Gujarat Titans move to IPL summit with win over Rajasthan

Friday, 15 April 2022 07:50

By ARN News Staff

Gujarat Titans beat Rajasthan Royals by 37 runs to move to the top of the Indian Premier League (IPL) points table.

Captain Hardik Pandya struck an unbeaten 87 off 52 balls and Abhinav Manohar contributed 43 runs (28 balls) to help Gujarat set a total of 192 for 4 after being sent into bat.

In reply, Rajasthan could only manage 155 for 9 off the allotted 20 overs at Mumbai's DY Patil stadium.

Opener Jos Buttler (54 off 24) provided a flying start to the Royals but the rest of the batters did not deliver.

Yash Dayal (3/40) and Lockie Ferguson (3/23) impressed with the ball for Gujarat.

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