IPL 2026: An exciting match between Rajasthan Royals and Gujarat Titans, RR won by 6 runs in the last over.

Samira Vishwas

Tezzbuzz|08-04-2026

The ninth match of IPL 2026 was played on Saturday (April 4) between Gujarat Titans and Rajasthan Royals at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. In this match, Rajasthan Royals, who came to bat first after winning the toss, got a great start from Yashasvi Jaiswal and Vaibhav Suryavanshi. Both added 70 runs in 38 balls for the first wicket.

Vaibhav Suryavanshi scored 31 runs in 18 balls, while Yashasvi Jaiswal played an excellent inning of 55 runs in 36 balls with the help of 6 fours and 3 sixes.

After this, Dhruv Jurel took the responsibility of the innings and batted brilliantly and scored 75 runs in 42 balls with the help of 5 fours and 5 sixes. The result of which was that the team made a big score of 210 runs.

Kagiso Rabada took 2 wickets in bowling for Gujarat Titans.

Apart from them, Rashid Khan, Mohammad Siraj, Ashok Sharma and Prasidh Krishna also got 1 success each.

Gujarat Titans, who set out to chase the target of 211 runs, also had a good start. Sai Sudarshan and Kumar Kushagra (18 runs) made a partnership of 78 runs for the first wicket. Sudarshan scored 73 runs in 44 balls, which included 9 fours and 3 sixes.

However, the team faltered in the middle order. Jos Buttler (26), Glenn Phillips (3), Washington Sundar (4), Rahul Tewatia (12) and Shahrukh Khan could not play big innings, due to which the pressure increased.

In the last overs, Rashid Khan (24) and Kagiso Rabada (23*) made the match exciting by making a partnership of 43 runs for the eighth wicket.

In the last over, the team needed 11 runs to win, but Tushar Deshpande turned the match by taking the important wicket of Rashid Khan and gave Rajasthan victory by 6 runs.

Ravi Bishnoi performed brilliantly in bowling for Rajasthan Royals and took 4 wickets. Captain Riyan Parag, Tushar Deshpande and Nandre Berger also got 1 success each.

With this win, Rajasthan Royals registered their second consecutive win and reached the top of the points table with 4 points, while Gujarat Titans suffered their second consecutive defeat.