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NEW DELHI: First time as a captain in IPL 2026 for Yashasvi Jaiswal, and it resulted in a crushing defeat. The dejection was fairly evident on the Rajasthan Royals stand-in skipper’s face after Rajasthan Royals suffered a heavy 77-run loss by the hands of Gujarat Titans on the Sawai Mansingh Stadium on Saturday.“(How powerful was it when GT bought off to such a great begin) I believe we had been simply pondering to bowl in good areas and so they had been batting fairly properly. So we had been simply pondering how we will lower down the boundaries or huge pictures. So I believe it was fairly good from them,” Jaiswal stated after the match.
Skipper Shubman Gill smashed a fast 84 whereas Sai Sudharsan made a advantageous 55 to information Gujarat Titans to a commanding 77-run win over Rajasthan Royals.Gill and Sudharsan stitched collectively 118 runs for the opening wicket after being despatched in to bat, powering GT to an enormous 229 for 4. In the direction of the tip, Washington Sundar offered the of completion with an unbeaten 37 off 20 balls.For Rajasthan Royals, right-arm medium pacer Brijesh Sharma (2/47) was the decide of the bowlers, whereas Yash Raj Punja (1/37) and Ravindra Jadeja took a wicket every.Defending the massive whole, Afghanistan spinner Rashid Khan starred with sensible figures of 4/33, whereas Jason Holder (3/12) and Kagiso Rabada (2/33) additionally performed key roles as RR had been bundled out for 152 in 16.3 overs.“Nothing a lot (What went fallacious tonight?). I believe we’re going to look what we will do higher and simply search for the subsequent recreation, what we will do and be taught from this recreation,” he stated.Jaiswal additionally defended star pacer Jofra Archer, who had an off day. Archer, bowling the primary over for RR, conceded 18 runs in an 11-ball spell.“No, it’s cricket (speaking about Archer being off the radar immediately). Everyone knows that there are some days the place you might be in, there are some days the place you can not bowl the way you need to. However he’s been doing so properly for us. So I believe he’ll be coming again very strongly,” Jaiswal stated.This was RR’s second consecutive defeat, and with this loss they’ve slipped to fifth within the factors desk. They now have 12 factors from 11 matches, with 6 wins and 5 losses and a internet run charge of +0.082.They may subsequent face Delhi Capitals on Could 17.
