Titans consolidated their high spot within the standings with the win as they now have 14 factors from 10 video games, three greater than the second-placed Lucknow Super Giants. The Royals remained fourth with 5 wins and as many defeats in 10 video games.
As it occurred: Rajasthan Royals vs Gujarat Titans
Visitors Gujarat made brief work of the small 119 run chase, galloping dwelling in simply 13.5 overs with 9 wickets in hand.
Openers Wriddhiman Saha (41 not out off 34 balls) and Shubman Gill (36 off 35) made positive that there have been no hiccups within the chase, including a strong 71 runs in 9.4 overs. After Gill’s departure, skipper Hardik Pandya got here in as No.3 bat and took no time to get going. Hardik scored an unbeaten 39 off simply 15 balls, smoking three sixes and three fours in his brief keep.
Both Saha and Gill obtained off the blocks rapidly towards RR pacer Trent Boult, hitting the left-armer for a few fours every contained in the powerplay, on the finish of which GT have been 49 for no loss.
Yuzvendra Chahal obtained Gill stumped within the tenth over however the breakthrough had no affect on the Titans’ juggernaut.
Pandya was extreme on RR’s Adam Zampa, hitting the Australian leg-spinner for 3 sixes and a 4 to gather 24 runs within the eleventh over and hasten the method.
Earlier within the first half, Royals surrendered towards the Titans’ duo of Rashid Khan and Noor Ahmad to be bundled out for a poor whole, as the 2 Afghan spinners shared 5 wickets.
Royals’ choice to bat after successful the toss backfired as their batting crumbled towards Rashid, who returned 4-0-14-3 to spark a collapse, and Noor, who registered 3-0-25-2.
Rajasthan regarded in management till the fifth over of the innings at 47 for one, however the dwelling facet collapsed with none resistance to lose 9 wickets for a mere 71 runs and was bowled out in 17.5 overs, on the Sawai Mansingh Stadium.
Hardik Pandya had Jos Buttler (8) caught by Mohit Sharma at brief third man after the batter cracked two fours in a row within the second over.
The pair of Samson and Yashasvi Jaiswal (14) tried offering RR with momentum, however their 36-run second-wicket stand was damaged within the remaining over of the powerplay with Abhinav Manohar placing in a dive to cease a minimize from Samson.
Mohit threw the ball to Rashid, who broke the stumps with Jaiswal far out from the crease.
The Rashid-led bowling assault then took agency management of the proceedings. Little ended Samson’s promising begin at 30 off 20 balls (3x4s, 1x6s), getting the RR captain caught contained in the ring off a mistimed stroke.
Samson moved throughout the road to play on the on facet however may solely get a vanguard, collected by Pandya because the RR skipper regarded on the floor in disbelief.
Rashid then outgunned his counterpart Ravichandran Ashwin (2) for almost all of the eighth over, dismantling his off-stump on the ultimate ball.
Riyan Parag (4) continued to disappoint as he did not learn the Afghan leggie’s googly within the tenth over and appealed unsuccessfully towards the umpire’s leg-before name.
At the midway mark, RR have been stuttering at 72 for 5.
Noor obtained into the act to maintain RR underneath the pump, castling the left-handed Devdutt Padikkal (12) within the twelfth over and trapping the harmful Dhruv Jurel (9) leg-before in his subsequent.
Rashid returned within the fifteenth over to dismiss Shimron Hetmyer (7) leg-before, with the Caribbean batter’s horrendous run persevering with on this IPL.
With scores of three, 2, 8, 8 and seven, Hetmyer has now recorded 5 single-digit scores on the trot.
Rashid almost had his fourth wicket in his remaining over however a return shot off Trent Boult’s bat was a bit too distant for his attain within the follow-through.
(With inputs from PTI)
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Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com