- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR0.3 chaos from a skier ends with an improbable caught and bowled! Fullish length on middle and leg, Saha goes to whip this over square leg but is through the shot a touch early and skies this straight up over the pitch. Samson charges forward from behind the stumps, Hetmyer charges in from square leg, another fielder (Dhruv Jurel) charges in from point. None of them want to defer and all three go for the catch. Samson gets his gloves to it and collides with Hetmyer with the ball popping out of the gloves up into the air.... But Boult was alert to the impending calamity and positioned himself a few yards behind the triangle collision readying himself for a possible rebound, holding on to the carom that pops toward him while reaching forward at knee height. Tremendous awareness from Boult to be prepared for the eventuality that occurred instead of standing around with hands on hips. 5/115.2 full on fifth stump, Gill pumps a drive firmly down the ground toward long-off but doesn't get the elevation and rocks his head back immediately in frustration seeing that he's picked out Buttler 10 yards in from the rope. Simple catch taken at thigh height. 121/44.6 dropped! And a near runout chance! In fact, not just a chance but a wicket! Charges a full ball on middle and tries to drive this over Zampa, but a tremendous athletic effort from the bowler leaping up one-handed knocks this toward mid-off. The batters try to take a single off the palmed effort but Buttler is extremely alert reacting to the carom coming his way, charges forward to collect one-handed and fires a bullet on one bounce to Samson, who breaks the stumps with Sudharsan just short stretching for the single. Replays indicate though that Sudharsan was slowed down and potentially obstructed by Zampa struggling to run around him when leaving from the non-striker's end after the ball was deflected toward Buttler and cost him crucial distance trying to make the ground. 32/210.3 full on off, Hardik goes to heave this over long-on but the leg break spins away enough to produce a top-edge swirling over extra cover. Jaiswal is having a torrid time getting his body into the right position backpedaling from the ring while fighting with the ball's swirling trajectory but gets his chest behind the ball at the last moment to hold onto a chance that looked like it was trying to burst back out of his hands. 91/319.4 goes for wide yorker and it turns into a shin high full toss on the guideline at 129 kph, Miller slices a thick edge trying to flay this over point and it skies to Hetmyer on the cover boundary where a catch is taken three yards inside the rope at chest height. 175/618.6 fullish length on sixth stump, Manohar tries to heave another drive over the leg side but the spin produces a top edge tailing toward cover on the ring. Simple catch for Padikkal taking a few steps back from the edge of the circle at head height. 166/519.5 slower bouncer on the wide guideline, Rashid flat bats this down the ground to long-on. They turn back initially for two before Tewatia decides he wants the strike for the final ball of the innings. Relay from Buttler comes in to Sandeep with Rashid stretching to get his bat back across the line. It's extremely tight. Will not matter in terms of a run or not since it's at the non-striker's end after one was completed. All that matters here is Rashid's average having another dismissal calculated into it or not. Plenty of time being used on this... Third umpire says Rashid is out. Hmmm... looked like he was in to me but it matters not. 176/7Extras5 (lb 1, w 4)TOTAL177/7 (20 Overs, RR: 8.85)Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Wriddhiman Saha, 0.3 ov), 2-32 (Sai Sudharsan, 4.6 ov), 3-91 (Hardik Pandya, 10.3 ov), 4-121 (Shubman Gill, 15.2 ov), 5-166 (Abhinav Manohar, 18.6 ov), 6-175 (David Miller, 19.4 ov), 7-176 (Rashid Khan, 19.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB TA Boult 4 0 46 1 11.50 6 4 2 2 0 Sandeep Sharma 4 0 25 2 6.25 10 3 0 1 0 A Zampa 4 0 32 1 8.00 9 2 2 0 0 R Ashwin 4 0 37 0 9.25 5 4 1 0 0 YS Chahal 4 0 36 1 9.00 3 0 2 1 0
