RR vs GT: The Afghani spin magic & Hardik's power-hitting inning helped Gujarat Titans thrash Rajasthan Royals by 9 wickets

Gujarat Titans almost secured their playoff position after defeating Rajasthan Royals in the RR vs GT clash by 9 wickets at Jaipur.

Abishek Goswami

May 5, 2023, 3:39 PM

RR vs GT: The Afghani spin magic & Hardik's power-hitting inning helped Gujarat Titans thrash Rajasthan Royals by 9 wickets

Gujarat Titans defeated Rajasthan Royals by nine wickets in Match 48 of IPL 2023, at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur on Friday. Chasing a target of only 119 runs, GT raced to 119/1 in 13.5 overs, with Wriddhiman Saha smacking an unbeaten knock of 41 runs off 34 balls and Hardik Pandya playing a quickfire unbeaten knock of 39 off 15 deliveries. RR were bowled out for 118 in 17.5 overs, with only Sanju Samson managing to make an impact. Meanwhile, Rashid Khan was in hot form and took three wickets for GT, and Noor Ahmad scalped two dismissals. Read the Match Report of the RR vs GT clash and share your thoughts in the comments.

Sanju Samson and Hardik Pandya during the toss | Sportz Point
Sanju Samson and Hardik Pandya during the toss
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RR vs GT: IPL 2023 Match Report

Rajasthan Royals won the toss & decided to bat first. Their decision went wrong big time as Gujarat's bowling department dominated and destroyed Royal's batting lineup completely. Hardik Pandya came up with an early wicket of Jos Buttler in the second over. Sanju Samson showed intent right from the start and tried to build a partnership and for 4 overs it was stable. Samson smashed a couple of boundaries while Jaiswal joined him with a maximum as well. They were looking good before Mohit Sharma provided a wicket by dismissing Jaiswal by run out. Joshua Little then scalped the huge wicket of Samson for 30 runs as Rajasthan lost their 3 top order batters just for 60 runs on the board.

RR vs GT: Jos Buttler walks back after another low score | Sportz Point
Jos Buttler walks back after another low score
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Rashid Khan dismissed Ashwin in the next over. He just didn't stop there and went on and dismissed Riyan Parag in the 10th over as well. Every source of scoring runs got shattered down by the bowling department of the Gujarat Titans. Padikkal went back to the dugout after scoring 12 runs while Jurel & Hetmyer also failed to contribute much.

Trent Boult swung his bat a couple of times before losing his wicket for 15 runs. Rajasthan were only able to put up 118 on the board before losing all of their wickets. Rashid Khan was the bowler with 3 crucial wickets while Shami, Pandya, and Little got away with one wicket each. Noor Ahmed got himself 2 wickets which were enough to dismantle Rajasthan's batting lineup completely.

RR vs GT: Jos Buttler walks back after another low score | Sportz Point
Jos Buttler walks back after another low score
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RR vs GT: IPL 2023 Match Report

Gujarat got off to a blistering start. After a long time, Wriddhiman Saha found a good start alongside Shubman Gill who controlled the chase right from the start. A slow but stable start gave the platform for the openers to open their hands at the right time. Shubman Gill started with a couple of boundaries while Saha played some classic cricketing shots to lead the chase. Gujarat put up 61 runs without losing a single wicket up to 8 overs.

RR vs GT: Shubman Gill was the Impact Player for Titans and started fluently | Sportz Point
Shubman Gill was the Impact Player for the Titans and started fluently
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Chahal drew the first and last blood as he dismissed Shubman Gill which was the first and last wicket that fell for Gujarat. Hardik Pandya took responsibility to chase down the total as soon as possible. Hardik clubbed for a six in Adam Zampa's over. Then he whacked him to deep extra cover for a four, followed by a six over the bowler's head again. Then he clattered a length delivery back down the pitch for another six.

Gujarat Titans completed the chase under the 14th over and won the match by 9 wickets. GG held their ground strong in the top position with 14 points.

