Tezzbuzz Desk- In the 9th match of IPL 2026, Rajasthan Royals registered a spectacular victory by defeating Gujarat Titans by 6 runs in a very thrilling match. This high-scoring match played at Narendra Modi Stadium kept the audience engaged till the last ball.
Rajasthan team, which won the toss and came to bat first, scored a strong score of 210 runs at the loss of 6 wickets in 20 overs. The hero of this inning was Dhruv Jurel, who played a brilliant inning of 75 runs in 42 balls. His innings included 5 fours and 5 sixes.
He got good support from Yashasvi Jaiswal, who gave a strong start to the team by playing a brilliant inning of 55 runs. Apart from this, Vaibhav Suryavanshi contributed 31 runs and Donovan Ferreira contributed 18 runs.
Gujarat had a great start to chase the target of 211 runs. Sai Sudharsan and Kumar Kushagra added 78 runs for the first wicket. Sudarshan played a brilliant inning of 73 runs in 44 balls. However, after this the team kept losing wickets at regular intervals. Jos Buttler scored 26 runs, but other batsmen could not make a major contribution. In the last overs, Kagiso Rabada and Rashid Khan took the team closer to victory.
The most exciting moment of the match was seen in the last two overs, when Gujarat needed 15 runs to win. In the 19th over, Jofra Archer bowled brilliantly and gave only 4 runs.
After this, in the last over, Tushar Deshpande successfully defended 11 runs and spent only 4 runs. He bowled brilliantly under pressure and also took one wicket and led the team to victory.
Ravi Bishnoi was the most successful bowler in Rajasthan’s victory, taking 4 wickets for 41 runs in 4 overs. Whereas Riyan Parag, Nandre Burger and Tushar Deshpande took 1-1 wicket.
With this win, Rajasthan Royals registered their second consecutive win in the season and reached second place in the points table. The team’s confidence seems quite high after this victory.