GT vs RR HIGHLIGHTS IPL 2023: Hetmyer, Samson fifties help Rajasthan script comeback last-over win

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.

That’s the beauty about this game. The game is never over. That was the message to the boys as well. The game is never over until it’s over. So I think this is one more less for us. (Why Noor as the Impact Sub instead of Josh Little) He’s someone who is difficult to pick as well. He actually bowled well. I don’t want to be harsh on him. He got us a big breakthrough which we wanted but I think the other bowlers did not execute. It’s a very long tournament. Obviously, all these losses remind you at the end of the tournament reminds you if you are not on the other side but it’s still a very long tournament. A lot of matches left. We still need to play a lot of good cricket even if we had won today. I felt we were short some runs at the innings break. They bowled some good overs but we should have gone harder to put the game (out of reach) and get a 200 total. When I was watching outside, I did feel we were maybe 10 runs short.”

Noor Ahmad to bowl the final over! Short, Hetmyer slashes through point and sneaks in two runs. FIFTY for Hetmyer! Short ball and Hetmyer wallops through mid-wicket for SIX - RR beats GT by 3 wickets!

Shami into the attack. In the slot and Jurel pumps the ball down the ground for SIX! Shami to Jurel, OUT! Top-edge and Jurel holes out deep fine leg. Mohit holds on and GT get a massive wicket. R Ashwin is in at 8. Short from Shami and Ashwin slashes through point for FOUR. Short again and Ashwin pumps him over wide long-on for SIX! Shami to Ashwin, OUT! Straight to Tewatia at point!

Boult is the new man. He misses the last ball and RR needs 7 in the last over.

Dhruv Jurel c Sharma b Mohammed Shami 17 (10b 2x4 1x6); Ravichandran Ashwin c Tewatia b Mohammed Shami 10 (3b 1x4 1x6)

Rashid to bowl out. Short ball but Jurel misses out and settles for a single. Short again and Hetmyer shuffles across and drags the ball behind square for SIX. Two to finish and 13 runs come off it. RR needs 23 to win in 2 overs

Jurel gets a thick outside-edge off Ahmad past point for FOUR. Eight runs from the over and RR is still in the hunt.

Hetmyer reels in two runs off the first ball against Joseph. Full toss and Hetmyer plays it over his waist. The thick outside-edge flies over Shami at third for SIX. The umpire signals a no ball but Hardik reviews it and the decision is overturned. A single to follow. Jurel shuffles across to length and flicks it fine for FOUR. He finds a single. Length from Joseph and Hetmyer wallops it over deep mid-wicket for another SIX!

Debutant Noor Ahmad into the attack. Hetmyer flicks the first ball for a single. 29-ball 50 for Sanju Samson. Ahmad offers room and Samson clobbers it for a SIX over long-off. Ahmad slides the ball down leg and Samson flicks it past short-third for FOUR. Ahmad to Samson, OUT! Straight up and Miller completes a fine catch running in from long-off. Massive wicket for GT as Samson falls on 60 off just 32 balls.

Sanju Samson c Miller b Noor Ahmad 60 (32b 3x4 6x6)

Joseph feeds length and Hetmyer heaves across the line for SIX. A couple of singles to follow. Full toss and Hetmyer hammers it through mid-wicket for FOUR. Hetmyer and Samson reel in a quick two and 100 comes up for RR.

Rashid wafts the ball outside the off-stump and Samson pumps it over long-off for SIX. SIX more! Rashid errs by balling short and Samson pumps it over cow corner. THREE IN A ROW. Samson pummels another short ball over mid-wicket for SIX.

Hetmyer top-edges Mohit but it falls away from anybody’s reach inside the circle. Samson cuts from length for a single. Four from the over.

Parag tucks Rashid fine for a single. Rashid sends in the googly and Samson goes deep in the crease to drive through mid-on for one run. Rashid to Parag, OUT! Straight to Miller at long-off. Parag does not the desired timing and perishes. Shimron Hetmyer is in at 6. He gets a single. Short from Rashid and Samson pumps it over deep mid-wicket for a massive SIX!

Riyan Parag c Miller b Rashid Khan 5 (7b)

Mohit Sharma into the attack. He beats Riyan’s under-edge with a slower delivery. Parag drives and gets a single through cover. Mohit pins Samson to the crease with straighter deliveries to the stumps.

Rashid Khan into the attack. Samson slaps the first ball down to deep cover for one run. Rashid to Padikkal, OUT! Padikkal attempts to charge down and take on Rashid and ends up conceding a leading-edge to backward point. Riyan Parag is in at 5.

