GT 26/0 in 4 overs
Keshav Maharaj for the first time. SIX! Gill comes down the track and lofts him inside out. Gill works the next throgh mid wicket for one run. Sudharsan pulls the fifth but into the ground; gets only one.
GT 18/0 in 3 overs
Boult for his second over. Just three runs from the over.
GT 15/0 in 2 overs
Avesh Khan for the 2nd over. Sudharsan gets a single to mid on. Gill flicks the third to deep square for one. SIX! An upper cut from Sudharsan clears the third man fence.
GT 5/0 in 1 over
Trent Boult to deliver the first over. Sudharsan on strike. FOUR! The left-hander punches the second delivery through covers. He guides the final delivery to third man to make it five off the first over.
GT chase begins
Shubman Gill and Sai Sudharsan are out to begin GT’s hot pursuit. RR’s impact sub is Keshav Maharaj, who comes in place of Yashasvi Jaiswal.
Samson, Parag into the RR record book!
The pair got together at 42 for two and put together 130 runs for the third wicket off just 80 deliveries
RR 196/3 in 20 overs
Umesh Yadav for the last over. Hetmyer begins with a brilliant lofted shot over cover for a SIX. A single on the next ball. SIX! Now Samson gets a full toss and hits it loooong way over long on. Slow bouncer and Samson cuts it over point and gets a double. Wide ball. Gill takes a review again. Ball is too high and it will remain a wide. Another wide! Too far outside off. Single on the fifth ball. Perfect yorker on the last ball and batters can only take a single. Good way to end.
Samson unbeaten on 68 off 38 balls.
RR 177/3 in 19 overs
Mohit for the penultimate over. SIX! Parag pulls it way over the square leg boundary! Terrific timing. A double on the next ball. Already 10 in the first three balls. OH Brilliant catch that at the boundary. Is that out? Vijay Shankar tries to balance himself well, throws the ball in the air and grabs it correctly. Umpire checks and has no issues with the catch. Terrific. Parag is out for 76.
Hetmyer begins the innings with a first ball four straight down the ground.
RR 162/2 in 18 overs
Johnson is here. Two singles in two balls. Another on the third ball. FOUR! Perfectly timed his ramp this time and gets a boundary. This time tries to play over short third, doesn’t time his scoop well but balls somehow lands safely between keeper and the fielder.
RR 154/2 in 17 overs
Mohit for his third. Parag pulls and gets a double on the first ball. Parag takes out his helicopter shot! Misfield in the deep gets him a boundary! Parag once again tries to slog, gets a leading edge but lands just a bit too far from the fielder. Slower bouncer, Samson misses it. He asks for a review for the wide, which is not given. It is slightly high and the review is successful. Now Gill takes a review for a wide, far from off stump. It was given by the umpire and it will stay as it is. Gill is not happy with the decision. Samson hits the ball straight to the long on and Tewatia there falls even before the ball comes close to him. Four. Samson reaches his fifty with that boundary.
RR 139/2 in 16 overs
Rashid Khan is back for his fourth over. Single on the first ball. Followed by another on the next. Four singles in four balls. Five singles in that over.
RR 134/2 in 15 overs
Spencer Johnson is back. Single on the first ball by Samson. Four! Samson cuts past keeper and gets the boundary. Smart. Now Samson smacks the ball past cover for another boundary! SIX! Back of the length and Samson pulls it over long on!
RR 118/2 in 14 overs
Mohit continues. Samson attempts a ramp. Mohit bowled a slower one and Samson wasn’t able to put any bat on ball. Now he connects! Samson moves away and lofts the ball over covers for four! Beautiful shot. SIX! Parag gets to his fifty in some fashion! Length ball smacked over midwicket. A double to end the over.
RR 104/2 in 13 overs
SIX! Parag begins Noor over with a slog sweep over midwicket! And another on the fourth ball! Slog sweep towards square leg. 15 runs from the over. Good over for RR.
89/2 in 12 overs
Mohit Sharma into the attack. Single on the first ball. Parag takes a quick single on the next. Dealing in singles here. A quiet over. Seven runs from it.
RR 82/2 in 11 overs
Noor continues. Three singles in three balls. Samson and Parag are taking things deep. Now Parag clears his and hits towards midwicket for four! Good hit. The duo steals a double on the last ball.
