Each of the top four Indian Premier League teams is in action this weekend — against each other — making for some truly compelling matches.
The Delhi Capitals are the only five-win team so far, but they’re still positioned as underdogs against the Gujarat Titans on Saturday morning. The Punjab Kings, looking to match their 2024 win total, are also road underdogs.
Check out our IPL cricket odds for the trio of matchups on April 18-19.
IPL cricket odds
Rajasthan Royals (-112) vs. Lucknow Super Giants (-112)
Date: April 19 at 10 a.m.
The Royals finished on the wrong end of a super over against the Delhi Capitals last time out, which extended their losing skid to three games.
Adding injury to insult, Rajasthan lost batsman Sanju Samson during the match due to a rib injury. Samson told reporters after the fact that “it feels alright now,” which suggests he at least has a chance to face Lucknow.
Samson figures to be a crucial player in this match after scoring an unbeaten 82 against the Super Giants in last year’s season opener.
That’s the last time these squads met, and the result was a 20-run victory for Rajasthan.
Gujarat Titans (-137) vs. Delhi Capitals (+110)
Date: April 19 at 6 a.m.
This is the most anticipated match of the weekend, with two top-of-the-table clubs squaring off at Gujarat’s Narendra Modi Stadium.
Last April, Delhi earned a dominant, six-wicket victory over Gujarat and held the Titans to just 89 runs. That marked the Titans’ lowest-ever total in IPL play.
Despite that convincing win, and the fact that the Capitals (5-1) are alone atop the IPL standings, the Titans are still the favourite on home soil.
Sai Sudharsan, who’s second in the IPL in total runs (329), is a player to watch. Last year, the young all-rounder for Gujarat became the fastest Indian to reach 1,000 IPL runs (25 innings).
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (-143) vs. Punjab Kings (+115)
Date: April 18 at 10 a.m.
Clawing for a place among the IPL’s elite, either the Challengers or the Kings will improve to 5-2 on Friday.
A 5-2 record could mean a tie for the top spot on the table at the midpoint of the season. And keep in mind that Punjab only won five games in 2024 as a whole.
The Kings are road underdogs on Friday, though, which makes sense when you look at how last year’s tilt played out.
Bengaluru, led by Virat Kohli, chased down Punjab’s 176 runs to win by four wickets. Kohli tallied 77 runs in that match and is second in the IPL in scoring this season (62.0 runs/match).
IPL cricket odds as of 11:25 a.m. on 04/17/25.
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