Gujarat Titans took on Rajasthan Royals at the DY Patil Stadium tonight in a thrilling encounter and ended up registering a sensational victory over the Royals. The match between Gujarat and Rajasthan was expected to be one of the most crucial encounters in IPL 2022 because these two were simply two of the best teams in IPL 2022 and it has now been concluded and we know for sure as to which of these two teams has an upper hand over the other and it is Gujarat Titans as of now.
Rajasthan Royals won the toss and opted to bowl first. At this point it is only expected and we can’t recall a time when we saw a captain who opted to bat first after winning the toss and chosing bowling has become a common practice in IPL 2022.
Gujarat Titans set a huge target of 193 in the first innings after a tremendous performance and captain Hardik Pandya has had a lot of credit in that. Coming in to chase, Jos Buttler gave Royals a great start but other than him, no other RR batsman was able to last long against the brilliant bowling attack of Gujarat Titans.
Jos Buttler too had to depart after scoring 54 odd 24 after a sensational Yorker by Lockie Ferguson who uprooted Buttler’s middle stump.
Lockie Ferguson was simply on fire tonight and he picked up 3 important wickets against Rajasthan Royals.
Video: Lockie Ferguson cleans up Jos Buttler with a Perfect Yorker
