RR vs GT, IPL 2023 Highlights: Rashid's Magic Helps Gujarat Titans Beat Rajasthan Royals By 9 Wickets

It was Gujarat’s spinners who wreaked havoc with the ball as out of nine wickets of Rajasthan batters,  5 wickets were taken by the spinners.

RR vs GT IPL 2023 Match highlights ( Image Source :Twitter/@gujarat_titans )

In a one-sided clash, Gujarat Titans outplayed Rajasthan Royals by nine wickets in Match 48 of IPL 2023 at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur on Friday. It was a full-length delivery by Chahal and Saha tapped it towards the long-off region for a single and helped his team seal a victory against Rajasthan Royals. Skipper Hardik Pandya played a terrific knock of 39 off 15 deliveries alongside Wriddhiman Saha who also played a useful hand of 41 runs off 34 balls, helping their team chase down a paltry total of 119/1 in 13.5 overs.

For the Royals, Yuzvendra Chahal was the only one who took a wicket. Earlier, Rajasthan Royals won the toss and batted first. Their star batters Buttler and Jaiswal were sent to the pavilion early in the innings as Buttler departed after scoring just 8 runs while Jaiswal, who was the star with the bat against Mumbai Indians. could only score 14 runs. It was skipper Sanju Samson who played a few attractive shots but then he was dismissed after adding 30 runs off 20 balls and as a result, Rajasthan batters were restricted to just 118 runs.

It was Gujarat’s spinners who wreaked havoc with the ball as out of nine wickets of Rajasthan batters,  5 wickets were taken by the spinners. Rashid Khan was the main troublemaker as he scalped three wickets and gave away just 14 runs. He was followed by Noor Ahmed who took 2 wickets and Shami also picked up 2 wickets. As far as the points table is concerned, Gujarat Titans are still at the tip position with 14 points while Rajasthan are the fourth spot with 10 points.

Playing XI's:

Gujarat Titans (Playing XI): Wriddhiman Saha(w), Hardik Pandya(c), Vijay Shankar, David Miller, Abhinav Manohar, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Mohit Sharma, Noor Ahmad, Mohammed Shami, Joshua Little.

Rajasthan Royals (Playing XI): Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson(w/c), Devdutt Padikkal, Shimron Hetmyer, Dhruv Jurel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Adam Zampa, Sandeep Sharma, Yuzvendra Chahal.