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Rajasthan Royals are playing the Gujarat Titans in match number 47 at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur on April, 28. The home-team won the toss and elected to bowl first with GT putting 209 on the scoreboard. A vital figure for the Gujarat Titan’s today was Jos Buttler, who scored a 26-ball half-century at a staggering strike-rate of 192 against his former team. Coming in at number 3, Butler made sure that the momentum created by the opening pair was not lost as he started attacking the bowlers from the very start.
He stitched together a 74-run partnership for the second wicket with skipper Shubman Gill and played some brilliant strokes in his innings, hitting four 6s and three 4s. He anchored himself at one end of the crease while the Titans lost a couple of wickets in the latter stages of the game and patiently finished his half-century by taking two runs of the last ball of the 20th over being bowled by Jofra Archer. 84 runs of 50 balls from the skipper along with a handful 39 from opener Sai Sudarshan has propelled GT to 209/4 in 20 overs.
RR desperate for win after 5 consecutive losses
The RR bowlers, especially the pacers have been costly today, giving away a lot of runs. Maheesh Theekshana has been the best among the lot tonight with 2 wickets of both the opening pair batters. He finished his spell with figures of 2-35 (4). RR now have a big task to complete in the coming run-chase with eyes firmly on batters like Yashasvi Jaiswal and Riyan Parag.
A lot of eyes will also be on the young sensation Vaibhav Suryavanshi, who is part of RR’s squad today. The team is coming back from 5 consecutive losses and will look to redeem itself in front of the home-crowd. It will be interesting to see whether the home support can provide the required boost in this tricky run-chase.
