Gujarat vs Rajasthan Match Stats

Wide! Tries to push it across the left-hander but this goes beyond the tramline, Shimron reaches out but misses.

DROPPED! Arshad Khan puts one down! Nicely tossed up by Kishore from around the wicket, near the wide guideline, Hetmyer is made to reach out and he slices it aerially towards deep cover. Arshad Khan comes in off the ropes and slides ahead to grab it but makes a mess of it. The ball grazes his fingertips and goes behind for a couple.

A surprise bumper from Sai, around off, Shimron Hetmyer lets it go through.

SIX! Straight as an arrow! Floated up, on a length, outside off, Shimron Hetmyer frees his arms and muscles it back over the bowler's head for a biggie.

Looped up, very full, on middle, Shimron Hetmyer tucks it with soft hands in the vacant mid-wicket region and wants to come back for the second but Rashid Khan gets to the ball quickly and keeps the batters down to one.

Slows it down and drags the length back, on middle, Jofra Archer eases it to long off for a single.

At 96.9 kph, very full, on middle, Shimron Hetmyer whips it on the bounce to deep mid-wicket for a single. 12 runs off Sai's first over. Rajasthan Royals need 79 runs in 30 balls.

FOUR! Oh, what a shot! FIFTY FOR SHIMRON HETMYER! His 5th in the IPL! Width outside off, on a length, Shimron Hetmyer strides across and nails the cover drive for a boundary.

IN THE AIR...but safe! Full and speared in on the stumps, Shimron Hetmyer looks to loft it over the leg side but a thick leading edge is found. The ball gets skied high up and swirls while descending behind mid on. Shubman Gill from mid off, runs across to his left and covers a good ground to take a diving catch but fails to lay a hand to it. A single taken.

OUT! IN THE AIR AND THE SKIPPER TAKES IT THIS TIME! Hard length from Skiddy, skidding on the surface and coming off quickly on the batter, on top of middle, Jofra Archer finds the ball a bit high around his chest level but goes for the pull shot and ends up slicing it in the air. It lobs straight into the safe hands of Shubman Gill stationed at mid off. Rajasthan Royals continue to slip as they are 144/7 now.

Full and outside off, Maheesh Theekshana drives through cover for one.

Length ball on middle and leg, Shimron Hetmyer gets an inside edge onto the pads.

OUT! IN THE AIR AND GONE! CAUGHT! The writing is on the wall for RR now as they lose their last hope in Shimron Hetmyer. Prasidh Krishna continues to hit the hard length, skidding onto the body, on the leg stump line. Shimron Hetmyer mistimes the pull shot, as the ball bounces a bit extra off the deck. Hettie hits it only as far as Sai Kishore stationed at deep backward square leg. Wicket number three for Prasidh Krishna. And a fine inning of 52 off 32 from the strong Caribbean comes to an end.

Quicker and flatter, just outside off, Maheesh Theekshana works in front of cover-point for a quick single.

On a length, outside off, driven past covers for a couple of runs.

Drifting onto the pads, on a nagging length, Tushar Deshpande clips it to deep backward square leg for a single.

Fuller one, on off, eased into the off side for a single.

OUT! GONE! CAUGHT! Sai Kishore gets his first wicket of the evening and RR lose their 9th wicket! Sai Kishore bowls an in-dipper carrom ball, on a fuller length, just around off, Tushar Deshpande sits down on his knee and tries to slog it aerially behind deep mid-wicket. But gets neither the timing nor the distance correct. Airs it to the leg side, where Rashid Khan runs to his right from deep square leg and takes a fantastic catch on his haunches with a slide.

Length ball, outside off, Sandeep Sharma inside edges it, and the ball narrowly goes past the stumps, and to the left of the keeper for a couple of runs.

Nagging length, skidding through, on off, guided off the back foot to deep third for a single.

Speared into the batter, angling in, fuller, Sandeep Sharma gets tilted and jams the ball out to the mid on region, and runs a quick single.

Full, and outside off, knocked straight to mid off.

That in-between length, outside off, with some extra lift off the deck. Maheesh Theekshana pokes at it to drive on the off side, but misses.

Short in length, angling into the bodyline of the batter. Maheesh Theekshana finds himself in an awkward position, and gets pinged on the thigh pad.

Short of a good length, outside off, Maheesh Theekshana misses out on the ramp shot.

WIDE! Just down the leg stump, full in length, Sandeep Sharma misses to nudge it away. Wide called.

A bit of an inward shape, full and on off, Sandeep Sharma pushes it to the right of mid off for a run.

Nails the yorker in, with an inward curve on the leg stump. Maheesh Theekshana manages to flick it to mid-wicket.

Now bangs it short into the surface, over off, Maheesh Theekshana swings for the hills, but connects thin air.

Straight on middle, and fuller in length, Maheesh Theekshana clears his front leg and smashes it away, but straight to mid off.

A slower one, full and on middle, Maheesh Theekshana clips it a bit uppishly to the square leg region for a single.

Angling into the body, on the hard length, Sandeep Sharma pushes it down to the left of mid on for a single.

Sai dishes out a full ball, on off, Sandeep miscues his slog through mid on for a single.

OUT! GONE! CAUGHT! Gujarat Titans win in a commanding fashion and this marks their sixth win over Rajasthan Royals in the IPL. Also, as per the on-air commentators, RR have been bowled out for the first time after May 2023. Coming to the delivery, Sai Kishore bowls flat and full, drifting into the leg stump line. Maheesh Theekshana charges ahead and tries to clear long off, but gets no real timing on it as he does not quite reach to the pitch of the ball. Airs it to long off, where the ball dips ahead of the fielder. Sai Sudharsan moves forward and snaffles a good low catch.