The 9th match of IPL 2026 is being played between Rajasthan Royals vs Gujarat Titans at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. After winning the toss, Rajasthan Royals came to bat first. After the explosive batting of Yashasvi Jaiswal and Dhruv Jurel, Rajasthan scored 210 runs against Gujarat after losing six wickets in 20 overs. To win, Gujarat Titans will have to score 211 runs.
Dhruv Jurel played a stormy innings against Gujarat Titans. He thrashed every bowler of GT. After the excellent start by Yashasvi Jaiswal and Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Dhruv Jurel played a brilliant inning of 75 runs in 42 balls. With the help of 5 fours and 5 sixes, the team’s score crossed 200 runs.
The opening batting of Yashasvi Jaiswal and Vaibhav Suryavanshi gave an excellent start to Rajasthan. A stormy partnership of 70 runs was seen between the two in 38 balls. Vaibhav Suryavanshi became the victim of captain Rashid Khan on the second ball of the seventh over. Suryavanshi played an excellent inning of 31 runs in 18 balls with the help of 5 fours and one six.
Rajasthan got the second blow in the form of Yashasvi Jaiswal on the score of 126. Jaiswal played a very important inning of 55 runs in 36 balls with the help of six fours and 3 sixes.
Captain Riyan Parag could not do anything special in batting today. Played an inning of eight runs in 4 balls. Had to return to the pavilion after being dismissed by Prasidh Krishna on the second ball of the 14th over.
Rajasthan got the third blow in the form of Riyan Parag on the score of 135. After this, Dhruv Jurel and Shimron Hetmyer put the team in a strong position with their explosive batting. Hetmyer faced 8 balls. Hit 2 sixes and one four. Contributed 18 runs to the team’s score.
Rajasthan Royals got the fourth blow at the score of 165 and the fifth blow at the score of 166. Donovan Ferreira had to go back to the pavilion after scoring just one run. Ravindra Jadeja contributed 7 runs in 7 balls and Joffra Archer contributed one run in 1 ball.
Bowling: Rashid Khan took over the captaincy in the absence of regular captain Shubman Gill. He gave a total of 39 runs in four overs and took the important wicket of Vaibhav Suryavanshi. Kagiso Rabada was the most successful bowler from Gujarat. He gave 42 runs in four overs and took two important wickets in the form of Yashasvi Jaiswal and Donovan Ferreira.
Ashok Sharma took one wicket for 37 runs in four overs. He sent explosive batsman Shimron Hetmyer back by dismissing him prematurely.
Mohammad Siraj proved to be very expensive in the first three overs. But gave only five runs in his last over and took the most important wicket of Dhruv Jurel. Siraj gave a total of 48 runs in 4 overs. Prasidh Krishna achieved a breakthrough by giving 43 runs in four overs.