Devdutt Padikkal c Sharma b Rashid Khan 26 (25b 2x4 2x6)

Hardik bowls his fourth straight over. A couple of singles to start the over. Hardik rushes one to hit Samson’s pad. Loud shout but the umpire is unmoved. Hardik reviews straightaway. GT lose a review as the ball slides down leg. Hardik goes fuller and Samson gorgeously drives the ball through extra cover for FOUR.

Alzarri Joseph into the attack. He hits the deck hard and beats Samson’s blade. Short bal from Joseph and Samson pulls over square-leg for a massive SIX. A single follows. Joseph overpitches and Padikkal takes him down the ground for FOUR.

Hardik cramps up Padikkal from around the wicket. Hardik goes full and wide and Padikkal lifts the ball over cover for SIX!

Shami’s swing and lines are unplayable. Padikkal plays four dots on the trot. Shami strays to the pads and Padikkal nonchalantly flicks the ball over mid-wicket for a massive SIX. Shami to Padikkal, DROPPED! Thick outside-edge and Gill drops a straightforward chance and hurts himself. Gill walks off the field.

Hardik strays to the pads and Padikkal clips it over mid-wicket for FOUR. He follows up with a single. Gentle outswing and Samson has a feel for it but is beaten. Hardik goes wide of the crease and slides the ball in and Samson defends solidly, yet to get off the mark. Bouncer outside the off-stump and Samson leaves it on length. Width and Samson glides the ball behind square for FOUR.

Shami to Buttler, OUT! Shami sends the off-stump on a cartwheel. Buttler shuffles across for a ramp and Shami’s unwavering control triumphs this time. Buttler falls for a five-ball duck. Sanju Samson comes in at 3. Shami tails the ball in and Samson pushes the ball to mid-on.

Jos Buttler b Mohammed Shami 0 (5b)

Hardik Pandya into the attack. Hardik rushes the ball past Jaiswal’s outside-edge first up. Beaten again. Hardik brings the ball in sharply to beat the inner half of the blade. Hardik to Jaiswal, OUT! He finds the outside-edge this time! Slower bouncer angling across and Jaiswal guides it to first slip.

Yashasvi Jaiswal c Shubman Gill b Pandya 1 (7b)

Mohammad Shami takes the new ball. Shami gets some prodigious outswing and concedes a wide. Late swing once again as he beats Jaiswal’s outside-edge. Shami brings one back in and Jaiswal works it to mid-on. No run. Width on offer and Jaiswal slashes it to the point fielder. Quick bumper and Jaiswal pulls just past mid-on for one run. Shami swings one in sharply to hit Buttler high on the pads.

A long chat in the GT huddle as Yashasvi Jaiswal and Jos Buttler walk out for the chase.

Sandeep starts with a wide. Wide yorker from Sandeep and Miller drills it over extra cover for FOUR. Sandeep overpitches and Miller gets a thick ouside-edge past the keeper for FOUR. Sandeep to Miller, OUT! Miller does not get the power this time as slams the low full toss to deep point. Rashid Khan is in at 8. Rashid slaps the ball down the ground for a single. He attempts a second run but is run out by Sandeep. GT finish at 177/7.

David Miller c Hetmyer b Sandeep Sharma 46 (30b 3x4 2x6); Rashid Khan run out (Buttler/Sandeep Sharma) 1 (1b)

Short from Zampa and Miller pummels the ball through mid-wicket for FOUR. A single to follow. BANG! Manohar feeds on the length and muscles it over long-on for a massive SIX. Zampa to Manohar, OUT! Leading edge and straight to Padikkal at point.

Abhinav Manohar c Padikkal b Zampa 27 (13b 3x6)

Short ball from Boult and Manohar smoks the ball over long-on for SIX. Boult comes back from over the wicket and concedes a full-toss. Manohar clobbers it down the ground for another SIX.

Chahal keeps a tight line and the batters fail to find the gaps. Some excellent stops put in by Sandeep and Ashwin at short fine leg and backward point. Full and wide and Miller whacks Chahal over deep mid-wicket for SIX. Chahal is substituted and Devdutt Padikkal comes in as the IP.

Sandeep Sharma to Gill, OUT! Straight to long-off. Gill fails to break the rut and holes out to the deep. Massive moment in the game. Abhinav Manohar is in at 6.

Shubman Gill c Buttler b Sandeep Sharma 45 (34b 4x4 1x6)

Chahal hits the slot and Miller clears his front leg to pump the ball past a flying Buttler at long-on for SIX. Gill and Miller pick the gaps for ones and twos.