Wriddhiman Saha finally found some form | Sportz Point
Wriddhiman Saha finally found some form
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"Steve Bucknor debuted for Australia in that match:" Harbhajan Singh takes a dig take at Aussies remembering the 2007/08 series

Harbhajan Singh, the former Indian spinner took a dig at the Australian cricket team remembering the horrific umpiring during the 2007/08 Border-Gavaskar Trophy.

Koushik Biswas

Dec 7, 2024, 3:50 PM

"Steve Buckner debuted for Australia in that match:" Harbhajan Singh takes a dig take at Aussies remembering the 2007/08 series - sportzpoint.com

Harbhajan Singh, the former Indian spinner took a dig at the Australian cricket team remembering the horrific umpiring during the 2007/08 Border-Gavaskar Trophy. During the Hindi commentary stint on Day 2 of the Pink Ball test at Adelaide, Harbhajan Singh did not waste the opportunity to criticise the umpiring Indian cricket faced in Down Under during that series.

Australia won the 2007/08 Border-Gavaskar Series by 2-1 in the four-test match series. However, the umpiring of Steve Bucknor and Mark Benson was highlighted throughout the series, especially during the Sydney test. 

The Aussies outplayed India in the first test at Melbourne where Matthew Hayden scored a sublime ton in the first inning. They won the test match by 337 runs to go 1-0 up in the series. 

But, the Indian team bounced back with a solid in the second test in Sydney. However, despite a brilliant show by the Indian batters and bowlers, India lost by 122 runs, especially due to dreadful umpiring by Steve Bucknor and Mark Benson. 

"Steve Buckner debuted for Australia in that match:" Harbhajan Singh takes a dig take at Aussies remembering the 2007/08 series - sportzpoint.com
Ricky Ponting suggesting the upmires that the catch taken by Micheal Clark was clean. 

First, Ricky Ponting had nicked off a delivery down the leg side and despite a big sound, Benson did not give him out. Later, Sourav Ganguly's edge was not taken cleanly and umpire Mark Benson gave that out despite the replay showing the opposite. 

Andrew Symonds, who was the player of the match in the second test, was clearly caught behind by MS Dhoni off Ishant Sharma's bowling but was not given out.  MS Dhoni stumped out Symonds from Anil Kumble's bowling, but Steve Bucknor did not even bother to check the stumping with the third umpire. 

The umpiring was so bad that Indian Express reported the match "India caught Benson, bowled Bucknor." 

While remembering all these decisions, Harbhajan Singh did not hold himself by mentioning that Steve Bucknor made his debut for Australia in that test and he was the 12th man for Australia in that test match.

Despite going down, India won the third test by 72 runs in Brisbane. However, India could not draw the series as the final test of the series at Adelaide was drawn. 

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Virat Kohl's scores in last 10 Test innings

Virat Kohli scored only 18 runs in both the innings of this Pink Ball Test, which is Kohli's lowest score in a Test match in Australia in the last 12 years. That means he had scored more than 18 runs in every test match played in Australia in the last 12 years. Here are Virat Kohl's scores in last 10 Test innings.

Payal Debnath

Dec 7, 2024, 12:48 PM

Virat Kohl's scores in last 10 Test innings - Sportzpoint.com

Virat Kohli’s unusual dismissal in the Australia vs India 2nd Test in Adelaide has raised concerns over his current form. This year has been challenging for him. Virat scored a brilliant century (100* off 143) in the Perth Test, he scored his last Test half-century (70) against New Zealand in October 2024 in the first Test of the home series. But apart from these knocks, he has endured a disappointing season so far.

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In the Perth Test, Virat Kohli scored a century after a long time. After this, the fans were hopeful that Kohli would continue his form in Adelaide also, but he proved to be a flop in front of the pink ball. Virat Kohli had scored only 7 and 11 runs in the first and second innings of the Adelaide Test respectively.

