IPL 2022 Qualifier 1, GT Vs RR HIGHLIGHTS: Miller's magic denies Rajasthan a final spot in the first attempt

Prasidh Krishna [3.0-0-22-0] is back into the attack.

Miller hammers the first ball into the stands of the cow corner region for a BIG SIX. 

A length ball and Miller smashes the second ball towards mid-wicket for FOUR. Poor choice of deliveries from Prasidh. First a half-volley and now a length ball. 

Third consecutive six from Miller and he wins the match for Gujarat.

Obed McCoy continues and concedes a single each to both the batters.

McCoy misses a yorker by a whisker and Miller slaps it through extra cover for FOUR.

Miller heaves towards deep square leg for a single and completes his fifty. A DOT to end the over.

McCoy concedes seven runs in the over.

GT 173/3 (19) CRR: 9.11 REQ: 16
Gujarat Titans need 16 runs in 6 balls

Yuzvendra Chahal [3.0-0-21-0] is back into the attack and concedes four singles off the first four balls. Miller smashes the 5th ball for a BIG SIX towards long-on boundary.

GT 166/3 (18) CRR: 9.22 REQ: 11.5
Gujarat Titans need 23 runs in 12 balls

Obed McCoy [2.0-0-24-1] is back into the attack and concedes nine runs, including a boundary to Miller.

GT 155/3 (17) CRR: 9.12 REQ: 11.33
Gujarat Titans need 34 runs in 18 balls

Trent Boult [3.0-0-31-1] is back into the attack and concedes seven runs.

GT 146/3 (16) CRR: 9.12 REQ: 10.75
Gujarat Titans need 43 runs in 24 balls

Yuzvendra Chahal [2.0-0-11-0] is back into the attack and concedes 10 runs, including a SIX to Miller.

Gujarat 139-3 after 15 overs

Ashwin continues and concedes 14 runs, including a boundary each to Hardik and Miller.

Gujarat 129-3 after 14 overs

Obed McCoy [1.0-0-18-1] is back into the attack and concedes six runs.

Gujarat 115-3 after 13 overs

Ashwin [2.0-0-21-0] is back into the attack and concedes five singles.

Gujarat 109-3 after 12 overs

Prasidh Krishna continues and concedes seven runs.

Gujarat 104-3 after 11 overs

Obed McCoy, left-arm fast medium, comes into the attack and concedes 18 runs. But he takes the wicket of Mathew Wade.

Gujarat 97-3 after 10 overs

Chahal continues and concedes seven runs, including a boundary to Wade.

Gujarat 79-2 after 9 overs

Ashwin continues and concedes four runs.

Shubman Gill gets run out in a freak incident. 

Hardik Pandya, right handed bat, comes to the crease and defends the remaining two deliveries.

Gujarat 72-2 after 8 overs

Yuzvendra Chahal, right-arm leg break, comes into the attack and concedes four singles.

Gujarat 68-1 after 7 overs

Ashwin, right-arm off break, comes into the attack and gets hammered for 17 runs, including a SIX and two back-to-back boundaries to Shubman Gill. 

Ashwin leaks 17 runs in his first over.

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Gujarat 64-1 after 6 overs

Boult continues and leaks 16 runs, including three boundaries.

Gujarat 47-1 after 5 overs

Prasidh continues and concedes only two runs.

Gujarat 31-1 after 4 overs

Boult continues and Gill collects a single off the first ball.

Wade collects a couple of runs off the 3rd ball and ends the over with two back-to-back boundaries.

Gujarat 29-1 after 3 overs

Prasidh Krishna, right-arm fast medium, comes into the attack and concedes 14 runs, including a boundary each to Gill and Wade.

Gujarat 18-1 after 2 overs

Saha and Shubman Gill at the crease. Saha on strike. Boult opens the attack and gets the wicket of Saha off the second delivery.

Mathew Wade arrives at the crease and cuts the 2nd ball he faced over backward point for FOUR. 

Bould concedes 4 runs in the over.

Gujarat 4-1 after 1 over

Yash Dayal bowls the last over and Parag edges the first ball towards third man boundary for a couple of runs.

Parag collects a single off the second ball towards long-on. Buttler hammers the 3rd ball into the stands for a SIX. Buttler collects a couple of runs off the 5th ball. 

Buttler gets run out while taking a double off the last ball. One more ball for Rajasthan as the last ball was a no-ball. 

Dayal bowls a WIDE and Parag tries to steal a BYES but Ashwin doesn't respond.

Ashwin will face the FREE HIT ball and collects a couple of runs. 

Rajasthan 188-6 after 20 overs

Mohammed Shami [3.0-0-30-0] is back into the attack and Hetmyer collects a single.

Buttler goes for a biggie but manages only top-edge, and Rashid drops a tough running catch. A single taken.

Hetmyer holed out to long-on in search of a big hit.

Buttler ends the over with a FOUR and a SIX.

Shami leaks 13 runs in the over.

Rajasthan 172-4 after 19 overs

Alzarri Joseph comes back into the attack.

Buttler smashes three boundaries in the over. Alzarri concedes 14 runs in the over.

Rajasthan 159-3 after 18 overs

Yash Dayal [2.0-0-12-1] is back into the attack and Buttler smashes the first ball towards the backward square leg for FOUR. 

Buttler smashes the second ball over long-off for FOUR. Buttler steers the low full toss through short third man for FOUR and completes his fifty.

Buttler cuts the 5th ball towards the backward point for FOUR. Buttler collects a single to end the over.

Rajasthan 145-3 after 17 overs

Rashid comes back into the attack and concedes three singles in the over.

Rajasthan 127-3 after 16 overs

Hardik Pandya continues and castles Padikkal off the first ball.

Hetmyer replaces Padikkal in the middle/

Buttler flicks the first ball towards square leg for FOUR. 