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- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR1.3 absurd shot! Jaiswal opens the face to this 136 kph back of a length delivery on fifth stump and guides it straight to slip. Catching practice! Gill takes a basic catch at rib height reaching left across his body. That shot might have made sense with no slip in place but he was asking for trouble playing it in the second over. 2/12.5 bullseye! Pressure bursts pipe! Buttler tries to break the shackles shuffling across his stumps to a 142 kph length delivery seaming in toward off stump and misses an attempted scoop over fine leg. Off stump is crushed three-quarters of the way up and ripped out of the ground. 4/28.3 charges a fullish length ball outside leg, but it's the googly spinning away and Padikkal doesn't get to the pitch. His heave for midwicket produces a thick edge swirling to short third man on the ring. Basic catch taken by Mohit Sharma at chest height. 47/314.6 maiden IPL wicket for Noor Ahmad! Flighted full on sixth stump, Samson goes for another almighty heave but doesn't come close to middling this one and it is skied off the toe well short of the long-off rope. Miller charges in 20 yards and takes a sliding catch at knee height about 10 yards short of the 30-yard ring at mid-off. 114/510.3 goes for the orthodox legbreak full on fifth stump, goes to drive down the ground and it comes off the outer half of the bat. Miller reads it very well off the bat and charges in off the rope taking a catch diving forward at knee height. 55/418.2 short on the stumps at 141 kph, goes to pull and a top edge swirls behind the keeper. Deep fine leg fielder Mohit Sharma charges 20 yards to his right, and nearly overruns the ball, before stopping his momentum and reaching back left across his body to take an adventurous catch at waist height five yards inside the rope. 161/618.5 slower ball at 127 kph lands as a half-volley on seventh stump, Ashwin checks his shot trying to just open his wrists guiding this behind point but is not in control of this and it floats off a thick edge to Tewatia at head height on the ring at backward point. 171/7Extras3 (lb 1, w 2)TOTAL179/7 (19.2 Overs, RR: 9.25)Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Yashasvi Jaiswal, 1.3 ov), 2-4 (Jos Buttler, 2.5 ov), 3-47 (Devdutt Padikkal, 8.3 ov), 4-55 (Riyan Parag, 10.3 ov), 5-114 (Sanju Samson, 14.6 ov), 6-161 (Dhruv Jurel, 18.2 ov), 7-171 (Ravichandran Ashwin, 18.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Mohammed Shami 4 1 25 3 6.25 18 1 3 1 0 HH Pandya 4 0 24 1 6.00 14 3 1 0 0 AS Joseph 3 0 47 0 15.66 2 3 4 0 0 Rashid Khan 4 0 46 2 11.50 7 1 5 0 0 MM Sharma 2 0 7 0 3.50 5 0 0 0 0 Noor Ahmad 2.2 0 29 1 12.42 3 2 2 1 0
Match Details
Toss
Rajasthan Royals , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Match days
16 April 2023 - night match (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Rajasthan Royals 2, Gujarat Titans 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 42 runs, 2 wickets)
- Over 0.3: Relay Catch: Batter - Wriddhiman Saha, Catcher - Trent Boult, Relay Fielder - Sanju Samson
- Over 2.2: One run short by B Sai Sudharsan
- Gujarat Titans: 50 runs in 6.3 overs (39 balls), Extras 2
- Strategic Timeout: Gujarat Titans - 72/2 in 8.0 overs (Shubman Gill 27, HH Pandya 19)
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 28 balls (Shubman Gill 27, HH Pandya 26, Ex 0)
- Gujarat Titans: 100 runs in 11.6 overs (72 balls), Extras 3
- Strategic Timeout: Gujarat Titans - 121/4 in 15.2 overs (DA Miller 20)
- Gujarat Titans: 150 runs in 17.4 overs (106 balls), Extras 4
- Innings Break: Gujarat Titans - 177/7 in 20.0 overs (R Tewatia 1, AS Joseph 0)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 26 runs, 2 wickets)
- Over 7.4: Review by Gujarat Titans (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - AK Chaudhary, Batter - SV Samson (Struck down)
- Strategic Timeout: Rajasthan Royals - 46/2 in 8.0 overs (D Padikkal 26, SV Samson 17)
- Rajasthan Royals: 50 runs in 8.6 overs (54 balls), Extras 2
- Rajasthan Royals: 100 runs in 13.5 overs (83 balls), Extras 2
- SV Samson: 50 off 29 balls (2 x 4, 5 x 6)
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 25 balls (SV Samson 35, SO Hetmyer 20, Ex 0)
- Over 15.2: Review by Gujarat Titans (Bowling), Decision Challenged - NoBall, Umpire - AK Chaudhary, Batter - SO Hetmyer (Upheld)
- Strategic Timeout: Rajasthan Royals - 134/5 in 16.0 overs (SO Hetmyer 35, DC Jurel 5)
- Rajasthan Royals: 150 runs in 17.5 overs (107 balls), Extras 3
- SO Hetmyer: 50 off 25 balls (2 x 4, 4 x 6)
Match Coverage
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