RR vs GT IPL 2024: Gujarat Titans defeated Rajasthan Royals by 3 wickets in the match played at Sawai Man Singh Stadium. After losing the toss, Rajasthan batted first and scored 196 runs. On the other hand, Gujarat had a good start chasing the target, where there was a 64-run partnership between Shubman Gill and Sai Sudarshan, but the team kept getting setbacks after that but in the end the match was going to be exciting. Rashid Khan played a vital role in Gujarat’s victory by scoring 24 runs in 11 balls in the last overs. Sudarshan returned to the pavilion after scoring 35 runs for Gujarat. Meanwhile, Kuldeep Sen’s deadly bowling shook the middle order of Gujarat. He sent Gujarat on the backfoot by taking 3 important wickets. Gill played an innings of 72 runs in 44 balls, but the match got stuck due to lack of support from the other end.
After 15 overs, Gujarat’s score was 124 for 4 and they still needed 73 runs to win. While Shubman Gill was the savior for Gujarat, he was cleverly stumped out by Yuzvendra Chahal in the 16th over. Gill returned to the pavilion after scoring 72 runs.
The match was stuck as Gujarat needed 42 runs in the last 3 overs, 2 stormy batsmen in the form of Rahul Tewatia and Shahrukh Khan were at the crease. Shahrukh’s innings of 14 runs in 8 balls raised Gujarat’s hopes of victory, but he was dismissed by Avesh Khan.
There was life left in the match as Gujarat needed 15 runs to win in the last over. At the same time, Rashid Khan hit a four on the last ball of the last over and stopped Rajasthan’s victory in IPL 2024.
Rajasthan bowled very well. 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 managed to take one wicket.
3 fifties in a single match
In this match between Rajasthan Royals and Gujarat Titans, not one, not two but three fifties were scored. Playing first, Riyan Parag scored 76 runs in 48 balls with 3 fours and 5 sixes. RR captain Sanju Samson scored 68 runs in 38 balls, during which 7 fours and 2 sixes also came from his bat. The third fifty of the match was hit by Gujarat Titans captain Shubman Gill. Gill hit 6 fours and 2 sixes in his 44-ball 72-run innings.
Rajasthan Royals (Playing XI):Â
Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson (wk/c), Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Avesh Khan, Kuldeep Sen, Yuzvendra Chahal
Gujarat Titans (Playing XI):Â
Shubman Gill(c), Sai Sudarshan, Vijay Shankar, Abhinav Manohar, Matthew Wade(w), Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Umesh Yadav, Spencer Johnson, Noor Ahmed, Mohit Sharma
