Prasidh Krishna to Wriddhiman Saha, OUT! BOWLED 'EM! What a peach of a delivery this is! A perfect start for Rajasthan! A length ball, around off, it lands and nips back in sharply. Saha stays back as he looks to push it away but the ball does its bit as it goes past the inside edge and rattles the stumps. Through the gate!
Prasidh Krishna to Wriddhiman Saha, On a length and outside off. Saha punches it to point.
Prasidh Krishna to Wriddhiman Saha, FOUR! In complete control! Short of a length again, outside off. Saha hangs back and pulls it over mid-wicket for a boundary. Saha always starts on the top gear.
Prasidh Krishna to Wriddhiman Saha, Just the length and line Krishna needs to keep it! Short in length and outside off. Saha slashes at it but misses.
Prasidh Krishna to bowl now.
Trent Boult to Shubman Gill, FOUR! Boundary to end the over! Fuller and on the pads. Gill whacks it behind square on the leg side for a boundary. An eventful start to the chase.
Trent Boult to Shubman Gill, On middle. Blocked out.
Trent Boult to Shubman Gill, DROPPED! Yuzvendra Chahal drops a dolly! A length ball, around leg, steep bounce there. Gill steps down and looks to flick it but goes off the inside edge and to short mid-wicket where Yuzvendra Chahal runs forward and dives but puts down a sitter.
Trent Boult to Wriddhiman Saha, Good stop by Jaiswal! A length ball, outside off. Saha punches off the back foot to point where Jaiswal dives to his left and stops a certain boundary.
Trent Boult to Wriddhiman Saha, Boult drags his length back and serves it short and outside off. Saha slaps it straight to point.
Trent Boult to Wriddhiman Saha, A length ball, around off, hint of inward shape. Saha stays back and tucks it to square leg.
We are back for Gujarat's reply. The players of Rajasthan are out to the middle. Shubman Gill and Wriddhiman Saha are the openers for Gujarat. Trent Boult to start with the ball. Let's play...
... The Chase...
Rashid Khan (4-0-18-1) is up for a quick chat. He says the wicket was good to bowl on and they needed to hit the right areas, it was very important and they adjusted really well. Shares that he doesn't think much, he tries to keep it simple and hit the perfect line and length and pile the pressure. Tells that he brought his length back because he was not generating enough turn. Mentions that they tried to take this as a simple game. Says it was his first time playing in front of the crowd and he kept himself calm.
For Gujarat, the key for them was picking wickets at regular intervals. They got used to the conditions quickly and hit the right lines and lengths. Pandya was the stand out bowler as he picked three important wickets. The skipper rose to the occasion. Rashid too did a really good job, dominated the middle phase and took a wicket in the process. It was a combined effort from everyone but have to say those two were the standout.
Now the total is a small one. Gujarat should back themselves to chase this down and do so quite easily. They have chased brilliantly so far but can they do it on the big stage? Rajasthan won't make it easy, they have defended well so it is all to play for now. Stay tuned as the chase is coming up shortly.
Mohammad Shami to Riyan Parag, OUT! TIMBER! What a delivery to end the innings! The previous one was served wide but Shami targets this one around off, too full. Parag tries to squeeze it out but misses and the ball shatters the off stump. Rajasthan end at 130//9.
The wicket was [pretty good to bowl, we bowled the right areas which was always important. I knew that the wicket was helping me and just bowled the right areas. I don't have too many plans, just keep it simple for him (Buttler), if he goes after me, the chances of me getting his wicket is higher. We just wanted to be tight and put the pressure on him (on the game plan). I wanted to bring my length back, and I wanted to adjust my length on this wicket. There was enough turn for me, that helped me get wickets and helped the team in the middle overs. It's a simple game, just focus on your own skill, not worry about things that you can't control. This is the first time I'm playing in front of such a big crowd, we didn't want to think it's the final, just keep it simple (was the mantra).