Jaipur; News Agency: With all the leading batsmen out including skipper Shubman Gill, Gujarat's Rahul Tewtia, Shahrukh Khan and Rashid Khan scored 64 off the last 28 balls to give Gujarat Titans an incredible win. Sanju Samson and Rian Parag helped Rajasthan Royals post a strong score of 196 for 3. When it seemed that Gujarat would lose the battle, the bottom batsmen defeated Gujarat by 3 wickets. (RR vs GT)
Shubman Gill and Sai Sudarshan got Gujarat off to a good start with a challenge of 197 runs at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur. Together they added 42 runs in the Powerplay. Gujarat tried all the top bowlers, but they could not succeed. At that time, Kuldeep Sen rushed to help the team. He first dismissed Sai Sudarshan (35). Then Matthew Wade (4) and Abhinav Manohar (1) took hat-tricks in the same over. Yajuvendra Chahal hit two after Sen gave Gujarat three in a row. He dismissed Vijay Shankar (16) first. Later set batsman Shubman Gill was targeted on a wide ball. Gill scored 72 runs off 44 balls. (RR vs GT)
This time Gujarat's score was 133 for 5. They needed 64 runs off 28 balls to win. Gujarat's Rahul Tevatia and Shahrukh Khan were on the field. 14 runs came in Chahal's fourth over. Shah Rukh attacked Ravichandran Ashwin, who bowled the seventeenth over. 17 runs were scored in this over. Rajasthan's hopes were dashed when Avesh Khan dismissed Shahrukh in the 18th over for just 7 runs. Gujarat were left with a target of 35 runs off the last 12 balls. Kuldeep Sen gave as many as 20 runs in the 19th over. Avesh Khan was responsible for bowling the last over. Rashid Khan scored 4, 2, 4 off his first three balls for ten runs. 1 run off the fourth ball. So 4 runs were to be scored in two balls. Tewatiya took two runs off the fifth ball but was run out on the third run; But Rashid Khan celebrated an incredible victory for Gujarat with a last-ball slog through cover point. He remained unbeaten on 24 runs.
Earlier, the match started late due to rain. Gujarat won the toss and allowed Rajasthan to bat. Rajasthan were in trouble as Yashasvi Jaiswal (24) and Jos Buttler (8) were dismissed cheaply; But captain Sanju Samson and Ryan Parag put on 130 runs in 78 balls for the third wicket. Both of them took a good look at the Gujarat bowlers. Parag left the stadium with a storm of hits. Ryan scored his half century in 35 balls. Rian was unfazed by the Gujarat bowlers and his batting completed a century partnership with Sanju. In the 19th over, Vijay Shankar took a fine catch on the boundary to get the wicket of Parag. Parag scored 76 runs in 48 balls with 3 fours and 5 sixes.
Shimron Hetmire (13 runs) opened the batting from the first ball. Sanju was seen hitting hard in the 20th over and his innings saw Rajasthan post 196 for 3. Sanju remained unbeaten on 68 runs off 38 balls with 7 fours and 2 sixes.
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