Notably, Virat Kohli's figures at the Adelaide Oval ground are quite impressive, but this time Virat's bat remained quiet in Adelaide. Kohli scored only 18 runs in both the innings of this match, which is Kohli's lowest score in a Test match in Australia in the last 12 years. That means he had scored more than 18 runs in every test match played in Australia in the last 12 years. Due to this poor performance, Kohli's average in Test cricket has also declined. Virat's average in Tests is now 47.72. Before this match, his average was 48.13.

To evaluate King Kohli's performance, it’s important to examine Virat Kohli's scores in the last 10 Test innings and analyze what the statistics reveal.

Virat Kohl's scores | Last 10 innings

In the last 10 innings, Virat Kohli's scores have been 7, 11, 5, 100*, 4, 1, 1, 17, 0, and 70.  Virat is under pressure to prove once again that he is India’s top batter across all formats. He needs to convert his starts into substantial knocks to improve his low Test average this year.

Runs Mins BF 4s 6s SR Pos Dismissal Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
7 - 8 1 0 87.50 4 caught 1 v Australia Adelaide 6 Dec 2024
11 - 21 1 0 52.38 4 caught 3 v Australia Adelaide 6 Dec 2024
5 26 12 0 0 41.66 4 caught 1 v Australia Perth 22 Nov 2024
100* 221 143 8 2 69.93 4 not out 3 v Australia Perth 22 Nov 2024
4 5 6 1 0 66.66 5 not out 2 v New Zealand Wankhede 1 Nov 2024
1 6 7 0 0 14.28 4 caught 4 v New Zealand Wankhede 1 Nov 2024
1 6 9 0 0 11.11 4 bowled 2 v New Zealand Pune 24 Oct 2024
17 55 40 2 0 42.50 4 lbw 4 v New Zealand Pune 24 Oct 2024
0 12 9 0 0 0.00 3 caught 1 v New Zealand Bengaluru 16 Oct 2024
70 136 102 8 1 68.62 3 caught 3 v New Zealand Bengaluru 16 Oct 2024

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Virat Kohli's Test Career

Virat Kohli has played 120 matches so far in his Test career and has scored 9,163 runs, with an average of 47.72. Kohli has hit 1022 fours and 30 sixes in his Test career.

Kohli has scored 30 centuries and 31 half-centuries with his bat in the longest format. His best score has been 254* and he has scored the most runs (2,165) in his Test career against Australia.

Runs Highest Average SR
9163 254* 47.72 55.88

 

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AUS vs IND Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2nd Test 1st innings: Stormy innings by Travis Head; Australia takes a huge lead of 157 runs

With Travis Head's aggressive century, Australia took a huge lead of 152 runs over India by scoring 332 runs for eight wickets till the dinner break in its first innings on Saturday, the second day of the second Test match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.

Payal Debnath

Dec 7, 2024, 11:18 AM

AUS vs IND Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2nd Test 1st innings: Stormy innings by Travis Head; Australia takes a huge lead of 157 runs - Sportzpoint.com

Australia has taken a huge lead of 157 runs over India by scoring 337 runs in its first innings on the second day of the second Test match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. For Australia, Travis Head scored a brilliant 140 runs, while Marnus Labuschagne made an important contribution of 64 runs. From India, Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammad Siraj bowled brilliantly and took four wickets each. Both of them together took 8 wickets in their name.

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India won the toss and elected to bat first, which backfired as Mitchell Starc turned into a monster with the pink ball and ran through India's batting line-up. India were bowled out for 180 runs and Starc picked up six wickets to his name. Australia, however, looked the opposite of India with the bat as they seemed untroubled by Indian bowlers. 

Travis Head's aggressive century

With Travis Head's aggressive century, Australia took a huge lead of 152 runs over India by scoring 332 runs for eight wickets till the dinner break in its first innings on Saturday, the second day of the second Test match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.

