On April 9,2025, match number 23 of IPL 2025 was played between Gujarat Titans (GT) and Rajasthan Royals (RR). The match was played at Narendra Modi Stadium.
Key Highlights
Gujarat Titans reach the top of the Points Table for the first time under Shubman Gill's Captaincy.
GT won the match by beating RR by 58 runs.
7 Players of the Rajasthan Royals were out on single digits.
RR won the toss and elected to bowl first.
First Inning
By batting first, GT scored 217 runs in 20 overs at the loss of 6 wickets. In turn, RR was able to score only 159 runs. They were all out in 19.2 overs.
GT's opener, Sai Sudharsan, scored 82 runs from 53 balls. He smashed 3 sixes and 8 boundaries. However, Shubman Gill was not able to score much. He just scored 2 runs from 3 balls.
Both Jos Buttler and Shahrukh Khan scored 36 runs in 25 and 20 balls, respectively.
Sherfane Rutherford was out on just 7 runs in 3 balls. Rashid Khan was out on 12 runs from 4 balls.
Rahul Tewatia and Arshad Khan were not out at 24 and 0 runs in 12 and 0 balls respectively.
In all, GT scored 217 runs at a loss of 6 wickets.
Both Tushar Deshpande and Maheesh Theekshana took 2 wickets each. Jofra Archer and Sandeep Sharma took 1 wicket each. Fazalhaq Farooqi was wicketless.
Second Inning
Now, RR has to chase 218 runs to win.
Opener Yashasvi Jaiswal was not able to score many runs. He was out on just 6 runs in 7 balls. However, the other opener and the captain, Sanju Samson, scored good runs. He made 41 runs from 28 balls.
Shimron Hetmyer was the highest run scorer. He scored 52 runs from 32 balls. Riyan Parag scored 26 runs from 14 balls.
Other players Nitish Rana, Dhruv Jurel, Shubham Dubey, Jofra Archer, Maheesh Theehshana, and Tushar Despande all were out on single digits.
In all, RR was all out on 159 runs in 19.2 overs. Thus, they lost the match to GT by 58 runs.
Prasidh Krishna took 3 wickets.
Both Rashid Khan and Sai Kishore took 2 wickets each.
Mohammed Siraj, Arshad Khan, and Kulwant Khejroliya took 1-1 wickets each.
Player of the Match
Sai Sudharsan was declared Player of the Match. He scored 82 runs from 53 balls. He was out on the ball by Tushar Despande.
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