Gujarat Titans vs Rajasthan Royals, 9th Match, Indian Premier League 2026 - Player Highlights

Ravi Bishnoi to Sai Sudharsan, out Caught by Tushar Deshpande!! Bishnoi strikes in his first over! He was held back but does not take long to pick his first wicket. It is a big one as the well-set Sudharsan walks back. Googly once again, short and spinning away, Sudharsan rocks back to play the pull but the away spin induces the top-edge, the ball goes straight up and Deshpande comes in from long leg, takes it with both hands. He suggests that he lost it for a while behind the lights, but still managed to hang on. An excellent knock comes to an end. Sai Sudharsan c Tushar Deshpande b Ravi Bishnoi 73(44) [4s-9 6s-3]

Ravi Bishnoi to Sai Sudharsan, no run, wrong 'un around off, Sudharsan hangs back and knocks it to cover

Ravi Bishnoi to Sai Sudharsan, no ball, 1 run, 91.1ks googly on the shorter side, Sudharsan pulls to deep mid-wicket. Bishnoi has overstepped. Free-hit coming up..

Nandre Burger to Sai Sudharsan, FOUR, cheeky! Short ball at the head but he doesn't bother about it. Moves out of the way and guides it straight over Dhruv Jurel to leave no chance for him and any fielder. 11-run over keeps GT well within touch of that asking rate

Nandre Burger to Sai Sudharsan, 1 run, shortish slower delivery wide of off stump, Sai mistimes the slap. Man at mid-off dives to the right and cuts it off

Ravindra Jadeja to Sai Sudharsan, no run, flatter delivery outside off stump, Sai guides it to backward point

Ravindra Jadeja to Sai Sudharsan, SIX, slog sweep! Full and turning back in, Sai gets down on one knee and muscles it high and handsome over deep mid-wicket

Ravindra Jadeja to Sai Sudharsan, 2 runs, short delivery on the stumps, Sai rocks back and pulls straight to long-on

Ravindra Jadeja to Sai Sudharsan, FOUR, short and outside off stump, Sai rocks back and cuts past point. Races away to the fence

Ravindra Jadeja to Sai Sudharsan, 1 run, worked away to mid-wicket

Riyan Parag to Sai Sudharsan, 1 run, dragged to mid-wicket

Riyan Parag to Sai Sudharsan, SIX, full toss and belted over mid-wicket. Gill or no Gill, nothing deters Sai. You can't shake his focus. Never felt the pressure of a senior batter's absence and even took pressure of the youngster as well. Every time this guy plays here he literally betters his venue average. This is Sai's 7th T20 fifty in Ahmedabad and his 13th IPL fifty overall. Great applause from the crowd and his teammates

Riyan Parag to Sai Sudharsan, no run, plays the sweep early and gets hit on the pad. Maybe an inside edge

Riyan Parag to Sai Sudharsan, no run, flatter delivery, Sai looks to defend, gets an inside edge that rolls to the on-side

Riyan Parag to Sai Sudharsan, FOUR, Sai welcomes the skipper with a crunchy cover drive! Too full and right in the slot, waits and nails it hard through wide long-off and the fielder in the deep had no chance

Ravindra Jadeja to Sai Sudharsan, 1 run, to deep mid-wicket, clipped through square leg and these two just breezed through that over

Ravindra Jadeja to Sai Sudharsan, 1 run, short delivery on the stumps, Sai rocks back and nails the pull, picks out deep mid-wicket

Ravindra Jadeja to Sai Sudharsan, 2 runs, shortish delivery on the stumps, Sai pulls and sends it to wide long-on

Ravindra Jadeja to Sai Sudharsan, 2 runs, now he waits and tucks this flatter delivery through square leg for two

Ravindra Jadeja to Sai Sudharsan, FOUR, deft touch! Flatter delivery outside off stump, Sai lets the ball come and guides it past DJ and gets an easy boundary

Sandeep Sharma to Sai Sudharsan, 1 run, good length delivery on the stumps, Sai flicks to deep square leg

