IPL: Rashid, Shubman power Gujarat Titans to crushing 77-run win over RR

Rashid Khan produced a vintage spell portion Shubman Gill led the mode with a superb 84 arsenic Gujarat Titans thrashed Rajasthan Royals by 77 runs successful a ascendant IPL 2026 clash successful Jaipur connected Saturday. The broad triumph marked GT’s 4th consecutive triumph of the play and lifted them level connected 14 points with table-toppers Sunrisers Hyderabad, importantly strengthening their playoff hopes.

After being asked to bat archetypal connected a level Sawai Mansingh Stadium surface, Gujarat Titans piled up their highest full of the season, finishing connected 229/4. Gill erstwhile again anchored the innings with a sublime 44-ball 84, an innings packed with 9 boundaries and 3 sixes. Despite concisely struggling with discomfort successful his near ft during the innings, the GT skipper ne'er allowed Rajasthan’s bowlers to settle. Gill recovered the cleanable spouse successful Sai Sudharsan, who continued his outstanding signifier with a fluent 55.

The brace stitched unneurotic a monolithic 118-run opening basal and wholly dominated the Powerplay arsenic GT raced past 100 wrong 9 overs. Rajasthan’s bowling struggled severely erstwhile again, with Jofra Archer enduring a hard outing. Archer leaked 18 runs successful the opening over, including 5 wides, and yet finished with 46 runs conceded from conscionable 3 overs. Sudharsan repeatedly punished width portion Gill showcased elegant strokeplay each astir the ground.

Though Yash Raj Punia yet broke the opening concern by dismissing Sudharsan, Gujarat ne'er mislaid momentum. Washington Sundar smashed an unbeaten 37 disconnected 20 balls precocious successful the innings, portion Rahul Tewatia added 2 sixes successful the last implicit to propel GT to 229/4. Chasing 230, Rajasthan Royals came retired aggressively acknowledgment to teenage sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi. The 15-year-old smashed the precise archetypal shot of the innings for six and continued his fearless battle with a blistering 36 disconnected conscionable 16 balls, including 3 fours and 3 sixes. At 62/2 aft 5 overs, RR appeared firmly successful the contest. Dhruv Jurel besides counterattacked brilliantly, hammering 24 disconnected conscionable 10 deliveries with 3 sixes and a four. However, the lucifer wholly changed erstwhile Rashid Khan entered the attack. The Afghan leg-spinner bowled with exceptional power and saltation betwixt the eighth and 14th overs, exploiting immoderate small crook was disposable connected the surface.

Rashid archetypal knocked implicit Jurel with a teasing transportation earlier dismissing Donovan Ferreira conscionable 3 balls aboriginal with a crisp leg-break. He aboriginal trapped Ravindra Jadeja lbw to implicit a superb four-wicket haul arsenic Rajasthan collapsed dramatically from a beardown position. Rashid finished with match-winning figures of 4/33, including 3 bowled dismissals. Earlier successful the chase, Mohammed Siraj had ended Sooryavanshi’s explosive innings with a crisp abbreviated ball, portion Kagiso Rabada removed stand-in skipper Yashasvi Jaiswal with a fiery 152kph bouncer. Jason Holder past wrapped up the innings with superb figures of 3/12 arsenic Rajasthan Royals were bundled retired for 152 successful conscionable 16.3 overs, handing Gujarat Titans 1 of their biggest wins of the season.