Match 23: Gujarat Titans Vs Rajasthan Royals.
Hello everyone, Welcome back here. We take look on match 23 between Gujarat Titans Vs Rajasthan Royals, where Rajasthan Royals beat Gujarat Titans by 3 wickets.
The match was held in Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad. Rajasthan Royals won the toss and decided to bowl first.
The opening batman from Gujarat Titans was Wriddhiman Saha and Shubman Gill. But Wriddhiman Saha lost his wicket to Boult just on third ball of first over. He was made just 4 runs. Sai Sudharsan was next player on field. He started good but lost his wicket just on 20 runs by runout. Hardik Pandya was next player on field. After 6 overs GT were made score of 42 runs losing 2 wickets. Hardik took charge on field. He started to hit RR’s bowlers. Both players were made some good shot on ground. And moves scoreboard to 88 runs in 10 overs. But after that Hardik lost his wicket to Yuzvendra Chahal on 28 runs made in 19 balls. David Miller was next player on field. Both player increased score board. But this time Shubman Gill lost his wicket on 45 runs made in just 34 balls. He played good inning for Gujarat Titans. Abhinav Manohar was next player on field. David and Abhinav increased score board. Abhinav lost his wicket on 27 runs made in 13 balls. In last over David hit successive four to Sandip and lost his wicket on 46 runs made in 30 balls. Finally, Gujarat Titans made score of 177 runs losing 7 wickets.
Taking target of 178 runs in 20 overs, opening batman from Rajasthan Royals were Yashasvi Jaiswal and Jos Buttler. There was not good start for Rajasthan Royals. Yashasvi Jaiswal lost his wicket to Hardik on 1 run while Jos Buttler lost his wicket to Shami on zero runs. After 3 overs Rajasthan Royals were made score of 4 runs losing 2 wickets. Devdutt Padikkal and Sanju Samson was on field. They stood on field and increased scoreboard. They played some good shot on ground. But when score board was on 47 runs Devdutt Padikkal lost his wicket to Rashid Khan. Rashid Khan were got his first wicket in his first over this time also. Riyan Parag was next player on field, but he also not did well and lost his wicket on 5 runs. After 10.3 overs Rajasthan Royals were on 55 runs losing 4 wickets. It was looking hard for Rajasthan Royals. Rajasthan Royals were made 66 runs after 12 overs, and they required 112 runs in 48 balls. But Shimron Hetmyer which was next player on field took charge. Both player increased speed of run. They played some big and beautiful shot on field. Meanwhile Sanju Samson completed his fifty just in 29 balls. But he lost his wicket on 60 runs to Noor. Noor was the impact player, and he made his impact on his first over getting wicket of Sanju Samson. After 15 overs score of RR were 114 runs losing 5 wickets. They were still needed 64 runs in 30 balls. Dhruv Jurel was next player on field. Both Shimron and Dhruv increased speed of score board. But in 19th over from Shami, Dhruv lost his wicket on 18 runs made in just 10 balls. Ravichandran Ashwin was next player also hit four and six in same over and lost wicket by madding important runs to Rajasthan Royals. But he made easy path to win for Rajasthan Royals. In last over Rajasthan Royals were required 7 runs and Noor was bowler. On first ball Shimron Hetmyer completed his fifty and hitting six on second ball won the match. Rajasthan Royals interestingly won match against Gujarat Titans in last overs.
Shimron Hetmyer was the player of the match.