Gujarat Titans (GT) and Rajasthan Royals (RR) collided in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 match at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad on Wednesday, 9 April. RR won the toss and selected for the first bowl, later expected help from dew.
GT suffered an early blow as Shubman Gill (2 runs 3), but Sai Reformson (82 for 53) to put GT in a big score with Jos Buttler (25 to 36 runs) and Shah Rukh Khan (36 runs 20). Rahul Tawatia (24* to 12) promoted late and GT ended with a highly competitive 217.
In response, RR made a bad beginning as Yashasvi Jaiswal (6 runs) and Nitish Rana (3 runs 3) were out within three overs. Combined with Samson (28 to 41) Ryan Parag (26 runs 14) and Shimron Hetmier (32 runs) but his wickets and Samson expected RR to be effectively extinguished. Finally, he lost the game by 58 runs on a large scale, which has made a dent in his NRR.
talking points
1. Jofra Archer bites a fiery opening mantra
After bowling first, Samson, RR Pesar Jofra Archer began breathing in the innings. The British were pumped and bowled with great speed, gradually extended it in the first over. His last ball on it touched 152.3 kmph which is one of the fastest delivery of the season.
Archer soon returned to his second place and knocked back to Shubman Gill's stump with a delivery of 147 kmph. Right-Bermer welcomed his compatriot Jose Butler with a toxic short distribution, which survived the batsman. Although Archer did not get any wicket later, he continued to bowl as fast as possible. He ended with figures of 4-0-30-1.
Also read – Watch: Jofra Archer's scorching delivery Rattle Shubman Gill's off stump
2. Sai Sudhrasan's purple patch continues
GT and Tamil Nadu opener Sai Sudarson was the star of the match. Southpo continued his good run properly from today. Correspondence played shots throughout the ground and kept the run-flow stable from its end. He formed two important partnerships – with 80 butler and 62 with his TN team partner Shah Rukh Khan.
Reformson hit eight fours and three sixes to end at 82. He looked like arriving in a century, but was caught behind the delivery of Tushar Deshpande in the 19th over. He is now the second biggest run-scorer in the tournament with 273 runs in five innings in the tournament, which is just 15 runs from leader Nicholas Goran.
3. All-round bowling performance from Gujarat Titans
After set a target of 218, GT bowlers gave their team a great start with two initial wickets. Arshad Khan and Mohammad Siraj were destructive in the early overs. Despite some partnership, GT found its way for the skull of wickets. The fall of wickets was regular and hence the opposition could not collect any speed to overhall the Big Total.
GT used six bowlers and all of them took at least one wicket. The pic of them was Prasad Krishna with a figure of 4-0-24-3. Rashid Khan and Sai Kishore picked up two, while Sirj, Arshad and Kulwant Khajrolia picked up one.
Also read: Best Catch of Match – GT vs RR, Match 23
who said what?
Sanju Samson, Rajasthan Royals captain
There are about 15-20 runs in bowling. Whenever we wanted to take the speed, we lost wickets, when I and Hetmier were batting, it was still checked but my wicket changed the game. There was some purchase, the way Joffra bowled and chose Gill's wicket. But the way we bowled on death, we need to see it in the meeting tomorrow and come back better. When you lose the game, we also feel that we should first chase or bat, we were expecting these situations, this was really a good wicket, we want to respect the situation and be a team that can win the game while chasing.
Shubman Gill, Gujarat Titans Skipper
Well on board, it was not easy in 3-4 overs before. The way Sai and Butler batted were amazing. We will take 220 days of the week. And then our fast bowlers were very clinical to finish the job. If you have difficulty choosing the man of the match, it is a good problem for us. We are a team where everyone contributes. Very happy, when you have bowlers like Rashid, it makes the captain's job easier. Everyone is very good for me.
Match player Sai Reformson
The IPL is a kind of tournament where you need speed from the beginning. Always a pleasure to contribute to the team win. The wicket was a little seaming, so I took some time but knew that we could not take a lot of time. Then I wanted to deepen the game. We wanted to take wickets for death. If we lose the initial wicket, we are aware that the set batsman has to play for a long time. I always try to see what I can do better, trying to improve my awareness and skills. I have worked a lot of basics that are helping me to be a versatile batsman.
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