Ashwin is wayward with his lines but he gets away with it as Miller and Gill fail to pick the gaps.

Zampa to Miller, in the AIR and DROPPED! Zampa drops a dolly off his own bowling as Miller lobs the ball straight back. Zampa bounces back with a tight length, conceding only two in the over.

Ashwin is back. Arm ball from Ashwin and Miller gets a sharp inside-edge that pops to first-slip. Has the ball hit the ground on the way? The umpires are having a check. Not out. 100 up for GT

Chahal to Hardik, OUT! Chahal tosses one outside the off-stump and Hardik miscues a slog. High up in the air and Jaiswal takes a superb catch at the edge of the circle at mid-off. David Miller is in at 5.

Hardik Pandya c Jaiswal b Chahal 28 (19b 3x4 1x6)

Boult returns. A couple of singles. Short from Boult and Hardik pulls the ball in front of square for FOUR.

Yuzvendra Chahal into the attack. Chahal constricts Hardik and Gill with a tight line. Six runs from the over.

Ashwin sends in the carrom ball and Gill makes room to step out and loft it over extra cover for FOUR. Ashwin gets a single. Full and wide from Ashwin and Hardik gets a thick outside-edge for FOUR. Another single. In the slot and Gill wallops Ashwin over long-on for a massive SIX.

Zampa slides into the slot and Hardik pumps the ball down the ground for SIX. Similiar line and similar result as Hardik pumps the over the bowler for another FOUR.

R Ashwin replaces Sandeep. Ashwin drops short and Gill unleashes a slog-sweep for FOUR. Ashwin offers room and Gill drills the ball to long-off for another FOUR.

Adam Zampa replaces Boult. Zampa drops short and Sai pulls it across the line for two runs. Zampa build pressure with a tight line. Gill steps out to pump the ball just over Zampa and there’s a sharp, yet late throw from mid-on towards Samson who flicks the bails in a flash. There’s a review and OUT! Brilliant from Samson and Buttler as Sai falls short of the crease.

Sai Sudharsan run out (†Samson) 20 (19b 2x4)

Sandeep starts with three dots to Sai. Slower ball from around the wicket and Sai tucks it fine for a single. Excellent over from Sandeep, just the three singles from it.

Boult starts another over with a wide. Boult overpitches and Sai drives it past mid-on for FOUR. The batters then reel in three runs. Boult offers room and Gill crunches the ball through extra cover for FOUR.

Sandeep Sharma into the attack. Width from Sandeep and Sai slams it through cover point for FOUR.

Trent Boult takes the new ball. He starts with a wide to Saha and beats him with an outswinger. Inswinging full-toss and Saha flicks it for FOUR. Boult to Saha, OUT! In the most spectacular fashion! Saha skies the ball off a leading-edge. Samson, Jurel and Hetmyer converge mid-pitch and Samson leaps over his mates as they collide. The ball pops off his grip and Boult places himself at the perfect spot to latch onto a simple catch. Never seen anything like it! Sai Sudharsan is in at 3.

Wriddhiman Saha c & b Boult 4 (3b 1x4)

Shubman Gill and Wriddhiman Saha walk out for GT as Samson’s men take the field.

Gujarat Titans 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 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

TOSS: Rajasthan Royals wins toss, opts to bowl

Sanju Samson: We are looking to bowl. Boult is coming in place of Jason Holder. Padikkal is playing if he gets to bat, I am not sure. We’ll keep learning about it (impact sub). I’d like to score some runs today.

Hardik Pandya: It has been a belter so far. It’s a good toss to lose, don’t mind bating or bowling first. For us, it’s important how we use it (impact player). We’ll use it only when required. Forced change, Vijay Shankar isn’t playing. Abhinav comes in for him. It’s my home state, lot of love, everyone comes here and supports us, exciting.

Wicketkeeper: Jos Buttler (c), Wriddhiman Saha

Batters: Shubman Gill, Shimron Hetmyer, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sai Sudharsan

All-rounders: Ravichandran Ashwin

Bowlers: Rashid Khan (vc), Yuzvendra Chahal, Trent Boult, Mohammad Shami

Team Composition: GT 5:6 RR Credits Left: 7

RR Predicted XI (Batting first): Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson (c) (wk), Devdutt Padikkal, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Jason Holder, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Yuzvendra Chahal, Sandeep Sharma.

