Gujarat Titans (GT) all-rounder Vijay Shankar, 33, who is currently playing solely as a batsman for the franchise, managed another flop in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 as he was cleaned up by Yuzvendra Chahal. in the match against Rajasthan Royals (RR).
The 24th match of the Indian Premier League 2024 (IPL 2024) was played between Rajasthan Royals (RR) and Gujarat Titans (GT) on Wednesday, April 10 at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur.
Vijay Shankar headed into the clash against the Sanju Samson-led team after registering scores of 6, 12, 14, 8 and 17 in the previous matches. He was backed by the Ashish Nehra-led management to deliver after failing in 5 consecutive matches, but the batsman did not return the team management’s faith in him.
During the chase, Vijay Shankar scored just 16 runs off 10 balls, before returning to the hut. His innings were riddled with 3 boundaries. He was dismissed by Rajasthan Royals (RR) star Yuzvendra Chahal on the last ball of the 14th over.
Yuzvendra Chahal bowled a 93.3 kmph slider on middle and outside off stump. Shankar tried to sweep mid-wicket and missed the ball completely to see his stumps vibrating.
Vijay Shankar fails, but Gujarat Titans still win the match against RR in IPL 2024
Although Vijay Shankar failed with the bat, the Gujarat Titans (GT) managed to win the match by 3 wickets to end Rajasthan Royals’ winning streak in the Indian Premier League 2024 (IPL 2024).
The heroes of Gujarat Titans’ victory were Shubman Gill of the top order and Rashid Khan and Rahul Tewatia of the lower order. Gill scored 72 runs to lay the foundation for victory and Rashid Khan (24*) along with Rahul Tewatia (22) finished off the match for his team. This was the second highest total chased by GT in IPL history.
Highest target successfully pursued by GT in IPL
198 against RCB, Bengaluru, 2023
197 v RR, Jaipur, 2024*
196 v SRH, Wankhede, 2022
190 vs. PBKS, Brabourne, 2022
After the match, Rashid Khan, who won the Man of the Match award, said that he was happier about the team’s victory than his own performance. He also expressed his joy at the way he played against RR. Rashid Khan explained:
“Winning the game is more enjoyable for me. Happy that I landed the ball where I wanted today and that maybe also gave me energy with the bat. I haven’t bowled much in the last 3 or 4 months after the surgery and I just lost a bit of grip on the ball and I had a good session after the last game and it really helped me get back to my best. I really enjoyed bowling today. It was just a matter of hitting 3 or 4 sixes and you have to keep a positive attitude.”