GT vs RR, IPL 2023 | Highlights: Rajasthan Royals defeat Gujarat Titans by 3 wickets

Shimron Hetmyer became the player of the match for his match-winning knock of 56 off 26.

I don't have any words. Difficult to win against these guys, they beat us thrice last year but today was sort of a revenge. I practise these situations, it helps when you practise with that mindset of knowing we are few wickets down and chasing 100 with 8 overs to go. (On Noor Ahmad bowling the final over) I was actually pretty happy to be honest, he bowled well throughout so the first ball all I was thinking about was getting that double and take it from there.

To be honest no (didn't expect the loss after the powerplay), but that's the beauty about this game. The game is never over till it's over, another lesson for us. (Noor Ahmad) He's someone who's difficult to pick, got us the big breakthrough but the other bowlers didn't execute. Body is good, everything is good. It's a very long tournament. A lot of matches left, we still need to play a lot of group cricket even if we had won today. (On Gujarat's score) I felt short. After I got out, they bowled a couple of good overs, but we should have gone a little harder and got to 200. We did cover it well but when I was watching from outside, I did feel that we were 10 runs maybe short.

When you play quality opponents on a quality wicket, you get such games. Very happy to compete in such a game and come out on top. It was important to rotate our bowlers, they were playing some quality cricket and we had to respect that. The whole team came up well today and we could restrict them to around 170. The start we had, it shows how good a wicket this was. The new ball the quality of swing bowling was good and we had to respect that. But today Zampa coming was a way to match-up with the opponents. He was the match-up for Miller and almost got the wicket, but the catch was dropped. (On Hetmyer) He doesn't like easy situations, we like putting him in such situations because he usually wins us games from such situations.

Rajasthan Royals defeated Gujarat Titans by 3 wickets. Shimron Hetmyer finished the chase with a massive six. 

Mohammed Shami dismissed R Ashwin but not before he smashed two consecutive boundaries. 

Mohammed Shami dismissed Dhruv Jurel for 18 off 10 balls. Rajasthan Royals 161/6 in 18.2 overs. 

Noor Ahmed dismissed Sanju Samson for 60 off 32 balls. Rajasthan Royals 114/5 in 16 overs. 

Rashid Khan dismissed Devdutt Padikkal and Riyan Parag for 26 and 5 runs respectively. Rajasthan 55/4 in 10.3 overs. 

Mohammed Shami dismissed Jos Buttler for a duck. Rajasthan Royals 4/2 in 2.5 overs. 

Yashasvi Jaiswal has been dismissed by Hardik Pandya for 1 off 7 balls. Rajasthan Royals 2/1 in 1.3 overs. 

Yashasvi Jaiswal and Jos Buttler opened the batting for Rajasthan Royals. Mohammed Shami took the new ball for Gujarat Titans. 

Gujarat Titans posted 177/7 in 20 overs. Rajasthan Royals will need 178 runs to win the match. 

Adam Zampa dismissed Abhinav Manohar for 27 off 13 balls. Gujarat Titans 166/5 in 19 overs.

Sandeep Sharma dismissed Shubman Gill for 45 off 34 balls. Gujarat Titans 121/4 in 15.2 overs. 

Yuzvendra Chahal dismissed Hardik Pandya for 28 off 19 balls. Gujarat Titans 91/3 in 10.3 overs. 

Sanju Samson ran out Sai Sudharsan for 20 off 19 balls. Gujarat Titans 32/2 in 5 overs. 

Trent Boult dismissed Wriddhiman Saha for 4 off 3 balls. Gujarat Titans are 5/1 in 0.3 overs. 

Rajasthan Royals Subs: Devdutt Padikkal, Murugan Ashwin, Donavon Ferreira, Navdeep Saini, Joe Root

Gujarat Titans Subs: Joshua Little, Jayant Yadav, Noor Ahmad, Srikar Bharat, Dasun Shanaka

Gujarat Titans (Playing XI): Wriddhiman Saha(w), Shubman Gill, Sai Sudharsan, Hardik Pandya(c), Abhinav Manohar, David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Alzarri Joseph, Mohammed Shami, Mohit Sharma

Rajasthan Royals (Playing XI): Jos Buttler, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson(w/c), Riyan Parag, Shimron Hetmyer, Dhruv Jurel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Adam Zampa, Sandeep Sharma, Yuzvendra Chahal

Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to bowl first against Gujarat Titans. 

Gujarat will have a chance to climb in the IPL table if they manage a win against Rajasthan Royals

Gujarat Titans were the better side when the two sides faced each other in last season's final.

 Shubman Gill will look to continue the batting form he has shown till now in the Indian Premier League 2023 and would look to perform the same way. 

Fans will be eyeing the performance of Rajasthan Royals leg spinner Yuzvendra Chahal as he is currently holding the purple cap and would look to leave an impact with his performance against Gujarat Titans. 

Rajasthan Royals would wish to continue their winning momentum against Gujarat Titans and also wish to strengthen their place in the top four teams. 

Gujarat Titans records against Rajasthan Royals in Ahmedabad 

Played: 1 

Wins: 1

Lost: 0 

Gujrat Titans skipper Hardik Pandya would be eyeing fourth win of the IPL 2023 and also like to strengthen the team's position in the points table. 

Jos Buttler is among the leading run scorer's list of the Indian Premier League 2023 and has smashed three half-centuries from four matches. The fans will once again be eyeing Buttler's performance in the match against GT. 

Sanju Samson led Rajasthan Royals till now have not been able to beat Hardik Pandya's Gujarat Titans in the history of the Indian Premier League. GT has an unbeaten record against RR and has won all three matches they have played against them. Royals would like to change this record. 

Sanju Samson led Rajasthan Royals will take on Hardik Pandya's Gujarat Titans in match 23 of the Indian Premier League 2023 at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. 

Hardik Pandya-led Gujarat Titans and Sanju Samson's Rajasthan Royals will take on each other at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. The match will be a repeat of the IPL 2022 final wherein Titans emerged as victorious and clinched their maiden IPL title. 

In match 21 of the Indian Premier League 2023 Punjab Kings beat Lucknow Super Giants by two wickets at the Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow. 

In the match 20 of the Indian Premier League 2023 Royal Challengers Bangalore beat Delhi Capitals by 23 runs at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.