IPL 2023: RR defeat GT by three wickets© Twitter
Rajasthan Royals thrashed Gujarat Titans by three wickets on Sunday to get their fourth win of IPL 2023 and declare the highest spot on the factors desk. The defending champions had posted a complete of 177/7 in 20 overs after David Miller and Shubman Gill smashed 46 and 45 runs respectively. Later, the Royals chased down the goal in 19.2 overs, driving on their skipper Sanju Samson’s magnificent knock of 60 runs, adopted by a 56-run knock from Shimron Hetmyer. Apart from this, all-rounder Ravichandran Ashwin’s 10-run cameo additionally made the proceedings simpler for the Royals.
In the nineteenth over, when RR wanted 23 off 12 balls, pacer Mohammed Shami dismissed Dhruv Jurel for 18 on the second supply. It was then Ashwin, who got here up and smashed Shami for a boundary and a six on back-to-back deliveries. Ashwin’s carnage left GT skipper Hardik Pandya upset and he let his frustration recognized to Shami after the latter was hit for a boundary.
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Notably, Shami went on to dismiss Ashwin on the very subsequent ball however it didn’t make any distinction as Shimron Hetmyer went on to complete the sport with 4 deliveries to spare.
With the win, the Royals have damaged the jinx of not having beforehand overwhelmed the Hardik Pandya-led facet in three outings and topped the desk with eight factors.
The victory can be all of the extra candy contemplating the 2008 IPL champions have been decreased to 4 for two at one stage, shedding Yashasvi Jaiswal (4) and Jos Buttler (0), and have been in a position to handle simply 26 runs in powerplay.
The 26-year-old Hetmyer turned the complexion of the sport, smashing an unbeaten 26-ball 56. The knock was studded with two fours and 5 maximums, and got here at a time when issues appeared uphill for the Sanju Samson-led facet.
(With PTI Inputs)
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