Rashid Khan laid the destruction work with the ball, while Shubman Gill set things up brilliantly with the bat as the Gujarat Titans handed the Rajasthan Royals a drubbing in their 11th match of the Indian Premier League 2026 on Saturday, May 9. After being sent in to bat first, GT made a strong 229/4 riding on an 84 from captain Gill. The bowlers backed well to bowl the Royals out for just 152 to bag a 77-run win at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur.
Rashid starred with the ball as he picked up four wickets with his wily bowling. He outclassed the likes of Dhruv Jurel, Ravindra Jadeja, Donovan Ferreira and Shubham Dubey to turn the tables on its heads. He took two in an over, first getting a well-set Jurel for 24 with a googly before dismissing the in-form Ferreira for four with a leg-break. The spell probably killed the chase as RR were already in trouble, being 78/3 in the powerplay.
Sooryavanshi takes RR off to flier; Rabada, Siraj peg them
The hard-hitting RR opener Vaibhav Sooryavanshi took the Royals off to a flier, having smashed 36 runs from 16 balls. But Mohammed Siraj and Kagiso Rabada pegged them back. Siraj laid a short-ball trap for Sooryavanshi, top-edging him to be caught at fine leg before Rabada continued his impressive work. He removed stand-in captain Yashasvi Jaiswal caught at covers before removing promoted Shimron Hetmyer at mid-on to put RR in trouble, before Rashid came to the party.
Rashid, Holder close it out
While Rashid struck twice in the seventh over, he returned to haunt the GT batters again. He made mess of Dubey's stumps in the 12th over before plumbing Jadeja in the 14th. Holder also carried his impressive run, as he nicked behind Jofra Archer in the 15th over before taking the final two wickets of Dasun Shanaka and Tushar Deshpande to win the game by 77 runs.
Gill, Sudharsan lead GT to 229
Led by skipper Shubman Gill’s blazing 84 and a classy 55 from Sai Sudharsan, Gujarat Titans posted an imposing 229/4 against Rajasthan Royals in their Indian Premier League clash on Saturday. Gill hammered nine fours and three sixes during his 44-ball knock, while Sudharsan struck six boundaries and two maximums in his 36-ball innings. The duo stitched together a commanding 118-run opening partnership after GT were put in to bat.
In the closing stages, Washington Sundar added valuable runs with an unbeaten 37 off 20 deliveries. For RR, right-arm pacer Brijesh Sharma was the standout bowler with figures of 2/47, while Yash Raj Punja and Ravindra Jadeja claimed a wicket each.
GT rise to second in table
Meanwhile, with this win, GT have shot up to the second spot in the IPL 2026 points table from the fifth place. The Titans have 12 points from 11 matches and with three games to go, they will fancy their chances of a top four finish. RR, who were placed fourth, dropped to fifth.
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