In the 9th match of IPL 2026, Rajasthan Royals defeated Gujarat Titans by 6 runs in a thrilling match. In this match played at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, Rajasthan, batting first, scored 210 runs for 6 wickets in 20 overs. Gujarat Titans got the target of 211 runs to win, but the team could score only 204 runs for 8 wickets in 20 overs.

Rajasthan's stormy batting

In this match, Rajasthan won the toss and batted first and scored 210 runs in 20 overs, in which Dhruv Jurel's innings of 75 runs had an important contribution. He scored these runs on 42 balls, which included 5 fours and 5 sixes. At the same time, Yashasvi Jaiswal gave a good start to the team by scoring 55 runs. Vaibhav Suryavanshi also scored 31 runs. At the same time, Donovan Ferreira took the team to this score by scoring 18 runs.

Gujarat Titans fought till the last over

In reply, Gujarat Titans had a good start. Sai Sudarshan made a quick partnership of 78 runs for the first wicket with young batsman Kumar Kushagra. But the team lost wickets continuously in the middle overs. Sai Sudarshan scored 73 runs in just 44 balls. Kumar Kushagra scored 18 runs and Jos Buttler scored 26 runs. But the rest of the batting could not do anything special. After this, in the end Kagiso Rabada and Rashid Khan made a comeback for the team and took the score to 196 runs in 18 overs.

The most exciting turn of the match came in the last two overs, when Gujarat Titans were on the verge of victory. After 18 overs, Gujarat's score was in a very strong position, but Rajasthan Royals bowlers demonstrated excellent clutch bowling. Gujarat needed 15 runs in the last two overs. But Archer gave only 4 runs in the 19th over. After this, in the last over, Tushar Deshpande gave only 4 runs while defending 11 runs and won the match by 6 wickets.