Yesterday IPL match result: Gujarat Titans thrash Rajasthan Royals by 77 runs in Jaipur
Gujarat Titans thrashed Rajasthan Royals by 77 runs in Jaipur after posting 229/4 through Shubman Gill’s 84 and Sai Sudharsan’s 55. Rajasthan began aggressively with Vaibhav Sooryavanshi’s 36 and Dhruv Jurel’s cameo, but Rashid Khan’s 4/33 and Jason Holder’s 3/12 triggered a collapse to 152 all out.
JAIPUR: Rajasthan Royals did not so much lose the chase as surrender it in instalments. Set 230 after Shubman Gill and Sai Sudharsan had laid waste to their attack, Royals folded for 152 in 16. 3 overs at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium on Saturday, handing Gujarat Titans a 77-run win and a significant lift in the playoff race.
This was the same Royals side that had edged Titans by six runs in Ahmedabad earlier in the season. Here, under the squeeze of the business end, they looked a team with cold feet. There was a brief blaze from Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Dhruv Jurel, but once Rashid Khan entered the game, the chase unravelled quickly.
RR were not short of intent at the start. Sooryavanshi, brought in as ‘impact player’, smashed 36 off 16 balls to give the innings early life. But Mohammed Siraj had him caught in the third over and Kagiso Rabada removed stand-in captain Yashasvi Jaiswal for three runs soon after.
By the time Rabada also accounted for Shimron Hetmyer, the Royals were 68/3 in 5. 4 overs despite the run-rate. Jurel briefly changed the mood with 24 off 10 balls but Rashid found his range immediately.