Hardik concedes 8 runs in the over.

Rajasthan 124-3 after 15 overs

Sai Kishore continues and Padikkal smashes a SIX and two boundaries in the over.

Rajasthan 116-2 after 14 overs

Hardik Pandya, right-arm fast medium, comes into the attack and concedes six runs.

Rajasthan 98-2 after 13 overs

Sai Kishore continues and Padikkal smashes first ball for a SIX.

Kishore concedes 9 runs in the over.

Rajasthan 92-2 after 12 overs

Rashid Khan continues and concedes four runs.

Rajasthan 83-2 after 11 overs

Sai Kishore continues and gets the wicket of Sanju Samson.

Kishore concedes four runs in the over.

Rajasthan 79-2 after 10 overs

Rashid Khan continues and concedes two singles.

Rajasthan 75-21 after 9 overs

Sai Kishore, Left-arm orthodox, comes into the attack and concedes 12 runs, including two boundaries to Samson.

Rajasthan 73-1 after 8 overs

Rashid Khan, right-arm leg break, comes into the attack and concedes seven runs.

Rajasthan 61-1 after 7 overs

Alzarri Joseph comes into the attack and Samson hammers the second ball down the ground for a SIX.

Samson pulls the 4th ball towards backward square leg for a flat SIX.

Rajasthan 55-1 at the end of powerplay

Shami continues and starts with five WIDES.

After failing to score off the first three deliveries, Buttler collects a single off the 4th ball.

Samson smashes the 5th ball down the ground for FOUR.

Samson flicks the last ball over mid-wicket for FOUR.

Rajasthan 42-1 after 5 overs

Yash Dayal continues and Samson just helps the first ball over long-on boundary line for a SIX, great timing.

Samson smashes the third ball for FOUR.

Rajasthan 28-1 after 4 overs

Shami continues and Buttler collects a couple of runs off the second ball. 

Buttler drives the 4th ball, handsomely, through covers for FOUR.

Rajasthan 18-1 after 3 overs

Yash Dayal, left-arm fast medium, comes into the attack and concedes only two runs off the first five deliveries.

Jaiswal edges the last ball to the keeper, GONE.

Rajasthan 11-1 after 2 overs

Jaiswal and Buttler at the crease. Jaiswal on strike. Shami opens the attack and Jaiswal collects a single off the second ball.

Buttler drives on the up through extra cover for FOUR. 

Buttler drives the last ball through extra cover again for FOUR.

Rajasthan 9-0 after 1 over

Rajasthan Royals (Playing XI): Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson(w/c), Devdutt Padikkal, Ravichandran Ashwin, Shimron Hetmyer, Riyan Parag, Trent Boult, Prasidh Krishna, Yuzvendra Chahal, Obed McCoy

Gujarat Titans (Playing XI): Wriddhiman Saha(w), Shubman Gill, Matthew Wade, Hardik Pandya(c), David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Yash Dayal, Alzarri Joseph, Mohammed Shami

Hardik Pandya wins the toss and elects to bowl first 

The live toss between Sanju Samson and Hardik Pandya is moments away, stay tuned with us for fastest update.

Short square boundaries here. It's got lots of grass cover and that means the quicks will be in play and expect it carry nicely for bowlers like Boult and individuals like that. I don't think there's going to be a lot of turn.

Three of Titan's four defeats and four of Royals' five losses have come while setting up a target as the toss would also be a key area of concern.

The fact that the playoffs will be played on fresh tracks would put the seamers in focus and Pandya may look to bring in Alzarri Joseph to go alongside Lockie Ferguson and Shami.

The Titans had defeated the same opponents by 37 runs in the league stage but the inaugural edition champions have a spin-heavy attack to go with rich experience and they might prove to a tricky customer.

The Titans also have looked vulnerable as they suffered three defeats in last five matches, including an eight-wicket thrashing by Royal Challengers Bangalore in their previous outing, which would mean that the Pandya-led side has to step up.

The rain may play a spoilsport in Qualifier 1 as there are chances of rainfall in the evening in Kolkata. According to the website Accuweather, there is a 34 percent chance of rainfall at 8 PM IST.

The discarded India wicketkeeper-batter is batting with a new-found passion at the top of the order and has scored three half-centuries in nine matches to make up for Gill's lackluster run.

While the Afghan leg-spinner has been outstanding in the middle and death overs, India senior pacer Mohammed Shami has given them perfect starts, by being the highest wicket-taker (11 wickets) in the powerplay this season.

Saha, who has been making headlines since he was axed for Team India, will look to make a point as he along with Bengal teammate Shami play in front of their home crowd again.

Equipped with a lethal bowling attack and boasting a number of quality finishers, debutants Gujarat Titans will start as favourites against spin-heavy former champions Rajasthan Royals when the two teams face-off in the first IPL Qualifier, on Tuesday.

Captaining a team in the IPL for the first time ever, a fit-again Hardik Pandya has been a revelation this season as he led from the front with both bat and ball to ensure a top finish for his team in the league stage.

Apart from firing at number 4, Pandya has used his resources well, be it the death bowling of wily Rashid Khan or making his batting exploits count to go alongside the fiery duo of David Miller and Rahul Tewatia. Every little thing has fallen in place.

Their weak link was their top-order batting with highly-rated Shubman Gill failing to convert his starts but the addition of veteran Wriddhiman Saha has done wonders for the team.

The debutants who emerged as the most successful IPL team of the 2022 season, Gujarat Titans (GT) are set to face Rajasthan Royals (RR) in the fight for a direct berth for the IPL finals in Qualifier 1 at the Eden Gardens stadium on Tuesday. While the winner will reach the finals, the loser will get another chance in the Qualifier 2 of the IPL 2022

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