3 min learnUp to date: Apr 4, 2026 11:32 PM IST
Ravi Bishnoi snapped up a four-wicket haul which negated Sai Sudharsan’s 73 runs as Rajasthan Royals defeated Gujarat Titans on the Narendra Modi Stadium on Saturday. Gujarat Titans suffered a batting collapse as they misplaced 5 wickets within the area of 34 runs and even Rashid Khan and Kagiso Rabada’s fireworks within the demise proved to be futile as Rajasthan recorded their second straight win in an exciting encounter.
With 11 wanted off the final over, Tushar Deshpande got here up trumps as he dismissed Rashid and simply gave away 4 runs because the Royals received the match by 6 runs.
Earlier, Dhruv Jurel fantastically merged aggression and discretion in his 42-ball 75 to information Rajasthan Royals to a difficult 210 for six in opposition to Gujarat Titans after the opening pair of Yashasvi Jaiswal and Vaibhav Sooryavanshi arrange the platform.
Within the RR innings, Jaiswal regarded like getting again into the groove with a 55 off 36 balls after ‘Boy Wonder’ Sooryavanshi smashed 18-ball 31 in a gap stand of 70 in simply 6.2 overs.
Jurel appeared settled in his new position as No. 3 and confirmed that there’s place for standard photographs and but can strike at greater than 150. The pick-up pull off Ashok Sharma after finishing his fifty was a delight — a sworn statement to his sturdy core and good arms. He hit 5 maximums and an equal variety of boundaries.
For Gujarat Titans, Ashok Sharma (1/37 in 4 overs), in solely his second IPL recreation, emerged because the ‘Next big pace hope’ having clocked 154.2 clicks and constantly bowling northwards of 145 kmph. However BCCI coaches would must be cautious as there are tales of Mayank Yadav and Umran Malik to study from.
Jurel’s knock was a throwback to the nice outdated early days of IPL the place there was one one that would maintain the innings collectively earlier than throwing the kitchen sink on the opposition. A six off Rashid Khan over deep mid-wicket after dancing down the monitor was the spotlight of his innings.
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With no Shubman Gill within the taking part in eleven because of muscle spasms, Royals skipper Riyan Parag rightly determined to bat and the crack opening pair didn’t disappoint both.
Sooryavanshi-Jaiswal pair should still be fairly new having come collectively final 12 months however a bit of statistic by ‘Cricviz’ would point out how dominant they’ve been.
Out of 113 pairs in IPL historical past with 500-plus runs collectively, Jaiswal and Suryavanshi stand out with a scoring price of 12.04 runs per over and are third within the checklist behind Travis Head-Abhishek Sharma (12.57) and Sunil Narine-Phil Salt (12.46).
With the quartet of Mohammed Siraj, Kagiso Rabada, Prasish Krishna and Ashok all extracting additional bounce and tempo off the floor, shot-making in the course of the Powerplay overs grew to become straightforward as batters may simply use the tempo.
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The fearless Sooryavanshi began with a flurry of boundaries, together with one off Rabada lofted over mid-off. The stand-out shot was a last-minute adjustment off a brief ball from Ashok that he reduce uppishly for a six.
It was Rashid, who dismissed Sooryavanshi, who performed one shot too many however Jurel-Jaiswal added one other 56 for the second wicket.
