, Marcus Stoinis, KC Cariappa, Armaan Jaffer, Pardeep Sahu, Swapnil Singh, Hashim Amla, Eoin Morgan, Martin Guptill, Matt Henry, Darren Sammy, T Natarajan, Varun Aaron, Rahul Tewatia, Rinku Singh, Ishant Sharma
If he has recovered from his illness, Manan Vohra will definitely walk back into the team. If Vohra does return, expect Shaun Marsh to be pushed down to number three.
The bowling has been a huge area of concern for Punjab and they should look at bringing New Zealand pacer Matt Henry into the playing XI.
PREDICTED KXIP XI: Vohra, Amla, Marsh, Maxwell, Saha (wk), Gurkeerat, Axar, Mohit, Henry, Cariappa, Sandeep
The last time we played in Rajkot, we won the game by 23 runs. Can we repeat the same performance tomorrow? #LivePunjabiPlayPunjabi pic.twitter.com/YnQCzIQByo
— Kings XI Punjab (@lionsdenkxip) April 22, 2017
FORM
(Last five matches – with latest match first)
GL: W L L W L
KXIP: L L L L W
MATCH PREDICTION
Gujarat have the batting firepower to get big runs against the Kings XI bowling which sees us predict a win for the hosts.
