GT vs RR, IPL 2023 Highlights: Sanju Samson played a blinder to counter the damage that Mohammed Shami and Hardik Pandya had done in the powerplay. Rajasthan Royals had lost both Jos Buttler and Yasahsvi Jaiswal and were able to score just four runs in the first three overs. However, Samson blasted 60 in 32 balls to bring RR right back in the chase. He first put up a 43-run stand off 34 balls for the third wicket with Devdutt Padikkal and then a 59-run stand that came in just 27 balls with Shimron Hetmyer for the fifth. Hetmyer kept RR’s chase alive after Samson fell to GT’s debutant spinner from Afghanistan Noor Ahmad. He ended up being unbeaten on 56 off 26 with some help from batters like Ravichandran Ashwin, who smashed 10 runs in the two balls he faced. Hetmyer hit a six off the the second ball of the last over to win it for RR. Earlier, they restricted GT to 177/7 with David Miller providing the late push. GT looked set for a score close to 200 when Hardik Pandya and Shubman Gill went big guns after the powerplay but they lost steam after the former’s dismissal. Miller was dropped early in his innings and made RR pay by scoring 46 off 30 balls.
Gujarat Titans (20 ovs maximum)
| BATTING | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wriddhiman Saha † | c & b Boult | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 133.33 |
| Shubman Gill | c Buttler b Sandeep Sharma | 45 | 34 | 70 | 4 | 1 | 132.35 |
| Sai Sudharsan | run out (Buttler/†Samson) | 20 | 19 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 105.26 |
| Hardik Pandya (c) | c Jaiswal b Chahal | 28 | 19 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 147.36 |
| David Miller | c Hetmyer b Sandeep Sharma | 46 | 30 | 43 | 3 | 2 | 153.33 |
| Abhinav Manohar | c Padikkal b Zampa | 27 | 13 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 207.69 |
| Rahul Tewatia | not out | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
| Rashid Khan | run out (Buttler/Sandeep Sharma) | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
| Alzarri Joseph | not out | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Extras | (lb 1, w 4) | 5 | |||||
| TOTAL | 20 Ov (RR: 8.85) | 177/7 | |||||
| Did not bat: Mohammed Shami, Mohit Sharma | |||||||
| Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Wriddhiman Saha, 0.3 ov), 2-32 (Sai Sudharsan, 4.6 ov), 3-91 (Hardik Pandya, 10.3 ov), 4-121 (Shubman Gill, 15.2 ov), 5-166 (Abhinav Manohar, 18.6 ov), 6-175 (David Miller, 19.4 ov), 7-176 (Rashid Khan, 19.5 ov) • DRS |
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trent Boult | 4 | 0 | 46 | 1 | 11.50 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Sandeep Sharma | 4 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 6.25 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Adam Zampa | 4 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 8.00 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ravichandran Ashwin | 4 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 9.25 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Yuzvendra Chahal | 4 | 0 | 36 | 1 | 9.00 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Rajasthan Royals (T: 178 runs from 20 ovs)
| BATTING | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yashasvi Jaiswal | c Shubman Gill b Pandya | 1 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 14.28 |
| Jos Buttler | b Mohammed Shami | 0 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Devdutt Padikkal | c Sharma b Rashid Khan | 26 | 25 | 38 | 2 | 2 | 104.00 |
| Sanju Samson (c)† | c Miller b Noor Ahmad | 60 | 32 | 61 | 3 | 6 | 187.50 |
| Riyan Parag | c Miller b Rashid Khan | 5 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 71.42 |
| Shimron Hetmyer | not out | 56 | 26 | 44 | 2 | 5 | 215.38 |
| Dhruv Jurel | c Sharma b Mohammed Shami | 18 | 10 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 180.00 |
| Ravichandran Ashwin | c Tewatia b Mohammed Shami | 10 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 333.33 |
| Trent Boult | not out | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Extras | (lb 1, w 2) | 3 | |||||
| TOTAL | 19.2 Ov (RR: 9.25) | 179/7 | |||||
| Did not bat: Sandeep Sharma, Adam Zampa | |||||||
| Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Yashasvi Jaiswal, 1.3 ov), 2-4 (Jos Buttler, 2.5 ov), 3-47 (Devdutt Padikkal, 8.3 ov), 4-55 (Riyan Parag, 10.3 ov), 5-114 (Sanju Samson, 14.6 ov), 6-161 (Dhruv Jurel, 18.2 ov), 7-171 (Ravichandran Ashwin, 18.5 ov) • DRS |
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mohammed Shami | 4 | 1 | 25 | 3 | 6.25 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Hardik Pandya | 4 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 6.00 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Alzarri Joseph | 3 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 15.66 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Rashid Khan | 4 | 0 | 46 | 2 | 11.50 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Mohit Sharma | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3.50 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Noor Ahmad | 2.2 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 12.42 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
MATCH FLOW
- Gujarat Titans innings
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 – 6.0 (Mandatory – 42 runs, 2 wickets)
- Over 0.3: Relay Catch: Batter – Wriddhiman Saha, Catcher – Trent Boult, Relay Fielder – Sanju Samson
- Over 2.2: One run short by B Sai Sudharsan
- Gujarat Titans: 50 runs in 6.3 overs (39 balls), Extras 2
- Strategic Timeout: Gujarat Titans – 72/2 in 8.0 overs (Shubman Gill 27, HH Pandya 19)
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 28 balls (Shubman Gill 27, HH Pandya 26, Ex 0)
- Gujarat Titans: 100 runs in 11.6 overs (72 balls), Extras 3
- Strategic Timeout: Gujarat Titans – 121/4 in 15.2 overs (DA Miller 20)
- Gujarat Titans: 150 runs in 17.4 overs (106 balls), Extras 4
- Innings Break: Gujarat Titans – 177/7 in 20.0 overs (R Tewatia 1, AS Joseph 0)
- Rajasthan Royals innings
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 – 6.0 (Mandatory – 26 runs, 2 wickets)
- Over 7.4: Review by Gujarat Titans (Bowling), Decision Challenged – Wicket, Umpire – AK Chaudhary, Batter – SV Samson (Struck down)
- Strategic Timeout: Rajasthan Royals – 46/2 in 8.0 overs (D Padikkal 26, SV Samson 17)
- Rajasthan Royals: 50 runs in 8.6 overs (54 balls), Extras 2
- Rajasthan Royals: 100 runs in 13.5 overs (83 balls), Extras 2
- SV Samson: 50 off 29 balls (2 x 4, 5 x 6)
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 25 balls (SV Samson 35, SO Hetmyer 20, Ex 0)
- Over 15.2: Review by Gujarat Titans (Bowling), Decision Challenged – NoBall, Umpire – AK Chaudhary, Batter – SO Hetmyer (Upheld)
- Strategic Timeout: Rajasthan Royals – 134/5 in 16.0 overs (SO Hetmyer 35, DC Jurel 5)
- Rajasthan Royals: 150 runs in 17.5 overs (107 balls), Extras 3
- SO Hetmyer: 50 off 25 balls (2 x 4, 4 x 6)
