Cricbuzz live score today match ipl 2024

Sai Sudharsan: We gave few runs extra in the first innings but we pulled off a great game here. Definitely a very good powerplay was one of our plans, was a par powerplay and we lost a few wickets back-to-back but we had belief and we won the game. Wicket was not that easy to bat on, it got a little better after the first innings and it was easier for our hitters to smash. This victory was much-needed for us and gives us the momentum. Hopefully we can put up more performances like this.

Rashid Khan Player of the Match: Winning the game is more pleasing for me. Happy that I landed the ball where I wanted today and that gave me energy with the bat as well maybe. I havent bowled much in the last 3-4 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 to get back to my best. I really enjoyed my bowling today. It was just a matter of hitting 3-4 sixes and you need to stay positive.

Shubman Gill GT skipper: We were targetting 45 in 3 overs and it is very much gettable and that was the mindset at that time. Mathematically both batters needed to hit 22 off 9 balls and thats how the thinking goes and if one batter goes berserk that will do. I would have loved to finish the game, but very happy with Rahul and Rashid bhai for finishing the job for us. Winning the ball off the last ball is always a great feeling. He (Rashid Khan) is someone who you always want in your team, he is such a competitor.

Samson: I think the last ball of the game (where was the game lost?). Very hard to speak at the moment. Hardest job in the tournament when a captain loses the game and has to tell where the game was lost. When the emotions come down Ill be able to tell clearly. Have to give credit to the Gujarat Titans. Thats the beauty of this tournament. Will have to learn and move on. While I was batting I thought something around 180 wouldve been a fighting score. 196 was a winning score I thought. With no dew, our bowling lineup shouldve done it. It wasnt easy to go hard at the start of the innings. 197 at Jaipur, without dew, well take it any day.

Luck could be a loosely thrown term for this game, but let that not steal the focus of what both teams did here. The catching was below par from both teams, so if that can be cancelled out, the death bowling of RR left a few important questions to be answered. Why was Trent Boult not used after his opening spell? Why did they go for Ashwin when he clearly looked short on confidence? Remember, Ashwin conceded 30 off his last 2 overs and just stuck to bowling quicker darts and carrom balls. That never-ending 19th over from Kuldeep Sen which cost them 20 runs. And eventually because of the slow-over rate they had to bring a fielder inside for the final over. All said and done, the Titans earned every inch of luck that came their way and RR have every reason to be disappointed after bossing the game for almost 35 overs. Presentations imminent, stick around...