Rashid Khan Stars with Four-Fer as Gujarat Titans Crush Rajasthan Royals by 77 Runs
A superb four-wicket haul from Rashid Khan and a crucial spell from seamer Jason Holder dismantled the Rajasthan Royals batting line-up, powering Gujarat Titans to a commanding 77-run victory in Jaipur on Saturday in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL).
Rashid turned the contest decisively in GT's favour with a brilliant spell that tore through the middle order, while Holder provided excellent support with three key wickets as RR suffered a dramatic collapse.
"Quite happy. It was unusual for me last two seasons. This year I have been more consistent. So happy with that," GT's Player of the Match Rashid Khan said after the game.
It was a dominant all-round performance from the Gujarat Titans, who thoroughly outplayed the Royals in Jaipur to climb to second place on the IPL points table.
Chasing a massive target of 230, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Vaibhav Sooryavanshi opened the innings for RR. Sooryavanshi got the innings underway, smashing a six on the second ball of the innings.
He continued his attack in the following over, smashing Kagiso Rabada for two massive sixes.
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In the following over, Sooryavanshi slammed Siraj for three boundaries before the veteran seamer got the better of RR's 15-year-old prodigy for 36 off just 16 balls, bringing Dhruv Jurel to the crease.
Rabada, in the next over, got the better of Jaiswal for 3 off 4 balls, bringing Shimron Hetmyer to the crease. Jurel tried to keep RR in the chase, smashing 22 runs off Siraj in the 5th overs.
Rabada in the following over, sent back Hetmyer for just 6, who has struggled to get runs under his belt throughout the season, bringing Ravindra Jadeja to the crease.
Jadeja started well, hitting a six and four off his first two balls. GT's star spinner Rashid Khan, right after the power-play in the 8th over, got the better of Jurel for 24, who had a promising start.
In the same over, Khan cleaned up Donovan Ferreira for just 4, bringing Shubham Dubey to the crease. After 10 overs, RR reached 99-5, needing 131 in balls.
Khan struck again, removing Dubey for 15 in the 12th over, bringing Dasun Shanaka to the crease. RR seemed off during the chase, losing wickets at regular intervals.
Khan, in the 14th over, struck again, removing Jadeja 38 off 25 balls. In the following over, Jason Holder sent back Jofra Archer for just 5, and Tushar Deshpande joined Shanaka at the crease.
Holder, in his follow-up over, got the better of Shanaka for 16 off 11 balls, bringing Brijesh Sharma to the crease.
In the same over, Holder removed Deshpande for 1 to square off the match for his side to register an emphatic win.
Earlier in the match, fifties from captain Shubman Gill and Sai Sudharsan, along with a late flourish from Washington Sundar, guided GT to a 229/4 in 20 overs against RR.
Put in to bat by RR's stand-in captain Yashasvi Jaiswal, stepping in for the injured Riyan Parag, the Titans were propelled to a 200+ total by fifties from captain Gill (84 off 44 balls), Sudharsan (55 off 36 balls) and a late cameo of 37* off 20 balls from Sundar.
Gujarat Titans capped off their innings in style, with Sundar and Rahul Tewatia smashing 21 runs in the final over bowled by Tushar Deshpande, who was struck for three sixes.
(With inputs from ANI)