Jaipur: Gujarat Titans register a dominant win against Rajasthan Royals as they top the points table on Friday.
Wriddhiman Saha returned unbeaten with 44 runs as they chased down the low score of 119 runs in just 13.5 overs.
Skipper Hardik Pandya and Shubman Gill played a crucial knock of 39 and 36 runs respectively.
Fiery bowling spells from defending champions GT spinners Rashid Khan and Noor Ahmad bundled out RR to 118 runs.
RR’s batting unit collapsed as no batter stepped up to fight against GT’s firing bowling attack.
Sanju Samson was the highest scorer for RR, with a knock of 30 off 20 balls.
Rashid took three wickets conceding only 14 runs. Young Noor Ahmad followed his mentor, picking two wickets and conceding 25 runs. Mohammed Shami, Hardik Pandya, and Joshua Little took one wicket each.
Choosing to bat first backfired on Rajasthan as they lost early wickets. Key batter Jos Buttler was dismissed by GT skipper Hardik Pandya in the 2nd over. Jos Buttler scored just eight runs off six balls.
Already jolted by the loss of an early wicket, RR received another blow after Yashasvi Jaiswal was run out amid the chaos. He scored 14 runs off 11 balls.
Mohammed Shami also got himself in the wickets column after castling Trent Boult for 15 off 11 balls.
After Adam Zampa returned to the dugout after being run out by Abhinav Manohar, RR posted a low score of 118, bundling out in 17.5 overs.
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