Sandeep Sharma to Sai Sudharsan, FOUR, RR have already switched to death bowling. They are trying yorkers and this time Sandeep Sharma bowls a low full toss. Sai easily flicks through mid-wicket and gets four more. Fifty-run stand for GT despite Gill not being available

Sandeep Sharma to Sai Sudharsan, 2 runs, low full toss, sliced it hard. Man at cover-point gets a hand on it and slows it down. Hunted down in the deep

Tushar Deshpande to Sai Sudharsan, 1 run, low full toss and Sai should have placed it better. Whipped past square leg and they have a man at the fence

Tushar Deshpande to Sai Sudharsan, no run, 118.4kph slower ball almost knocks over Sai. Short of a length delivery, Sai looked to slog and played early, luckily the ball bounced over the stumps

Tushar Deshpande to Sai Sudharsan, no run, absolutely nails this off-side yorker and beats Sai, who was late to bring the bat down for a squeeze

Tushar Deshpande to Sai Sudharsan, no run, oh didn't know where the ball went. Short of a length delivery on the leg stump, Sai missed the pull, ball hit the thigh pad and lobbed past the stumps. Sai thought he could have a run

Tushar Deshpande to Sai Sudharsan, no run, beaten! Short of a length delivery angling away, Sai looks to slash and misses

Tushar Deshpande to Sai Sudharsan, FOUR, straightaway goes for the wide yorker and you can't really blame this on the bowler. Sai dug this out into the pitch and got it to bounce. Burger reacted late and let this go right through his fingers. He seems to have hurt the fingertips with that. Grimaces in pain

Sandeep Sharma to Sai Sudharsan, 1 run, full delivery on the stumps, Sai drives to long-on

Sandeep Sharma to Sai Sudharsan, no run, short of length delivery angling in, Sai waits and flicks to mid-wicket

Sandeep Sharma to Sai Sudharsan, no run, full delivery outside off stump, Sai pushes it towards cover

Jofra Archer to Sai Sudharsan, FOUR, Sai gets under this short of length delivery and cuts it aerial over point. Timing so right and it raced past the infield and into the fence. Archer livid with himself

Jofra Archer to Sai Sudharsan, 1 run, short of length delivery on the stumps, Sai knocks it to mid-on

Jofra Archer to Sai Sudharsan, no run, good length delivery on the stumps, Sai defends to the on-side

Nandre Burger to Sai Sudharsan, 1 run, driven off the outside half of the bat to third man

Nandre Burger to Sai Sudharsan, no run, full and outside off stump, Sai leans forward and drives to cover

Nandre Burger to Sai Sudharsan, FOUR, edged and flies past slip! Short of a length delivery angling away, ball nips away off the pitch, Sai closed the bat face early to play slightly leg-side. Got away with the thick edge

Nandre Burger to Sai Sudharsan, wide, that's a wide way outside off stump and DJ had to throw himself a long way to the right to collect that ball. Jaiswal gives him a pat on the head for that gather

Jofra Archer to Sai Sudharsan, FOUR, crunchy cover drive! Full and outside off stump, Sai leans forward and plays a good cover drive. Man at short cover dived to the right but couldn't stop the ball

Jofra Archer to Sai Sudharsan, no run, short of length delivery angling away, Sai looks to cut late but the ball escapes the outside edge

Jofra Archer to Sai Sudharsan, no run, fullish and outside off stump, Sai drives and finds the man at mid-off

Jofra Archer to Sai Sudharsan, no run,blocked

Jofra Archer to Sai Sudharsan, SIX, in the airrrr, just over the leaping Tushar Deshpande. Short ball angling away outside off stump, Sai guides it to third man. For a moment he had his heart in the mouth as the fielder was in business. Luckily Archer's extra pace too it over the ropes

Jofra Archer to Sai Sudharsan, no run,short of length delivery, defended

Jofra Archer to Sai Sudharsan, 5 wides, that will help! Full and swinging down leg. Would have been a fine ball to a RHB and the keeper had no chance. Freebies to start the innings