New Delhi. Gujarat Titans have stopped the victory chariot of Rajasthan Royals in IPL 2024. Rajasthan Royals, which had won 4 consecutive matches, was defeated by Gujarat Titans by 3 wickets on the last ball. At one time this match was tilted in favor of Rajasthan Royals. But the batsmen of Gujarat Titans performed brilliantly and won the match for their team. Gujarat Titans won the match by scoring 37 runs in the last two overs.
In the rain affected match, Rajasthan Royals lost the toss and batted first. He scored 196 runs for 3 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs. Rajasthan Royals openers Yashasvi Jaiswal (24) and Jos Buttler (8) could not give a good start to the team. But after this captain Sanju Samson and Riyan Parag stood firm. Riyan Parag scored 76 runs on 48 balls. Sanju Samson remained unbeaten after scoring 68 runs on 38 balls. Shimron Hetmyer played an inning of 13 runs in 5 balls.
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Gujarat Titans’ mistakes also helped Rajasthan Royals score big. Gujarat Titans gave life to Riyan Parag twice and Sanju Samson once. When Riyan Parag missed the catches, they were playing on the scores of 0 and 6 respectively. When Sanju Samson was caught, he had scored 48 runs.
Gujarat Titans made a good start while chasing the target of 193 runs. Captain Shubman Gill (72) made an opening partnership of 64 runs with Sai Sudarshan (35). After the dismissal of Sai Sudarshan, Gujarat lost 2 more wickets in quick succession. Rajasthan Royals speedster Kuldeep Sen bowled Matthew Wade (4) and Abhinav Manohar (1) and reduced the score to 79 runs for 3 wickets.
After this, captain Shubman Gill along with Vijay Shankar (16) and Rahul Tewatia (22) took the score to 133. After Gill’s dismissal on this score, Rahul Tewatia, Shahrukh Khan and Rashid Khan scored runs quickly and gave victory to Gujarat. Gujarat needed 35 runs to win in the last two overs. In response, Gujarat scored 37 runs and won the match.
After this win, Gujarat Titans have 6 points in the IPL points table. Out of six matches, it has won 3, while it has faced defeat in 3 matches. This is the first defeat of Rajasthan Royals. Despite this defeat, it remains at number one in the points table.
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Tags: Gujarat Titans, IPL 2024, Rajasthan Royals
FIRST PUBLISHED: April 10, 2024, 23:51 IST