New Delhi: Rajasthan Royals captain Ryan Parag won the toss and selected the first bowling against Gujarat Titans at his IPL 2025 clash at Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur on Monday. Rajasthan Royals are currently at ninth position on the numeral table, managing just two wins from nine matches. In contrast, Titans of Gujarat finish second with 12 points, six win and two out of eight matches. A win on Monday will take them to the top of the table.
Rajasthan Royals made two changes in their playing XI.
“We will bowl first. Very wicket for one to be played against LSG. Change: Farooqui goes out, comes in. Tushar goes out and Yudhivir comes in,” Parag said in the toss.
Meanwhile, 2022 champions Gujarat Titans made a change in their glass.
“It will be bowling before. But it looks like a good wicket. Some grass on the wicket is good to see it always. We want to take every game, as it is, not to see the past. It is important to be ruthless in this format. A change: A change: Karim Janat makes its debut,” GT Captain Shubman Gill said.
Play xis:
Gujarat Titans: Sai Sudarshan, Shubman Gill (C), Jose Butler (W), Washington Sundar, Shah Rukh Khan, Rahul Tiwariya, Karim Jans, Rashid Khan, Rabisinivasan Sai Kishore, Mohammad Sirj, Prasian Krishna
Rajasthan Royals: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Nitish Rana, Ryan Parag (C), Dhruv Jurael (W), Shimron Hetmier, Vanindu Hasranga, Jofra Archer, Mahesh Thekshana, Sandeep Sharma, Yudhivar
Impact option:
Gujarat Titans: Ishant Sharma, Mahipal Lomorore, Anuj Rawat, Arshad Khan, Dasun Shanka
Rajasthan Royals: Shubam Dubey, Kumar Karthikeya, Akash Madhwal, Tushar Deshpande, Kunal Singh Rathore
Which is Karim Janat,
Karim Janat is a talented Afghan cricketer famous for her all-round abilities, excellent as a right-handed batsman and a right-handed medium-fast bowler. Born on August 11, 1998 in Kabul, Afghanistan, he has been an important part of the national setup since his debut in 2016.
Janat made an impressive debut for his international career in T20I against the United Arab Emirates on December 14, 2016, scoring three wickets and 25 runs to win the Player of the Match award. He held his ODI demonstration against Zimbabwe on 24 February 2017, and later stepped into Test cricket against Bangladesh on 14 June 2023.
In T20Is, Janut has depicted in 67 matches, with an average of 691 runs in 17.71, including four half -centuries, and taking 42 wickets at an average of 27.14 with the best bowling figures of 5/11. His first class record is equally impressive, with a average of 1,906 runs at 52.94, including five centuries and ten half -centuries, at an average of 34.32 with 73 wickets.
Janat has demonstrated its skills in various domestic and franchise leagues, represents teams such as Colombo stars in the Lanka Premier League and Komila Victorian in the Bangladesh Premier League. By 2025, he is part of the Gujarat Titans Squad in the Indian Premier League.
