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Rashid, Tewatia Hands Rajasthan their Maiden Defeat

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Tezzbuzz|11-04-2024

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IPL 2024 RR vs GT Highlights: Rashid Khan’s all-rounding performance in the RR vs GT clash handed the Rajasthan Royals their first defeat of the season.

Gujarat Titans Beats Rajasthan by 3 Wickets in a Trilling Final Over

Rajasthan Royals was undefeated so far in this IPL 2024 season, the Rajasthan-based franchise has won all four matches they played so far and was positioned in the top spot of the IPL 2024 points table.

While Gujarat Titans who lost their last two matches were under pressure to win the game to avoid a hattrick loss.

Speaking on the game, Gujarat Titans won the toss and opted to bowl first where Yashasvi Jaiswal and Jos Buttler opened the inning. Though Jaiswal made a steady start, he failed to withstand Umesh’s bowling attack and lost his wicket for 24 runs.

Following his dismissal, Buttler lost his wicket to Rashid Khan for just 8 runs after scoring a match-winning century in his previous game.

Skipper Sanju Samson and Riyan Parag lifted the burden on their shoulder and made a 130-run stand for the next wicket. Mohit Sharma broke the partnership by dismissing Riyan Parag for 76 runs.

During the inning, Sanju Samson registered the highest score in the 50th IPL match as captain. With 19 runs off the last over, Rajasthan Royals scored 196 runs for 3 wickets loss at the end of 20 overs.

On the other hand, Sai Sudharsan and Shubman Gill made a steady partnership by scoring 64 runs for the 1st wicket.

Kuldeep Sen made the necessary break though by dismissing Sai for 35 runs. Wade on the other hand who has the capabilities of changing the match gear fell into the trap set by Kuldeep Sen after scoring just 4 runs.

In the same over, Kuldeep Sen dismissed Abhinav Manohar for just 1 run and loaded the pressure over Gujarat’s batters.

Vijay Shankar and Shahrukh Khan failed to make an impact against RR’s bowlers and were dismissed for 16 and 14 runs respectively.

With Rahul Tewatia and Rashid Khan’s outstanding knocks in the final two overs, Gujarat Titans won by the game 3 wickets and handed Rajasthan their maiden defeat of the season.

IPL 2024 RR vs GT Highlights

Rajasthan Royals Batting

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Yashasvi Jaiswal	c †Wade b Yadav	24	19	19	5	0	126.31
If Buttler	c Tewatia b Rashid Khan	8	10	27	0	0	80
Sanju Samson (c)†	not out	68	38	78	7	2	178.94
Riyan Parag	c Shankar b Sharma	76	48	62	3	5	158.33
Shimron Hetmyer	not out	13	5	9	1	1	260

Gujarat Titans Bowling

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Umesh Yadav	4	0	47	1	11.75	9	6	2	2	0
Spencer Johnson	4	0	37	0	9.25	6	4	1	0	0
Rashid Khan	4	0	18	1	4.5	10	1	0	0	0
Noor Ahmed	4	0	43	0	10.75	6	1	3	1	0
Mohit Sharma	4	0	51	1	12.75	3	4	2	4	0

Gujarat Titans Batting

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Sai Sudharsan	lbw b Sen	35	29	36	3	1	120.68
Shubman Gill (c)	st †Samson b Chahal	72	44	77	6	2	163.63
Matthew Wade †	b Sen	4	6	10	0	0	66.66
Abhinav Manohar	b Sen	1	2	2	0	0	50
Vijay Shankar	b Chahal	16	10	15	3	0	160
Rahul Tewatia	run out (Buttler/Avesh Khan)	22	11	42	3	0	200
M Shahrukh Khan	lbw b Avesh Khan	14	8	14	1	1	175
Rashid Khan	not out	24	11	21	4	0	218.18
Noor Ahmed	not out	0	0	1	0	0	–

Rajasthan Royals Bowling

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Trent Boult	2	0	8	0	4	7	1	0	0	0
Avesh Khan	4	0	48	1	12	3	4	2	2	0
Keshav Maharaj	2	0	16	0	8	3	0	1	0	0
Ravichandran Ashwin	4	0	40	0	10	4	4	1	0	0
Yuzvendra Chahal	4	0	43	2	10.75	4	6	0	1	0
Kuldeep Sen	4	0	41	3	10.25	7	5	0	4	1