Rajasthan Royals will be delighted to have SHimron Hetmyer back in the squad and he could immediately return to the line-up in place of Jimmy Neesham. Hetmyer was the top death overs batsman in IPL 2022 with 230 runs in the last five overs and a batting average of 201. His presence will only add to a batting lineup that fires on all cylinders. Jos Buttler is having the second best IPL batting season ever, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Devdutt Padikkal have improved their games remarkably and Sanju Samson is also in good form. No team has hit more sixes than RR (112 so far) and Sanju Samson’s use of intelligent T20 tactics also deserves a mention. The bowling attack looks very even with Yuzvendra Chahal, Trent Boult, R. Ashwin and Prasidha Krishna. The fifth bowler could be Obed McCoy, another excellent T20 bowler who becomes more effective in slow conditions.
The Texas Rangers, on the other hand, have improved a lot in previous matches, got four victories in a row and already broke into the eighth line in the table. Wards of Chris Woodward defeated the Boston Red Sox (7:1) in the final game of the series and then beat the Los Angeles Angels dry (7:4, 10:5 and 6:5), depriving them of the third position in the American League . In the debut match of the Texas derby, Glenn Otto (1:1), who has not the best statistics of the season, will act as a pitcher for the Rangers. More cricket predictions today can be obtained from the link provided.
