{"id":27280,"date":"2023-04-17T07:04:40","date_gmt":"2023-04-17T07:04:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/17\/as-for-gujarat-titans-there-are-a-few-question-marks-over-them-now-says-shaun-pollock-as-rajasthan-royals-wins-last-over-thriller\/"},"modified":"2023-04-17T07:04:40","modified_gmt":"2023-04-17T07:04:40","slug":"as-for-gujarat-titans-there-are-a-few-question-marks-over-them-now-says-shaun-pollock-as-rajasthan-royals-wins-last-over-thriller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/17\/as-for-gujarat-titans-there-are-a-few-question-marks-over-them-now-says-shaun-pollock-as-rajasthan-royals-wins-last-over-thriller\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;As For Gujarat Titans, There Are A Few Question Marks Over Them Now&#8221; &#8211; Says Shaun Pollock As Rajasthan Royals Wins Last Over Thriller"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Former South African all-rounder, Shaun Pollock said Rajasthan Royals\u2019 (RR) last-over thriller win over Gujarat Titans (GT), will give RR a lot of self-belief going forward in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023. While in the game RR skipper, Sanju Samson along with Shimron Hetmyer smashed half-centuries to guide the former champions to win at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.<\/p>\n<p>Now in IPL 2023, Sanju Samson-led RR is at the top of the table, with four wins in five games it played this season, with the last match victory against a Gujarat-based side by three wickets with four balls remaining.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_522770\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-522770\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-522770\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">GT vs RR in IPL 2023. Image Credits: Twitter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Shaun-Pollock-considers-Mohammed-Shami-and-Hardik-Pandya-were-at-their-best-vs-RR\"\/>Shaun Pollock considers Mohammed Shami and Hardik Pandya were at their best vs RR-<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"\/><\/h4>\n<p>\u201c<strong>These were probably the four best overs I\u2019ve seen up front in the tournament. Hardik and Shami were absolutely superb. The trouble they caused with the areas they hit, and then to pick up those wickets and put them on the back foot, you thought the game was done and dusted. Shami\u2019s figures were unbelievable<\/strong>,\u201d said the veteran pacer.<\/p>\n<p>Indian pacer, Mohammad Shami was impressive for defending champions, as he registered 3\/25 in four overs, Shami dismissed RR\u2019s opener, Jos Buttler with a gem of a delivery as England\u2019s limited over skipper\u2019s off stump was crushed at 142km\/h speed. While GT\u2019s skipper Hardik Pandya struck another opener Yashasvi Jaiswal on 1 (7) mark, while under 3 overs, the visitors\u2019 score was 4\/2.<\/p>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Shaunk-Pollock-also-believes-one-over-from-Rashid-Khan-was-a-game-changer-for-RR\"\/>Shaunk Pollock also believes one over from Rashid Khan was a game changer for RR-<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"\/><\/h4>\n<p>\u201c<strong>The one over from Rashid Khan, where he was hit for three sixes, was a key moment. That created a little bit of belief and then Hetmyer got going and he was superb. But what a turnaround, that win must give Rajasthan a lot of self-belief. To turn it around in this phase of the tournament is huge for them<\/strong>,\u201d he further added.<\/p>\n<p>Shaun Pollock believes that the three sixes in <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cricketaddictor.com\/cricket\/videos\/gt-vs-rr-watch-sanju-samson-tonks-rashid-khan-for-three-consecutive-sixes-in-ahmedabad\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rashid Khan\u2019<\/a><\/strong>s overs changed the momentum towards the Royals. The former South African pacer said that the win against the Gujarat Titans would boost the Royals\u2019 confidence.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">WHAT. A. GAME! \ud83d\udc4c \ud83d\udc4c<\/p>\n<p>A thrilling final-over finish and it&#8217;s the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rajasthanroyals?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@rajasthanroyals<\/a> who edge out the spirited <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gujarat_titans?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@gujarat_titans<\/a>! \ud83d\udc4d \ud83d\udc4d<\/p>\n<p>Scorecard \ud83d\udc49<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nvoo5Sl96y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/nvoo5Sl96y<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TATAIPL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#TATAIPL<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GTvRR?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#GTvRR<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/z5kN0g409n\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/z5kN0g409n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IPL\/status\/1647658729154949120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 16, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Shaun-Pollock-thinks-Gujarat-Titans-have-failed-to-win-on-a-second-occasion-from-this-situation\"\/>Shaun Pollock thinks Gujarat Titans have failed to win on a second occasion from this situation-<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"\/><\/h4>\n<p><strong>\u201cAs for Gujarat, there are a few question marks over them now. This is the second time we\u2019ve felt that they should have closed\u00a0<span title=\"Text included in the summary\">the game out and<\/span>\u00a0should\u2019ve taken the points, and they didn\u2019t do it,\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0he concluded.<\/p>\n<p>The former South African all-rounder says that Gujarat based side has failed to win from situations they are expected to on two occasions, in the 16th edition of the league, as GT lost their game against KKR when Rinku Singh smashed Yash Dayal for five sixes in the last five balls of the game.<\/p>\n<p>While for the sixth game of the season, the Sanju Samson-led side will take on the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur on April 19.<\/p>\n<p>Also read:<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sportzwiki.com\/cricket\/ipl-2023-rajasthan-royals-do-this-often-im-against-it-chris-gayle-on-promoting-ravichandran-ashwin-in-the-batting-order\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> IPL 2023: Rajasthan Royals Do This Often, I\u2019m Against It \u2013 Chris Gayle On Promoting Ravichandran Ashwin In The Batting Order<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/sportzwiki.com\/cricket\/as-for-gujarat-titans-there-are-a-few-question-marks-over-them-now-says-shaun-pollock-as-rajasthan-royals-wins-last-over-thriller\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former South African all-rounder, Shaun Pollock said Rajasthan Royals\u2019 (RR) last-over thriller win over Gujarat Titans (GT), will give RR a lot of self-belief going forward in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023. While in the game RR skipper, Sanju Samson along with Shimron Hetmyer smashed half-centuries to guide the former champions to win at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27281,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6803],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-27280","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cricket"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27280"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27280\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}