Titans Pull-off Final Ball Thriller In Jaipur

Jaipur, Apr 10: Gujarat Titans got here again from nowhere to tug off an exciting three-wicket win in opposition to Rajasthan Royals within the Indian Premier League right here on Wednesday, ending the hosts’ unbeaten run within the event.

Sanju Samson (68 not out off 38) and Riyan Parag (76 off 48) continued their purple sizzling type within the competitors with disdainful half-centuries as Rajasthan Roylals reached 196 for 3 after being put in to bat.

Shubman Gill (72 off 44) fought a lonely battle for the foremost a part of Titans’ innings earlier than Rahul Tewatia (22 off 11) and Rashid Khan pulled the rabbit out of the hat in a last-ball end.

Titans wanted as a lot as 73 runs off the final 30 balls however managed to carry the equation down to fifteen off the final six.

Avesh Khan, who has proved his value within the dying overs, was once more tasked with bowling the twentieth over. In the long run, it got here down to 2 off one ball and Rashid’s rasping reduce for 4 sealed the deal for Titans.

Taking part in his first recreation of the season, Royals pacer Kuldeep Sen struck thrice in a searing spell earlier than crumbling below stress within the dying overs.

Opener Sai Sudharsan (35 off 29) was taking part in nicely till he acquired trapped lbw whereas going for a lap shot.

Matthew Wade was Sen’s second sufferer as he performed a large ball on to his stumps. Abhinav Manohar misinterpret the road and was additionally crushed for tempo, turning into Sen’s third scalp.

The choice to provide R Ashwin the seventeenth over proved costly because the veteran spinner conceded 17 runs, bringing the equation down a gettable 42 off 18 balls.

15 have been wanted off the ultimate over and an over charge penalty compelled Royals to maintain one additional fielder contained in the circle.

Earlier, Titans had all of it below management within the powerplay earlier than skipper Samson and Parag mixed to grab the momentum from the guests. Royals smashed as many as 123 runs within the final 10 overs.

Parag, who has taken his recreation to the subsequent degree and is prospering in his new batting place of quantity 4, was at his disdainful greatest on method to his third half-century in 5 innings.

He shared a 130-run stand off 78 balls with Samson, who has additionally been in elegant contact because the begin of the event.

Wade dropping Parag on 0 and 6 off star spinner Rashid additionally value Titans dearly because the in-form batter discovered the massive hits at will afterwards.

The 22-year-old hammered 5 sixes with three of them coming in opposition to left-arm spinner Noor Ahmed by way of the sweep shot.

Parag introduced up his fifty with a flat six over long-on off pacer Mohit Sharma.

Samson, alternatively, began with back-to-back fours off Umesh Yadav earlier than taking a backseat to look at Parag go about his enterprise.

Moreover catching, GT’s floor fielding was equally poor.

Samson reached his third half-century with a straight boundary off a Mohit full toss that ought to have been caught by Tewatia at long-on.

Pissed off on the flip of occasions, Titans captain Gill couldn’t maintain again his feelings over a large name that finally stayed huge.

Within the penultimate over, Parag pulled a bouncer off Mohit over mid-wicket for an additional most. Early on in Royals innings, Yashasvi Jaiswal (24 off 19) performed some beautiful strokes on the off-side earlier than falling to a pre-meditated scoop off Umesh.

His opening accomplice Jos Buttler went for an expansive drive off Rashid within the sixth over however ended up getting caught at first slip. PTI BS ATK ATK

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