Live Cricket Score | Gujarat Titans vs Rajasthan Royals Live Score & Commentary | GT vs RR Scorecard, Indian Premier League

Qualifier 1 • Eden Gardens • Kolkata

Rajasthan Royals

188/6 (20)

Gujarat Titans

191/3 (19.3)

GT won by 7 wickets

Info

Fantasy

Live

Scorecard

Player of the Match David Miller

68(38)

Player of the Series Jos Buttler

RR s

GT s

Info

Rajasthan Royals s

188/6 (20)

Batters

Yashasvi Jaiswal

37.50

c W Saha b Yash Dayal

Jos Buttler

158.93

runout (W Saha / A Joseph)

Sanju Samson

180.77

c A Joseph b Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore

Devdutt Padikkal

140.00

b H Pandya

Shimron Hetmyer

57.14

c R Tewatia b M Shami

Riyan Parag

133.33

runout (Yash Dayal / W Saha)

Ravichandran Ashwin

200.00

Not out

Trent Boult

0.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 0, NB: 1, W: 10)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 9.4)

188/6

Did not Bat

Obed McCoy, Prasidh Krishna, Yuzvendra Chahal

Bowlers

EXT

Mohammed Shami

10.75

Yash Dayal

11.50

Alzarri Joseph

13.50

Rashid Khan

3.75

Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore

10.75

Hardik Pandya

7.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Yashasvi Jaiswal

c W Saha b Yash Dayal

1-11

1.6

Sanju Samson

c A Joseph b Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore

2-79

9.5

Devdutt Padikkal

b H Pandya

3-116

14.1

Shimron Hetmyer

c R Tewatia b M Shami

4-161

18.3

Jos Buttler

runout (W Saha / A Joseph)

5-185

19.5

Riyan Parag

runout (Yash Dayal / W Saha)

6-186

19.6

Gujarat Titans s

191/3 (19.3)

Batters

Wriddhiman Saha

0.00

c S Samson b T Boult

Shubman Gill

166.67

runout (S Hetmyer / D Padikkal)

Matthew Wade

116.67

c J Buttler b OC McCoy

Hardik Pandya

148.15

Not out

David Miller *

178.95

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 1, NB: 1, W: 11)

TOTAL

(19.3 Ov, RR: 9.79)

191/3

Did not Bat

Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Alzarri Joseph, Mohammed Shami, Yash Dayal

Bowlers

EXT

Trent Boult

9.50

Prasidh Krishna

3.3

11.43

Ravichandran Ashwin

10.00

Yuzvendra Chahal

8.00

Obed McCoy

10.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Wriddhiman Saha

c S Samson b T Boult

1-0

0.2

Shubman Gill

runout (S Hetmyer / D Padikkal)

2-72

7.4

Matthew Wade

c J Buttler b OC McCoy

3-85

9.3

Match Info

Date & Time

24 May, 07:30 PM IST

Venue

Eden Gardens, Kolkata

Match

Qualifier 1,

Indian Premier League

Umpires

Bruce Oxenford(Australia), Virender Sharma(India), Michael Gough(England, TV)

Referee

Manu Nayyar(India)

Toss

Gujarat Titans elected to bowl

Player of the Match David Miller

68(38)

Player of the Series Jos Buttler

Commentary

Right. Post the drama towards the end of the league phases, many have probably forgotten that the Gujarat Titans and the Rajasthan Royals have been two of the three standout teams this IPL season. They climbed to the summit very early and didn’t relinquish their post for large stretches, meaning that a clash between the two, with the winner directly qualifying for the final, just about seems right.

Both teams have plenty of similarities too. They very rarely play without five frontline bowlers and very regularly get the job done. For the Titans, their strength comes from their assortment of bowlers. They have Mohammed Shami to maximise the new ball. Hardik Pandya has been a decent exponent in the powerplay too, with Alzarri Joseph and Lockie Ferguson breaking the game open in the middle overs. Rashid Khan has done his bit throughout the tournament, allowing someone like Yash Dayal to ease into his role.

RR, meanwhile, depend on their spinners to squeeze the game in the middle overs. Ravichandran Ashwin and Yuzvendra Chahal have been brilliant throughout the season and have complemented each other wonderfully. Prasidh Krishna is capable of bowling in different stages and be just as successful. Trent Boult, after a slightly patchy middle phase, has come into his own lately. The biggest positive, however, has been the emergence of Obed McCoy – a genuine death-bowler who has reduced Boult’s load in particular, towards the end.

Batting wise, the Royals have the luxury of calling upon a certain Jos Buttler. He hasn’t quite been among the runs lately but is still on his own at the top of the run-scoring charts. And if the law of averages is a thing, it means that he is due another sensational innings. Yashasvi Jaiswal has also put his early-season disappointment behind him and alongside Devdutt Padikkal, provides RR with left-handed options. Sanju Samson, despite not putting together many big scores, has been batting beautifully and at a belligerent tempo.

There is still a question mark over whether they are a batter light, especially if their top order fails. But so far, they’ve done just enough to offset it. Gujarat, though, have struggled in that very aspect. At the start of the campaign, Hardik was scoring impactful runs. The runs have reduced in volume and the strike-rate has been a problem lately, however. Shubman Gill has also hit a submerged log and while Wriddhiman Saha has utilized the powerplay, he simply needs more support. David Miller and Rahul Tewatia, too, haven’t produced magic for a fair chunk of games.

So, this game, on the face of it, looks a contest between two very similar sides. RR certainly have more batting firepower but like the Titans, have a few quandaries to solve with respect to their batting depth. Both have irresistible bowling units and if their batters can get them up to a decent score, their bowlers would, more often than not, capitalize on it.

But it is starkly different in that the Gujarat Titans have never been involved in a Qualifier. RR haven’t in recent times either, although they can still recall memories of that stunning inaugural season in 2008. In many ways, this is a game that both teams deserve to play. Yet, a match neither really knows how to approach.

When Tuesday dawns, though, we will have a better idea on what methodology each is adopting. And by the time they are done, one will have made the IPL final – and deservedly so.

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