Match Details
11:35 PM IST: Buttler and Yashasvi Jaiswal walked out to open the batting for Rajasthan Royals, The pitch looked slightly tacky in the initial overs, was gripping and the ball also moved both ways and troubled the batters in the middle. Mohammad Shami and Yash Dayal opened the bowling for the Gujarat Titans and the latter picked up the first wicket, that of Yashasvi Jaiswal who edged one to an outswinger. Skipper Sanju Samson came out to bat with some positive intent and counterattacked straight away. Rajasthan Royals had a brilliant powerplay, scoring 55 runs. Jos was a little tentative to start with but Sanju Samson on the other end made up for it. Rashid Khan was brought into the attack after the Powerplay and immediately got some assistance from the pitch, Sai Kishore was introduced from the other end and managed to dismiss Sanu Samson on 47 (26). DevDutt Padikkal joined Jos Buttler in the middle and the pair took Rajasthan past the 100 run mark. This pitch was a very tricky one, Samson played a magnificent knock on along with Jos Buttler who was very severe on the bowling and in no time Buttler notched up 89 runs, contrasting second half as he was on 37 of 38 deliveries and then in the next 18 deliveries he managed to hit a whopping 60 runs. Rajasthan Royals ended their innings with 188 runs on the board.
Gujarat Titans got off to a terrible start, losing Saha on the second delivery, a magnificent start and they maximised the powerplay smashing 64 of their first 6. Gill was looking solid and was ably helped by Wade on the other end, Disaster struck GT when Shubman Gill was involved in a mix-up and got run out!! Skipper walked into bat and stitched up a brilliant partnership with Wade, They were on track but Wade got dismissed which put Gujarat in a spot of bother. Killer Miller joined Hardik in the middle and the pair managed to up the ante and took GT very close to a win, but an Excellent 18th over by Chahal got them back into the game followed by another fantastic penultimate over. 16 were needed of the last over with Miller on strike!! He went BANG BANG BANG and finished it with three sixers in a row!! What a fantastic way to finish the match. Gujarat Titans are a special team, they deserve to be in FINALS!!