Shimron Hetmyer and Sanju Samson of Rajasthan Royals led their team to a 3-wicket win against defending champions Gujarat Titans in their IPL 2023 match played at the Narendra Modi Stadium.
With this, the Royals have secured the top spot in the points table in the current season, winning four out of their 5 matches played so far.
After losing the toss, Rajasthan Royals captain Sanju Samson decided to bowl first despite a batsman-friendly pitch.
Opener Wriddhiman Saha, who opened for Gujarat Titans, could not give a good start and went to the pavilion in the powerplay. However, Shubman Gill stayed on the pitch for 45(34) and tried to build partnerships with the subsequent batsmen including Sai Sudarshan (20) and skipper Hardik Pandya (28).
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But, then Gill was sent to the pavilion by RR’s Sandeep Sharma. After this, David Miller (46) and Abhinav Manohar (27) took over the responsibility of scoring runs and by the end of 20 overs GT managed to score 177 runs losing 7 wickets.
Sandeep Sharma took 2 wickets for RR, while Trent Boult, Adam Zampa and Yuzvendra Chahal took one wicket each.
Chasing a target of 178, both RR openers Yashasvi Jaiswal (1) and Jos Buttler (0) went straight to the pavilion in the opening overs. Then, Devdutt Padikkal (26) and skipper Sanju Samson (60) stitched a good partnership. However, Padikkal was sent back to the bench by Rashid Khan.
After this Rashid Khan sent Riyan Parag who scored only 5 runs. Powerful hitter Shimron Hetmyer then walked onto the pitch and scored an unbeaten 56 off 26 balls.
For GT, Mohammad Shami took 3 wickets, Rashid Khan took 2 wickets, Hardik Pandya and Noor Ahmed took one wicket each.
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