Gujarat Titans demolished Rajasthan Royals to win the encounter by 9 runs. Tasked to chase 119 runs, Shubman Gill, Wriddhiman Saha & Hardik Pandya batted brilliantly to cruise their side to a dominating win over their opponents. Earlier, Afghan Magic has rocked Rajasthan Royals as the hosts are bowled out for 118 runs inside 18 overs. Rashid Khan and Noor Ahmad has woven their magic to trigger a batting collapse for the hosts. Rashid Khan bagged 3 wickets as Noor Ahmad scalped 2 wickets to derail the Royals.
Rajasthan Royals posted 118 runs in their IPL match at Jaipur against Gujarat Titans on Friday, which is their lowest total on the home venue. Rajasthan were bundled out for 118 in 17. 5 overs. In the match against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in 2012, RR posted a total of 126/6, 130/6 against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in 2010 and 133 against CSK in 2011. Gujarat Titans won the match with a good display from bowlers Rashid Khan and Noor Ahmad and chased the target of 119 with more than six overs to spare. Gujarat Titans openers – Shubman Gill and Wriddhiman Saha – got off to a bright start. The fifty partnership was up for the opening duo in the seventh over.
RR were still searching for the all-important breakthrough as GT openers took the game further away from the home side. Yuzvendra Chahal finally provided the wicket by dismissing Shubman Gill who was out stumped for a score of 36(35). However, captain Hardik Pandya, who walked in to bat at number 3, hammered three sixes and a four against Adam Zampa, who conceded 24 runs in his third over. The Gujarat Titans captain raced off to 37* in just 13 balls. Within a single over GT only needed 5 more runs to win. Wriddhiman Saha hit the winning runs as GT registered a comprehensive 9-wicket win over RR in a dominating fashion.