In the 23rd match of IPL 2023, Rajasthan Royals defeated Gujarat Titans by 3 wickets with the help of half-centuries by captain Sanju Samson and Shimron Hetmyer. Rajasthan has won against Gujarat for the first time in the IPL. Before this, three matches had been played between the two teams and Gujarat had won all of them.
In this match, Rajasthan Royals won the toss and decided to bowl first. Rajasthan played Devdutt Padikkal instead of Yuzvendra Chahal as the impact player. Meanwhile, Gujarat played Nur Ahmed as their impact player in the replacement of Shubman Gill.
Gujarat scored 177 runs at the loss of 7 wickets in 20 overs while batting first. David Miller scored the highest runs for the team. He scored 46 runs in 30 balls with the help of three fours and two sixes. Shubman Gill also scored 45 runs off 34 balls including 4 fours and a six. Meanwhile, captain Hardik Pandya contributed 28 off 19 balls.
Sandeep Sharma took the most wickets for Rajasthan Royals, claiming 2 wickets in his quota of 4 overs. Adam Zampa, Trent Boult, and Yuzvendra Chahal also took one wicket each.
Chasing the target of 178 runs, RR won the match by 7 wickets by scoring 179 runs in just 19.2 overs. Captain Sanju Samson scored the highest runs for the team. He played a blistering knock of 60 runs off just 32 balls, including 3 fours and 6 sixes. Shimron Hetmyer scored an excellent half-century of 56 runs off just 26 balls including 2 fours and 5 sixes. Ravichandran Ashwin scored 10 runs off just 3 balls at the end.
Mohammad Shami took the highest 3 wickets for Gujarat, while Rashid Khan took 2 wickets. Hardik Pandya and Noor Ahmed took one wicket each.
For the match-winning fifty, Shimron Hetmyer was picked as the player of the match.
