In Ahmedabad, Gujarat Titans overcame Rajasthan Royals , by a margin of 58 runs, to take the top spot in the IPL 2025 points table. Sai Sudharsan top scored for GT with 82 runs, while a hefty finish from Rashid Khan and Rahul Tewatia helped GT amass a target of 217 for RR to chase. A strong fightback led by Shimron Hetmyer, who scored a fifty, was not enough to chase down the mammoth target as RR were bowled out for 159. Prasidh Krishna took 3/24 and Rashid Khan took 2/37 for GT. GT are now four wins on the trot and well and truly in contention for the playoffs.
Gujarat Titans vs Rajasthan Royals Match Scorecard
1st Inning- Gujarat Titans (GT) Batting
Batting Runs Balls Strike Rate Fours Sixes Sai Sudharsan c Samson b Deshpande 82 53 154.71 8 3 Shubman Gill (c) b Archer 2 3 66.66 0 0 Jos Buttler lbw b Theekshana 36 25 144 5 0 M Shahrukh Khan st Samson b Theekshana 36 20 180 4 2 Sherfane Rutherford c Samson b Sandeep Sharma 7 3 233.33 0 1 Rahul Tewatia not out 24 12 200 2 2 Rashid Khan c Jaiswal b Deshpande 12 4 300 1 1 Arshad Khan not out 0 0 – 0 0 Extras (b 1, w 17) 18 Total 20 Ov (RR: 10.85) 217/6
Rajasthan Royals (RR) Bowling
Bowling Overs Runs Wickets Economy Jofra Archer 4 30 1 7.5 Fazalhaq Farooqi 4 38 0 9.5 Tushar Deshpande 4 53 2 13.25 Sandeep Sharma 4 41 1 10.25 Maheesh Theekshana 4 54 2 13.5
2nd Inning- Rajasthan Royals (RR) Batting
Batting Runs Balls Strike Rate Fours Sixes Yashasvi Jaiswal c Rashid Khan b Arshad Khan 6 7 85.71 1 0 Sanju Samson (c) c Sai Kishore b Prasidh Krishna 41 28 146.42 4 2 Nitish Rana c Khejroliya b Mohammed Siraj 1 3 33.33 0 0 Riyan Parag c Buttler b Khejroliya 26 14 185.71 1 3 Dhruv Jurel c Sai Sudharsan b Rashid Khan 5 4 125 1 0 Shimron Hetmyer c Sai Kishore b Prasidh Krishna 52 32 162.5 4 3 Shubham Dubey lbw b Rashid Khan 1 3 33.33 0 0 Jofra Archer c Shubman Gill b Prasidh Krishna 4 4 100 0 0 Maheesh Theekshana c Sai Sudharsan b Sai Kishore 5 13 38.46 0 0 Tushar Deshpande c Rashid Khan b Sai Kishore 3 3 100 0 0 Sandeep Sharma not out 6 5 120 0 0 Extras (w 9) 9 Total 19.2 Ov (RR: 8.22) 159
Gujarat Titans (GT) Bowling
Bowling Overs Runs Wickets Economy Mohammed Siraj 4 30 1 7.5 Arshad Khan 2 19 1 9.5 Prasidh Krishna 4 24 3 6 Kulwant Khejroliya 3 29 1 9.66 Rashid Khan 4 37 2 9.25 Sai Kishore 2.2 20 2 8.57
GT vs RR Match Result IPL 2025
Gujarat Titans (GT) won by 58 runs
Match Information: Gujarat Titans vs Rajasthan Royals Match No. 23rd IPL 2025
Toss RR, elected to field first Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad Series IPL 2025 Player Of The Match Sai SudharsanMatch days 09 April 2025 GT Impact player Kulwant Khejroliya- In Sherfane Rutherford- Out RR Impact player Shubham Dubey- In Fazalhaq Farooqi- Out Umpires Akshay Totre Rohan PanditTV Umpire Adrian HoldstockReserve Umpire Anish SahasrabudheMatch Referee Shakti Singh