RR vs GT: Gujarat Titans have defeated Rajasthan Royals by 3 wickets in the match played at Sawai Man Singh Stadium. Batting first after losing the toss, Rajasthan scored 196 runs. On the other hand, Gujarat had a good start while chasing the target, where there was a partnership of 64 runs between Shubman Gill and Sai Sudarshan, but after that the team continued to face setbacks but in the end the match was going to be exciting. Rashid Khan made an important contribution to Gujarat's victory by playing a brilliant inning of 24 runs in 11 balls in the last overs. Sudarshan scored 35 runs for Gujarat. Meanwhile, the lethal bowling of Kuldeep Sen had shaken the middle order of Gujarat. He had sent Gujarat on the back foot by taking 3 important wickets. Gill played an innings of 72 runs in 44 balls, but the match was stuck due to lack of cooperation from the other end.
After 15 overs, Gujarat's score was 124 runs for 4 wickets and they still needed 73 runs to win. While Shubman Gill remained the savior for Gujarat, he was cleverly stumped by Yuzvendra Chahal in the 16th over. Gill returned to the pavilion after scoring 72 runs. The match was stuck because Gujarat needed 42 runs in the last 3 overs, two stormy batsmen in the form of Rahul Tewatia and Shahrukh Khan were at the crease. Shahrukh's inning of 14 runs in 8 balls raised hopes of Gujarat's victory, but he was out at the hands of Avesh Khan. There was life left in the match as Gujarat needed 15 runs to win in the last over. On the last ball of the last over, Rashid Khan has stopped Rajasthan's Vijayrath, who has been running for 4 matches in IPL 2024, by hitting a four.
There was very good bowling from Rajasthan side. Kuldeep Sen broke the back of GT's batting by taking 3 wickets in 2 overs. Apart from him, Yuzvendra Chahal took 2 important wickets and Avesh Khan also succeeded in taking one wicket. But Avesh Khan could not defend 15 runs in the last over of the innings, due to which Rajasthan had to taste its first defeat in IPL 2024.
3 fifties in the same match
In this match between Rajasthan Royals and Gujarat Titans, not one, not 2 but 3 fifties were taken. Playing first, Riyan Parag for Rajasthan scored 76 runs in an innings of 48 balls studded with 3 fours and 5 sixes. Whereas RR captain Sanju Samson scored 68 runs in 38 balls, during which he hit 7 fours and 2 sixes from his bat. Gujarat Titans captain Shubman Gill scored the third fifty of the match. Gill also hit 6 fours and 2 sixes in his innings of 72 runs in 44 balls.
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