RR 73/2 in 10 overs
Rashid to Riyan, the batter clips it between long on and deep mid wicket for two runs. Square drives the third for a single. FOUR! Riyan late cuts the fifth delivery to collect a boundary through third man.
RR 65/2 in 9 overs
SIX! Riyan takes his chance and slog sweeps off Noor, just manages to beat the fielder at deep mid wicket. FOUR OVERTHROWS! Parag gets an outside edge to point and runs a single. The bowler fails to gather the throw, so do the back up fielders and RR gets free runs. 13 runs in the over.
RR 52/2 in 8 overs
Rashid for his second over. ANOTHER EDGE which Wade cannot gather. Riyan is having trouble against the away spin of Rashid. The bowler cannot believe it. He’s induced edges twice but has nothing to show for it.
Just three runs off the over.
RR 49/2 in 7 overs
Noor Ahmed starts with his first over. Riyan whips the second ball through mid wicket for a single. Samson drives to long off and gets one run. Riyan punches through cover off his back foot for two runs. A single off the final delivery for Riyan makes it six off the over.
RR 43/2 in 6 overs
Rashid Khan into the attack now. His second delivery to Buttler, stays low and beats him. OUT! Buttler tries to drive down the ground at this full length ball and is caught at slip.
Jos Buttler c Tewatia b Rashid 8(10)
Riyan Parag at No. 4. CHANCE! Riyan gets a faint edge which Wade cannot hold onto, gets a single through the third man region.
RR 41/1 in 5 overs
FOUR! Jaiswal pounces on a short delivery from Umesh and pummels it away over mid wicket. OUT! Jaiswal tries to be innovative and sets up for a ramp shot. The ball is a bit too short for that, takes his glove and goes to Matthew Wade.
Jaiswal c Wade b Umesh 24(19)
Sanju Samson walks in. FOUR! Gets a loosener short and wide and latches onto it. FOUR again! Plays this back-of-a-length ball on the up through the on side and finds the fence through mid on. A single to keep strike.
RR 28/0 in 4 overs
Spencer starts with a dot ball to Buttler and gives away just four runs in the over.
RR 22/0 in 3 overs
Umesh to Buttler, one run to mid on off the first delivery. Jaiswal tries to pull the fourth ball down fine leg but there is a fielder in place; no run. FOUR! Cuts, and cuts hard, beats the extra cover fielder and breaches the fence. FOUR more! Another one outside off and Jaiswal slashes it through covers.
RR 13/0 in 2 overs
Spencer Johnson from the other end. Buttler on strike. Two runs; Buttler taps the first delivery through covers and finds the gap between cover and extra cover. Buttler works the second ball down to third man for a single. Jaiswal is beaten twice trying to slash outside off. FOUR! The final ball is a bit closer to Jaiswal and he cuts it away past point.
RR 6/0 in 1 over
Jaiswal on strike to face Umesh. The first delivery is wide outside off, Jaiswal shoulders arms. Umesh follows up with a delivery on the middle stu.mp line, pitched short. Jaiswal taps it back. The third is at a similar line; no run. Jaiswal punches the fourth delivery which is stopped by the short cover fielder. FOUR! Jaiswal lets the fifth come onto him and transfers weight to his back foot, punches it away through the infield. Two runs to end the over. Jaiswal slashes and gets an inside edge past the keeper.
All set!
The umpires make their way to the middle. Yashasvi Jaiswal and Jos Buttler to open the innings for RR. Umesh Yadav will bowl the first over.
Playing conditions
“Slightly windy at the venue. 62 meters on one side which is against the wind and 70 meters on the other side which is with the wind. 79 meters straight down the ground,” say Pommie Mbangwa and Aaron Finch.
Playing XIs
Rajasthan Royals - Jos Buttler, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, R Ashwin, Trent Boult, Avesh Khan, Kuldeep Sen, Yuzvendra Chahal
Subs: Rovman Powell, Tanush Kotian, Shubham Dubey, Keshav Maharaj, Navdeep Saini
Gujarat Titans - Shubman Gill(c), Sai Sudharsan, Vijay Shankar, Abhinav Manohar, Matthew Wade(w), Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Umesh Yadav, Spencer Johnson, Noor Ahmad, Mohit Sharma
Subs: BR Sharath, Shahrukh Khan, Darshan Nalkande, Manav Suthar, Sai Kishore
Toss - GT
Gujarat Titans wins the toss and opts to bowl first.