Head, who opened his account with a brilliant four against Jasprit Bumrah (four wickets for 59 runs) on the second day of the day-night Test match, completed the eighth century of his Test career in 111 balls. Mohammad Siraj gave him life by taking a catch on Ashwin's ball at the score of 76 runs.

Head was troubled by Bumrah's balls in the beginning of the innings but he did not let the pressure dominate him by continuing to score runs by attacking other bowlers.

Brilliant fifty by Labuschagne 

Marnus Labuschagne was not in form for a long time and before this match, there was debate about his place in the team. He had started troubling India with the 26th half-century of his Test career when Yashasvi Jaiswal took a brilliant catch on the ball of young all-rounder Nitish Reddy and ended his innings.

While experienced Steve Smith (two), who came to the crease, failed even once with the bat. He was caught by Pant while trying to flick the ball of Bumrah.

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Rishabh Pant and Rohit Sharma are at the crease

At present, the play of the third session of the second day of the day-night test is going on in Adelaide. India scored 100 runs at the loss of 4 wickets in the second innings. Rishabh Pant and Rohit Sharma are at the crease. KL Rahul was out after scoring 7 runs, Virat Kohli 11, Shubhman Gill 28 and Yashasvi Jaiswal 24 runs. Scott Boland got 2 wickets. Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc got 1-1 success.

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Rohit Sharma's scores in last 10 Test innings

Rohit Sharma has played 12 tests in the year 2024 and only scored 91 runs in 22 innings at an average of 28.14. Here are Rohit Sharma's scores in last 10 Test innings.

Payal Debnath

Dec 6, 2024, 9:43 PM

Rohit Sharma's scores in last 10 Test innings - sportzpoint.com

In the second Test being played between India and Australia, the Indian captain Rohit Sharma was out after scoring just 3 runs off 23 balls in the first innings. He was dismissed by Scott Boland in the first inning, which raised the question on his test form again.

In the last 11 Test innings, Rohit has not been able to score any big runs. Rohit was unavailable for the first test and joined the team for the second test after the birth of his new born son. However, he was not back at his favourite position as KL Rahul's good show at the top of the order made him come down to middle order for the pink ball test.

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To evaluate Hitman’s performance, it’s important to examine Rohit Sharma's scores in the last 10 Test innings and analyze what the statistics reveal.

Rohit Sharma's scores | Last 10 Matches

Rohit Sharma's scores in last 10 Test innings - sportzpoint.comIn the last 11 innings, Rohit Sharma's scores have been 6, 5, 23, 8, 2, 52, 0, 8,18, 11, and 3. During this period his average has been only 12.36. He scored his last Test century (103) against England in March 2024 in the fifth Test of the home series. 

37-year-old batter has played 12 tests in the year 2024 and only scored 91 runs in 22 innings at an average of 28.14 with 2 centuries and 2 half-centuries to his name. Rohit needs to improve his performance to prove that he still has cricket left in him and can be an asset in the crucial Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2025.

Runs Mins BF 4s 6s SR Pos Dismissal Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
3 - 23 0 0 13.04 6 lbw 1 v Australia Adelaide 6 Dec 2024
18 31 18 3 0 100.00 2 caught 2 v New Zealand Wankhede 1 Nov 2024
11 13 11 2 0 100.00 2 caught 4 v New Zealand Wankhede 1 Nov 2024
0 12 9 0 0 0.00 2 bowled 2 v New Zealand Pune 24 Oct 2024
8 28 16 1 0 50.00 2 caught 4 v New Zealand Pune 24 Oct 2024
2 30 16 0 0 12.50 2 bowled 1 v New Zealand Bengaluru 16 Oct 2024
52 89 63 8 1 82.53 2 bowled 3 v New Zealand Bengaluru 16 Oct 2024
23 23 11 1 3 209.09 2 bowled 2 v Bangladesh Kanpur 27 Sep 2024
8 8 7 1 0 114.28 1 caught 4 v Bangladesh Kanpur 27 Sep 2024
6 26 19 1 0 31.57 2 caught 1 v Bangladesh Chennai 19 Sep 2024

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Rohit Sharma's Test Career

Rohit played his first test match in 2013 against the West Indies. He has played 65 matches for India so far and scored 4,273 runs in 112 innings at an average of 41.89.

