New Delhi, The match between Gujarat Titans and Sunrisers Hyderabad on Wednesday in the 14th season of IPL T20 cricket tournament was heartbreaking till the last ball. However, the Gujarat Titans once again recorded a resounding victory in this match in which Rashid Khan and Rahul Tevatia were the heroes of the victory.
Gujarat Titans defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad by five wickets on the final ball of the match. After being invited to bat first in the match, Sunrisers Hyderabad scored 16 for six in the allotted 20 overs.
In reply, Gujarat won the match by five wickets in 20 overs with the help of opener Riddhiman Sahani’s aggressive 3-run innings and Rahul Tevatia and Rashid Khan’s tumultuous batting. With this victory, Gujarat team has reached the first place in the points table.
Gujarat has won seven out of eight matches and has 14 points. Fast bowler Umran Malik’s five wickets and Abhishek Sharma and Aiden Markran’s half-century were lost after Hyderabad lost. Gujarat Titans needed 4 runs in the final over to win.
Rahul Tevatia and Rashid Khan were in the batting. Rahul Tevatia hit a six off the first ball of the final over to Marco Jensen. He took a run on the second ball. Now Rashid Khan came on strike and he hit a six off the third ball off the boundary. Thus now Gujarat needed nine runs in three balls. The fourth ball was empty.
Now the team needed nine runs off two balls. Rashid Khan hit two sixes in the final two balls to give Gujarat a resounding victory. Rahul Tewatia hit an unbeaten 50 off 41 balls with the help of four fours and two sixes.
Rashid Khan was unbeaten on 41 off 11 balls with the help of four sixes. Gujarat got off to a great start as they reached the target of 18 runs. Riddhiman Saha and Shubhaman Gill’s Jade gave the team a strong start.
The JD had a partnership of 8 runs in 4.5 overs. Gill was dismissed for 3 off 4 balls. While Riddhiman Saha immediately continued batting.
The team played a key role in the team’s victory. He hit 4 off 11 balls with 11 fours and a six. Skipper Hardik Pandya was dismissed for 10 while David Miller contributed 18 runs. The rest of the work was done by Rashid Khan and Rahul Tewatia