RR Predicted XI (Bowling first): Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson (c) (wk), Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Jason Holder, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Yuzvendra Chahal, Sandeep Sharma, Murugan Ashwin.

RR Impact Player options: Devdutt Padikkal, Murugan Ashwin, KC Cariappa, Riyan Parag, KM Asif.

GT predicted XI (batting first): Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Shubman Gill, Sai Sudharsan, Hardik Pandya (c), Vijay Shankar, David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Alzarri Joseph, Mohammad Shami, Josh Little.

GT predicted XI (bowling first): Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Shubman Gill, Hardik Pandya (c), Vijay Shankar, David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Alzarri Joseph, Josh Little, Mohammad Shami, Mohit Sharma.

GT Impact Player options: Josh Little, R. Sai Kishore, Mohit Sharma, KS Bharat, Jayant Yadav.

Hardik Pandya (GT) - 5 wickets in 3 matches

Yash Dayal (GT) - 5 wickets in 3 matches

Lockie Ferguson - 3 wickets in 2 matches.

Jos Buttler (RR) - 182 runs in 3 matches

Hardik Pandya (GT) - 167 runs in 3 matches

David Miller (GT) - 131 runs in e matches

• Played: 3
• GT: 3
• RR: 0
• Last Result: Gujarat Titans won by 7 wickets (Mumbai, 2022)

Ravichandran Ashwin put up a stellar all-round performance in Chennai earlier this week against his former franchise, CSK. Here’s what the Indian spin stalwart had to say after the game.

It is a repeat of last year’s Indian Premier League (IPL) final.

It’s the return of Rajasthan Royals to a city that has been its makeshift home earlier. And it’s Rahul Tewatia’s, the Gujarat Titans’ ace finisher’s, face-off against his former team.

No wonder then that Sunday night’s clash between Gujarat Titans and the Royals will be a high-voltage affair.

Before playing the last two games of IPL 2022 here, the Royals had used the Motera stadium - before its renovation and rechristening - as one of its home grounds in 2010, 2014 and 2015. As a result, it will be a sort of homecoming for the boys in pink.

As a result, despite the last year’s three encounters - including both the Qualifiers - going in the Titans’ favour, both camps shared positive vibes while training simultaneously at the Narendra Modi Stadium on Saturday evening.

Despite being involved in a jovial mood, the Royals will be desperate to avenge the loss in the final - at the same venue - last year and record its first win against Hardik Pandya and Co.

The onus will be on the top-order, with in-form batters Jos Buttler and Yashasvi Jaiswal to set the foundation.

The home crowd, however, will be gunning for Tewatia - who, earlier in the week showcased his finishing abilities - to mete out the same treatment to his former team, where he actually emerged as a reliable finisher during IPL 2020.

- Amol Karhadkar

Rajasthan Royals Squad: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson(w/c), Devdutt Padikkal, Shimron Hetmyer, Dhruv Jurel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Jason Holder, Kuldeep Sen, Sandeep Sharma, Yuzvendra Chahal, Riyan Parag, Donavon Ferreira, KM Asif, Adam Zampa, Joe Root, Trent Boult, Murugan Ashwin, Navdeep Saini, Akash Vasisht, KC Cariappa, Obed McCoy, Kuldip Yadav, Abdul Basith, Kunal Singh Rathore

Gujarat Titans Squad: Wriddhiman Saha(w), Shubman Gill, Sai Sudharsan, Hardik Pandya(c), David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Alzarri Joseph, Mohammed Shami, Mohit Sharma, Joshua Little, Vijay Shankar, Shivam Mavi, Jayant Yadav, Abhinav Manohar, Srikar Bharat, Pradeep Sangwan, Matthew Wade, Dasun Shanaka, Odean Smith, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Yash Dayal, Darshan Nalkande, Urvil Patel, Noor Ahmad

When will GT vs RR IPL 2023 be played?

The IPL 2023 match between Gujarat Titans and Rajasthan Royals will be held on April 16, Sunday.

Where will GT vs RR IPL 2023 be played?

The IPL 2023 match between Gujarat Titans and Rajasthan Royals will be played at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.

What time will GT vs RR IPL 2023 start?

The IPL 2023 match between Gujarat Titans and Rajasthan Royals will begin at 7:30 PM IST.

Which TV channels will broadcast GT vs RR IPL 2023 match?

The match between Gujarat Titans and Rajasthan Royals will be televised on the Star Sports Network in India.

Where is the GT vs RR IPL 2023 live streaming available?

The IPL 2023 match Gujarat Titans and Rajasthan Royals match will be streamed live on the Jio Cinema app