Hetmyer, Samson elevate RR to three-wicket win over GT

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Tags: Indian T20 League 2023,
Gujarat Titans vs Rajasthan Royals, twenty third Fit at Ahmedabad, Apr 16, 2023,
Rajasthan XI,
Gujarat,
Sanju Viswanath Samson,
Shimron Odilon Hetmyer

Printed on: Apr 17, 2023

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Sanju Samson (60 off 32) and Shimron Hetmyer (56 no longer out off 26) performed sensible knocks as Rajasthan Royals (RR) beat Gujarat Titans (GT) by way of 3 wickets in fit quantity 23 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 on the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Sunday, April 16. Rajasthan Royals received the toss and opted to bowl first within the sport. Their bowlers did a very good task to limit Gujarat Titans to 177/7. Within the chase, Rajasthan were given house in 19.2 overs.

GT misplaced Wriddhiman Saha cost effectively for 4 as he miscued one up within the air and was once stuck in spite of a couple of other folks working for the ball. David Miller top-scored with 46 off 30 balls, whilst Shubman Gill contributed 45 off 34.

Sai Sudharsan (20 off 19) and Hardik Pandya (28 off 19) additionally chipped in, however GT wanted a minimum of one in every of them to hold on. Abhinav Manohar performed a nice cameo of 27 in 13 balls to boost his workforce previous the 175-run mark. Sandeep Sharma starred for RR with the ball, claiming 2/25.

Within the chase, Rajasthan misplaced Yashasvi Jaiswal for 1 and Jos Buttler for a duck. Affect Participant Devdutt Padikkal contributed 26 off 25 earlier than falling to Rashid Khan. Riyan Parag additionally fell cost effectively to Rashid Khan for five. Samson and Hetmyer then mixed to show the competition on its head.

Samson slammed Rashid for 3 consecutive sixes. In all, he struck 3 fours and 6 sixes. Hetmyer was once additionally remarkable along with his big-hitting as he slammed two fours and 5 sixes. He additionally hit the profitable runs, clubbing Noor Ahmad for a most.

Talking after profitable Participant of the Fit, Hetmyer stated, “I shouldn’t have any phrases. Tricky to win in opposition to those guys, they beat us three times closing 12 months however nowadays was once form of a revenge. I practise those scenarios, it is helping whilst you follow with that mindset of understanding we’re few wickets down and chasing 100 with 8 overs to move.”

On Noor Ahmad bowling the overall over, he added, “I used to be in truth beautiful glad to be truthful, he bowled smartly all through so the primary ball all I used to be interested by was once getting that double and take it from there.”

–By way of A Cricket Correspondent