He has scored 12 centuries and 18 half-centuries with his bat in the longest format. His best score has been 212and he has scored the most runs (1,1147) in his Test career against England.

Runs Highest Average SR
4273 212 41.89 57.48

 

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Most five-wicket hauls amongst left-arm pacers in Tests

Mitchell Starc has taken five or more wickets against India for the first time in Test. With this, Starc moves to 15 five-wicket hauls in Tests, only behind legendary Wasim Akram. Let's take a look at the top 4 left-arm pacers with most five-wicket hauls.

Payal Debnath

Dec 6, 2024, 11:32 AM

Most five-wicket hauls amongst left-arm pacers in Tests - Sportzpoint.com

In Test cricket, just as a batsman's century is considered important, similarly a bowler's 5 wicket haul is also seen as an achievement. In the second test match being played between Australia and India in Adelaide, the Indian Cricket Team was reduced to only 180 runs. For Australia, Mitchell Starc bowled strongly and took 6 wickets. This is Starc's best performance in an innings in Test. He took 6 wickets for 48 runs in 14.1 overs. Starc has taken five or more wickets against India for the first time in Test. With this, Starc moves to 15 five-wicket hauls in Tests, only behind legendary Wasim Akram. Let's take a look at the top 4 left-arm pacers with most five-wicket hauls.

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Most five-wicket hauls in Test | Top 4 left-arm pacers

1# Wasim Akram | 25

Most five-wicket hauls amongst left-arm pacers in Tests - Sportzpoint.com

Wasim Akram, considered one of the greatest left-arm fast bowlers of all time, has the most five-wicket hauls amongst left-arm pacers in Tests. He took 25 five-wicket hauls in 181 innings of 104 Test matches for Pakistan. He was renowned for his swing and the 'Sultan of Swing' played Test cricket from 1985-2002 claiming 414 Test wickets.

2# Mitchell Starc | 15*

Most five-wicket hauls amongst left-arm pacers in Tests - Sportzpoint.com

Star Australia fast bowler Mitchell Starc surpassed former Australian pacer Alan Davidson in most five-wicket hauls amongst left-arm pacers in Tests. He took 15 five-wicket hauls in Test cricket. Having played 91 games, he has picked a total of 367 wickets at an average of 27.53. 226 of his wickets have come at home at 26. Earlier this year, Starc became only the fifth Australian bowler to achieve 350 wickets in Test cricket. He joined an elite list that includes the legendary Shane Warne and Brett Lee.

3# Alan Davidson | 14

Most five-wicket hauls amongst left-arm pacers in Tests - Sportzpoint.com

Australia’s Alan Davidson was magnificent between 1953 and 1963, with injuries unfortunately costing him more matches. In 44 Tests, the left-arm pace bowler took a brilliant 14 five-wicket hauls, part of his 186 wickets at an average of 20.53. He also scored 1,328 Test runs at an average of 24.59. Davidson starred in the 1960 tied Test against West Indies. He took 11 wickets (5/135 and 6/87) and was magnificent with the bat as well (44 and 80). A true superstar of the game.

4# Chaminda Vaas | 12

Most five-wicket hauls amongst left-arm pacers in Tests - Sportzpoint.com

Chaminda Vaas, a former Sri Lankan cricketer and current fast bowling coach of the Sri Lankan team, took 12 five-wicket hauls and twice 10 wickets in a match. Vaas, who made his Test debut against Pakistan at Kandy in 1994, claimed 354 wickets at an average of 29.40. He has a total of 16 five-wicket hauls to his name, with twelve in Tests and four in ODIs. 

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