In the 23rd match of IPL 2025, Gujarat Titans extended their winning streak by defeating Rajasthan Royals by 58 runs. The match was played at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, where Rajasthan captain Sanju Samson won the toss and decided to bowl first.
Strong batting of Gujarat – Batting first, Gujarat scored 217 runs for 6 wickets in 20 overs. In this innings, Sai Sudarshan played a brilliant innings of 82 runs, which proved to be important despite him missing a century. Gujarat gave Rajasthan a target of 218 runs to win.In Rajasthan’s bowling, Tushar Deshpande and Teeksha took 2-2 wickets, while Jofra Archer and Sandeep Sharma took one wicket each.
Rajasthan’s batting decline – Chasing the target, Rajasthan team could score only 159 runs in 19.2 overs. The team lost two wickets early, in which opener Yashasvi Jaiswal was dismissed for 2 runs and Nitish Rana for 1 run. Sanju Samson played an innings of 41 runs, but his efforts failed. Hetmyer scored 52 runs, scoring a half-century in 29 balls, but this was also not enough to give the team victory.
Gujarat’s bowling performance – For Gujarat, Prasidh Krishna took the maximum 3 wickets, while Rashid Khan and Sai Kishore took 2-2 wickets. Apart from this, Siraj, Arshad Khan, and Kulwant Khajroliya took one wicket each. Gujarat team has won 4 out of 5 matches played so far, taking their points to 8 and they have reached the first position in the points table. At the same time, this was Rajasthan’s third defeat, due to which they are in 7th place with 6 points.
