Sai Kishore to Theekshana, out Caught by Sai Sudharsan!! All done and dusted! Theekshana shimmies down the track and chips one down to long-off as Kishore goes full onto leg stump.
Gujarat Titans plan to move up in the points table with their standout top-order and Rashid Khan’s outstanding showings while Rajasthan Royals trust their solid bottom-order and Jofra Archer’s pace for victory. Tune in for real-time match scoring with all key game events and expert opinions that originate from Ahmedabad.
Head To Head
Team | Matches Played | Won | Lost | No Result | Highest Score | Lowest Score |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GT | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 199 | 177 |
RR | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 196 | 118 |
Gujarat Titans Squad: Sai Sudharsan, Shubman Gill (c), Jos Buttler (w), Sherfane Rutherford, Shahrukh Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Washington Sundar, Rashid Khan, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Ishant Sharma, Glenn Phillips, Anuj Rawat, Mahipal Lomror, Arshad Khan, Gerald Coetzee, Kagiso Rabada, Karim Janat, Kulwant Khejroliya, Manav Suthar, Nishant Sindhu, Gurnoor Brar, Kumar Kushagra, Jayant Yadav
Rajasthan Royals Squad: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson (w/c), Riyan Parag, Nitish Rana, Shimron Hetmyer, Dhruv Jurel, Wanindu Hasaranga, Jofra Archer, Maheesh Theekshana, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Sandeep Sharma, Kumar Kartikeya, Shubham Dubey, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Kunal Singh Rathore, Akash Madhwal, Ashok Sharma, Tushar Deshpande, Kwena Maphaka, Vaibhav Suryavanshi
Siraj to Theekshana, no run, yorker, dug out to mid-wicket
Prasidh to Hetmyer, FOUR, fuller and angling across the batter. Neatly drive through extra cover for a superb boundary. That's 50 for Hetmyer
Sai Kishore to Hetmyer, SIX, to long-on
Sai Kishore to Hetmyer, 2 runs, to deep extra cover
Rashid Khan to Shubham Dubey, out Lbw!! this time the LBW is given and there was no doubt here. A fuller delivery, was the googly that skids off the surface and strikes Dubey on the front pad. Would have crashed onto middle and off, given out and three reds on ball tracking.
That wicket of Samson is a hammer blow for Rajasthan's chances here. They were building a good partnership with Hetmyer and the skipper, before GT have found a way back in the contest. Shimron Hetmyer is timing them well, but he'll need support from the other end against a GT attack that have been good at the death. Let's see how the game proceeds.
Prasidh to Samson, out Caught by Sai Kishore!! Goneski! Big blow for the visitors. The bowler hits the deck hard, angles onto off stump, Samson made a bit of room and tried to open the bat face towards third-man. Ends up skewing it into the hands of Sai Kishore who is at the edge of the circle. Prasidh picks up a crucial wicket against his former side, the wicket that perhaps decides this tie!
Khejroliya to Hetmyer, FOUR, another attempted yorker, ends as a low full toss. Hetmyer gets under it and heaves it to the left of deep mid-wicket for a boundary
Rashid Khan to Hetmyer, SIX, to long-on
Khejroliya to Dhruv Jurel, FOUR, 129.6 clicks, a short pitched delivery near the helmet. Jurel with a well controlled swivel pull that goes well behind square for a boundary. Off the mark in style!
Prasidh to Riyan Parag, SIX, shot!
Siraj to Riyan Parag, SIX, but Riyan Parag is not letting his captain face yet. Not if Siraj is going to offer slot like this. Parag waits and lofts this length delivery over mid-on
Arshad Khan to Samson, SIX, to deep extra cover
Siraj to Nitish Rana, out Caught by Khejroliya!! They are using the wide angles to the LHBs and having them caught deep behind square. This was a shortish ball, Rana seemed like he played a very good upper cut, bent and timed it nicely, just that he picked out third man to perfection. Straight to him and Siraj enjoyed that wicket. RR in trouble now.
Arshad Khan to Jaiswal, out Caught by Rashid Khan!! What have you done, Yashasvi Jaiswal?
Sandeep Sharma to Rahul Tewatia, FOUR, and that's why he wanted the strike. He's swept this along the ground past short fine leg for four. Low full toss as he tried the yorker,
Tushar Deshpande to Rashid Khan, out Caught by Jaiswal!! Tries to be cheeky and play the no-look flick but Jaiswal takes a great diving catch at backward square leg.
Tushar Deshpande to Sai Sudharsan, out Caught by Samson!! Oh edged and that's a very good catch from Sanju. Tushar Deshpande goes for the yorker that he can bowl so well.
Jofra Archer to Sai Sudharsan, 1 run, Shubham Dubey the impact sub has dropped a sitter. Sanju looks down in frustration. Archer looks away! Was a smart short ball with pace off, Sai managed to belt that pull though
Jofra Archer to Rahul Tewatia, SIX, to third man
Sandeep Sharma to Sai Sudharsan, SIX, to sweeper cover
Theekshana to Rutherford, SIX, oh ho ho! Sherfane Rutherford you beast! Theekshana just missed the yorker, Rutherford got under that and absolutely smashed it high over long-on. First ball and he left nothing in the tank
Theekshana to Shahrukh Khan, out Stumped!! Well bowled and well kept. SRK stepping out to muscle the ball. Theekshana smartly fired this wide of off stump, SRK had nowhere to hide and this time Samson wasn't blinded. Had his eyes on the ball, stayed low and calmly collected to effect an easy stumping.
Theekshana to Sai Sudharsan, FOUR, to long-off
Theekshana to Shahrukh Khan, FOUR, ah this is class batting! He knew Theekshana was going to hide it wide of off, he was ready with an open bat face and reached out with the long levers of his
Theekshana to Shahrukh Khan, SIX, he's belted that out of sight! The boundary size hardly matters
Tushar Deshpande to Shahrukh Khan, SIX, fabulous shot! Deshpande misses the yorker and is dispatched into the crowd. Overpitched outside off, Shahrukh creams the lofted cover drive over extra cover and sends it sailing all the way..
Tushar Deshpande to Shahrukh Khan, no run, 138ks speared into the blockhole, Shahrukh digs it to the left of Deshpande
Tushar Deshpande to Sai Sudharsan, FOUR, to deep backward point
Jofra Archer to Sai Sudharsan, 2 runs, 105.2ks short of length delivery,
Theekshana to Buttler, out Lbw!! Theekshana is pumped. He has broken this partnership. This looked real close to the naked eye but the onfield umpire was not convinced. Buttler misjudges the length here.
Theekshana to Sai Sudharsan, 1 run, third fifty for the season. Just a raise of the bat and punch of gloves with Buttler. He struggled against Archer but saw that phase through and has cashed in.
Theekshana to Sai Sudharsan, no run, 96.9ks slows up the off-break, Sudharsan drives it back to Theekshana
Rajasthan Royals have won the toss and have opted to field