Snatching victory from the jaws of defeat, Titans handed Royals their first defeat of the season, ending their four-match successful streak.
Chasing a steep 197 for victory and seeking to keep away from a 3rd straight defeat, Titans stored dropping common wickets till Tewatia and Rashid’s late heroics made a late twist within the plot.
Sanju Samson (68 not out off 38) and Riyan Parag (76 off 48) continued their pink scorching type within the competitors with disdainful half-centuries as Rajasthan Roylals reached 196 for 3 after being put in to bat.
Shubman Gill (72 off 44) fought a lonely battle for the most important a part of Titans’ innings earlier than Rahul Tewatia (22 off 11) and Rashid Khan pulled the rabbit out of the hat in a last-ball end.
As It Occurred
Titans wanted as a lot as 73 runs off the final 30 balls however managed to deliver the equation down to fifteen off the final six.
Avesh Khan, who has proved his price within the loss of life overs, was once more tasked with bowling the twentieth over. Ultimately, it got here down to 2 off one ball and Rashid’s rasping reduce for 4 sealed the deal for Titans.
Taking part in his first sport of the season, Royals pacer Kuldeep Sen struck thrice in a searing spell earlier than crumbling below stress within the loss of life overs.
Opener Sai Sudharsan (35 off 29) was enjoying effectively till he bought trapped lbw whereas going for a lap shot.
Matthew Wade was Sen’s second sufferer as he performed a large ball on to his stumps. Abhinav Manohar misinterpret the road and was additionally overwhelmed for tempo, changing into Sen’s third scalp.
The choice to provide R Ashwin the seventeenth over proved costly because the veteran spinner conceded 17 runs, bringing the equation down a gettable 42 off 18 balls. 15 had been wanted off the ultimate over and an over price penalty compelled Royals to maintain one further fielder contained in the circle.
Earlier, Titans had all of it below management within the powerplay earlier than skipper Samson and Parag mixed to grab the momentum from the guests. Royals smashed as many as 123 runs within the final 10 overs.
Parag, who has taken his sport to the subsequent degree and is prospering in his new batting place of quantity 4, was at his disdainful finest on approach to his third half-century in 5 innings.
He shared a 130-run stand off 78 balls with Samson, who has additionally been in elegant contact because the begin of the match.
Wade dropping Parag on 0 and 6 off star spinner Rashid additionally price Titans dearly because the in-form batter discovered the massive hits at will afterwards.
The 22-year-old hammered 5 sixes with three of them coming towards left-arm spinner Noor Ahmed by way of the sweep shot.
Parag introduced up his fifty with a flat six over long-on off pacer Mohit Sharma.
Samson, alternatively, began with back-to-back fours off Umesh Yadav earlier than taking a backseat to look at Parag go about his enterprise.
Apart from catching, GT’s floor fielding was equally poor.
Samson reached his third half-century with a straight boundary off a Mohit full toss that ought to have been caught by Tewatia at long-on.
Pissed off on the flip of occasions, Titans captain Gill couldn’t maintain again his feelings over a large name that ultimately stayed extensive.
Within the penultimate over, Parag pulled a bouncer off Mohit over mid-wicket for an additional most.
Early on in Royals innings, Yashasvi Jaiswal (24 off 19) performed some beautiful strokes on the off-side earlier than falling to a pre-meditated scoop off Umesh.
His opening accomplice Jos Buttler went for an expansive drive off Rashid within the sixth over however ended up getting caught at first slip.
(With inputs from PTI)
