Captain stroked a couple of sublime shots towards the leg side off Yudhvir Singh’s bowling during the ongoing game between Rajasthan Royals and Gujarat Titans at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur on Monday, April 27. Earlier in the evening, RR had won the toss and opted to field first, andd felt an instant regret as Gill alongside Sai Sudharsan stitched an exemplary partnership for the first wicket.
The third delivery of the 14th over was whipped in authoritative fashion by Gill. The ball was too straight and full for the skipper to miss out. The over concluded with a pull over the deep square leg fence off a short-of-a-length slower delivery by the 27-year-old Jammu-based bowler.
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18Gill was all set to get to his first ton of the season. However, were successful in denying the milestone for Gill on the fourth ball of the 17th over of the first innings. A full-toss by Maheesh Theekshana was hit straight to Riyan Parag on the long-off fence. The ace top-order batter was dismissed for a classic 84 off 50 balls.
GT ended up on 209/4. Ex-RR player, Jos Buttler, ended up unbeaten on 50 off 26 balls. His blistering knock comprised three fours and four sixes. As far as the hosts are concerned, Sandeep Sharma was the most economical of the lot. The medium pacer conceded only 33 runs in his four-over quota. Jofra Archer and Yudhvir conceded 49 and 38 runs in four and three overs, respectively.
Jos Buttler’s fifty in Jaipur deepens RR’s regrets
If the Gill’s bowling unit manages to defend the 210-run target, it would mean that they would win their seventh game of . As for RR, they have been able to win only two matches out of nine up until now. Ahead of this game, RR occupied the ninth position on the points table, while GT were placed second from top.
