Rajasthan Royals collapsed against the big 218 -run target given by Gujarat Titans. The team could only score 159 runs and lost the match by 58 runs. Gujarat scored 82 runs at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
Shimron Hatmaire from Rajasthan scored 52 and Sanju Samson scored 41. Mahish Tickshaw and Tushar Deshpande took 2-2 wickets. Krishna, the famous Krishna from Gujarat, was 3 wickets fast. Sai Kishore and Rashid Khan took 2 wickets.
Match analysis in 5 points …
1. The Match of Player
Opening batsman Sai Sudarshan from Gujarat scored a fifty. He scored 82 off 53 balls. His innings consisted of 8 fours and three sixes. Due to Sudarshan's innings, the team crossed 200 runs. He received the Player of the Match award for this exhibition.
2. The hero of the win
- Rahul Tevatia: Coming to bat at No. 6, Tevatia scored 24 off just 12 balls. He scored 2 fours and 2 sixes, scoring the team to 217.
- Famous Krishna: Famous bowled in the middle overs and took 3 wickets. He sent the pavilion to Sanju Samson, Shimron Hatmayer and Jofra Archer.
- Rashid Khan: Rashid proved expensive throughout the tournament, taking 2 wickets against Rajasthan. He sent the pavilion to Dhruv Jureel and Shubham Dubey.
3. Fighter of the Match
Shimron Hatmer scored a fifty from Rajasthan. He was the only one who was seen fighting the team. He scored 52 runs. As soon as he was out, the team's run chase was shattered. Apart from that, Sanju Samson was able to score 41 runs.
4. The Turning Point
Rajasthan lost the wicket of captain Sanju Samson in the 13th over. The team's score was 116/5 at this time. Here the 48 -run partnership between Samson and Hatmayer was broken. As soon as Samson was out, the team was dispersed and lost the last 5 wickets for 43 runs.
Sanju Samson's wicket proved to be a turning point for Rajasthan.
5. Titans on top in point table
Nicholas Puran of Lucknow has a Purple Cap with Orange Cap and Noor Ahmed of Chennai. Defeating Rajasthan, Gujarat scored the fourth consecutive win in the IPL. With this, the team reached the top of the point table with 8 points.
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