Gujarat Titans defeated Rajasthan Royals by nine wickets in match 48 of the IPL 2023.
The forty eighth recreation of the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 featured a conflict between the Sanju Samson-led Rajasthan Royals and the defending champions Gujarat Titans at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium on Friday, May 5.
In the first innings, the bowling assault of Gujarat dismantled the batting line-up of the hosts. Rajasthan have been bundled out for a meagre 118 runs due to awesome spells by using Rashid Khan and Noor Ahmad. During the run chase, Gujarat dominated their opposition as tremendous knocks through Wriddiman Saha, Shubman Gill, and skipper Hardik Pandya led the aspect to a win with the aid of 9 wickets.
Following the side’s humiliating loss, former India cricketer Aakash Chopra got here ahead to provide his take on the match. He even opined that it was once an extraordinarily boring in shape and that Rajasthan had been demolished by way of the defending champions.
“It was once an extraordinarily boring kind of match. Couldn’t apprehend what Rajasthan did. Rajasthan have been demolished. They opted to bat after prevailing the toss, however did they bat? Rajasthan managed solely 118 runs. The batting was once extraordinarily ordinary. Sanju (Samson) made a few runs, however the in shape used to be going simply one-sided. When they got here to bowl, they did not pick out up a single wicket in the first six overs,” Aakash Chopra stated in a video on his YouTube channel.
This suit used to be completely past my understanding: Chopra
Furthermore, Aakash Chopra puzzled why Sanju Samson did no longer carry on the spinners in the powerplay when it used to be the spin bowling that dismantled their batting line-up in the first innings. He even went on to say that the recreation was once definitely past his understanding.
Yuzvendra Chahal was once the solely wicket-taker for Rajasthan in the course of the run chase, he disregarded the in-form Shubman Gill, however, to no avail, as skipper Hardik Pandya’s explosive knock after the fall of the first wicket propelled Gujarat to a resounding win.
“Spin destroyed you, but you did not bowl a single over of spin in the first six overs. You bought Ravichandran Ashwin in the twelfth or thirteenth over. What do you do? This in shape was once completely past my understanding,” Chopra said.