Mathew Wade comes in for Kane Williamson. Abhinav Manohar for BS Sharath.
Toss update
Toss will now take place at 7:25 PM IST. First ball to be bowled at 7:40 PM IST.
Update: Covers are coming off
The covers are coming off from the run-up region. We should be good to go in some time then.
And the players have started to warm up.
Rain update
The rain is getting heavy in Jaipur!
UPDATE: Slight drizzle in Jaipur
GT needs a win badly, is a change on card in its XI?
Bat 1st: Shubman Gill (c), Sai Sudharsan, Kane Williamson, BR Sharath (wk), Vijay Shankar, Darshan Nalkande, Rashid Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Umesh Yadav, Spencer Johnson, Noor Ahmad.
Bowl 1st: Shubman Gill (c), Kane Williamson, BR Sharath (wk), Vijay Shankar, Darshan Nalkande, Rashid Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Umesh Yadav, Spencer Johnson, Noor Ahmad, Mohit Sharma.
Impact Player Options: Sai Sudharasan/Mohit Sharma, Wriddhiman Saha, Abhinav Manohar, Kartik Tyagi, Sai Kishore
You see any changes in RR playing XI?
Bat 1st: Jos Buttler, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson (wk/c), Riyan Parag, Ravichandran Ashwin, Dhruv Jurel, Shubham Dubey, Shimron Hetmyer, Nandre Burger, Trent Boult, Avesh Khan.
Bowl 1st: Jos Buttler, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson (wk/c), Riyan Parag, Ravichandran Ashwin, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Nandre Burger, Trent Boult, Avesh Khan, Yuzvendra Chahal.
Impact Player Options: Shubham Dubey/Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Sen, Navdeep Saini, Abid Mushtaq, Rovman Powell
Are Royals concerned about Jaiswal’s returns so far in IPL?
The RR opener has scored just 39 runs in four innings with the highest score of 24.
“It happens in T20 cricket sometimes. He is trying the same thing, trying to be positive, it’s just that it hasn’t worked for him.”
Read more here:
While Rajasthan Royals has won all four games it has played so far, opener Yashasi Jaiswal has tallied just 39 runs but assistant coach Trevor Penney, on the eve of the home game against Gujarat Titans, said that he will come back stronger.
Interview: Dhruv Jurel catches up after an eventful year
“The last year has made me realise kahan se kahan leke jaati hai zindagi (you never know where life takes you)“
Read the full exclusive interview of the young Test debutant
Dhruv Jurel reflects on his journey from Rajasthan Royals to representing India in Test Cricket, while embracing the pressure and learning from legends.
Head-to-head stats
Matches played: 5
Rajasthan Royals: 1
Gujarat Titans: 4
Last result: GT won by nine wickets (2023)
Preview: Rajasthan vs Gujarat to play with different perspectives
For Royals, it will be about making the most of home conditions and inching closer to sealing a playoffs berth, while Titans need to address the injury woes and bring their campaign back on track.
Read the full preview here:
After losing back-to-back games to Lucknow Super Giants and Punjab Kings, a win in Jaipur could put Gujarat Titans’ campaign back on track
Live streaming info
When will the toss between Rajasthan Royals vs Gujarat Titans IPL 2024 happen?
The coin toss for the Rajasthan Royals vs Gujarat Titans match will take place at 7:00 PM IST.
What time will the Rajasthan Royals vs Gujarat Titans match start?
The Rajasthan Royals vs Gujarat Titans match will start at 7:30 PM IST.
How can I watch the IPL 2024 match between Rajasthan Royals vs Gujarat Titans on TV?
The IPL 2024 match between Rajasthan Royals vs Gujarat Titans will be telecast live on Star Sports Network.
Where can I live stream the IPL 2024 match between Rajasthan Royals vs Gujarat Titans?
The live streaming of the Rajasthan Royals vs Gujarat Titans IPL 2024 match will be available on the Jio Cinema Network.
Welcome
Welcome to the live coverage of the 24th match of the IPL 2024 where Rajasthan Royals hosts Gujarat Titans at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur. Stay tuned for the live updates.
