IPL 2023: Gujarat 7th win in this season: beat Rajasthan by 9 wickets in its own home ground

 

IPL 2023: Gujarat 7th win in this season: beat Rajasthan by 9 wickets in its own home ground

Defending champions Gujarat Titans defeated Rajasthan Royals by 9 wickets in the 48th match of Indian Premier League-16. This is Gujarat's fourth win over Rajasthan in the league. So far four IPL matches have been played between the two teams, out of which Gujarat has won 3 and Rajasthan has won one.

With this win, the team led by Hardik Pandya has equalized the account of their previous defeat from Rajasthan at home. In the last match, Rajasthan defeated Gujarat by 3 wickets in Ahmedabad.

Opting to bat after winning the toss at the Sawai Man Singh Stadium, the Rajasthan team got all out for 118 runs in 17.5 overs. Gujarat achieved the target of 118 runs in 13.5 overs by losing one wicket. Rashid Khan was the player of the match.

Turning points

• Rajasthan lost 3 wickets on 60 runs, batting first after winning Rashid-Noor bowling toss। From here, Rashid Khan and Noor Ahmed of Afghanistan took wickets and pushed the royals to the backfoot। The two took 5 wickets and Rajasthan was allout at 118.

• Gil-Saha's partnership came to a good start by Riddhiman Saha and Shubhaman Gill, chasing the 119-run target on Jaipur's difficult pitch। The two led the team to a strong position with a partnership of 71 runs। Pandya offensive batting After Gill's out in the 10th over

• captain Hardik Pandya batted the offensive with the first ball। He scored 39 runs on 15 balls and won the team in the 14th over.

Rajasthan lost consecutive wickets

scored the smallest score of the season After losing wickets continuously, the Rajasthan team could not make a big score. The team made the smallest score of the season. Only Sanju Samson (30 runs) could last for some time from the hosts. Rashid Khan took 3 wickets, while Noor Ahmed got two successes.