GT vs RR, IPL 2023 Highlights: Hetmyer, Samson lead incredible fightback as Royals beat Titans by 3 wickets

Nearly 150kph from Joseph for the fifth ball of the seventh, Padikkal lets rip the lofted cover drive and the ball goes one bounce over the rope.

Full from Pandya, Padikkal sends it flying over extra cover and it seems to have hit someone in the head in the stands. No serious harm done though.

Length at over 140kph from Shami for the last ball of that over, Padikkal takes a waft at it and it takes the outside and flies above Gill at slip. He puts his hands up, can't hold on to it and goes down to the ground wincing with pain. The physio has taken him off the field so it doesn't look too good at the moment.

RR 20/2 in 5 overs

Shami, bowling his third over, goes full on the legs and Padikkal flicks it like a fly over deep backward square leg for a six.

Samson plays it late and pierces the gap between point and cover. The ball races away to the boundary. A bit of a chatter between Pandya and Samson after that and there are no smiles on either captains' faces.

Pandya comes in for his second over and Padikkal hits a four, at last, off the first ball. But the ball has swung around for the next four deliveries. Alzarri Joseph is going to make merry on this wicket at this rate.

Buttler shuffles across to try a ramp and Shami just bowls it straight and the ball barrells onto the stumps. Buttler has been completely flummoxed, RR are in sixes and sevens here.

Buttler b Mohammed Shami 0 (5), RR 4/2 in 2.5 overs

Wow Yashasvi Jaiswal has gently guided that length delivery from Pandya straight to slip the way a fielding coach might do during training. Was Jaiswal not aware that Gill was standing there in that slip position because it makes sense if he didn't and then he went for that. There have been just two runs in the first eight balls and so this might be pressure playing with the youngster's head.

Jaiswal c Shubman Gill b Pandya 1 (7), RR 2/1 in 1.3 overs

Shami with the kind of pressure that GT need to apply throughout this powerplay to truly hurt the Rajasthan Royals. Jaiswal got a run while the second from the wide delivery Shami bowled first up.

Yashasvi Jaiswal and Jos Buttler open for Rajasthan Royals, Mohammed Shami starts the attack for GT.

“There's a lot of dew, it was tough to hold and grip the ball towards the end as the ball was wet. Last time, I won the purple cap, I am focussing on the trophy this year. Zampa bowled well in the last game and he had a good match-up against Miller. Holder is unwell and hence we picked Zampa. It's difficult to bowl at the death (for spinners). It's isn't easy to score if the boundary size if big and if there's some turn. This a very good batting wicket and dew is also a plus point for us. Hopefully we will chase this.” 

That is that for the Titans' innings and they would probably feel that they are about 13 runs short. It was a good charge towards the end led by David Miller but GT looked good enough to reach 190 at one point while Pandya and Gill were going big guns.

Sandeep is bowling just wide yorkers and nothing else. Miller gets a toe edge between the keeper and short third man and the ball hurtles to the rope.

Wide yorker from Sandeep for the second ball of the 20th and Miller carves it over extra cover.

He is caught at cover off the last ball of that over but hasn't he done his job here.

Manohar c Padikkal b Zampa 27 (13), GT 166/5 in 19 overs

Into orbit! Manohar hits Zampa miles up in the air, didn't have enough distance on it to go but it clears the ropes easily so doesn't matter.

Miller rocks back and hits it over wide midwicket. This is a great late charge from GT.

17 runs off the 18th over, Abhinav Manohar retains strike. A couple more and GT will have a great score to defend. Manohar is on 20 off 9, Miller on 33 off 24.

Abhinav Manohar finally gets things going. The third ball of the 18th bowled by Boult is a length ball on off, Manohar pulls it over long-on. Then the fourth clubbed over the long-off rope.

Miller sends Chahal off with a six, smashed over deep midwicket. Miller does well against Chahal and it has been the case today as well but how GT would like a sharp accelaration from here on.

Gill tries to hit Sandeep down the ground but doesn't get the required elevation. He ends up putting it straight down the throat of Buttler at long-off.

Gill c Buttler b Sandeep Sharma 45 (34), GT 121/4 in 15.2 overs

Jos Buttler's attempt to take the catch at the boundary was probably more sensational than the shot itself from Miller. Miller skips down the track and crashes Chahal down the ground. Buttler is at long on, he runs towards the right and puts in a full fledged dive. He is almost parallel to the ground when the ball fizzes past his outstretched arm. If that catch was taken, it would go down as one of the greatest of all time.

Miller smashes the second ball of the 13th straight back at the bowler Zampa, the ball hits his hand and falls off. That had to be taken and Zampa has just given David Miller a life while GT are already past the 100-run mark in the 13th over.

Pandya skies it and Jaiswal does well to keep his eye on the ball that is swirling and spitting fire in the air. He takes the catch, loses his balance but holds on to the ball. 

Pandya c Jaiswal b Chahal 28 (19), GT 91/3 in 10.3 overs

Short from Boult for the fourth ball of the 10th and Pandya crashes a pull shot. That was as flat as it gets and still takes only one bounce before crossing the boundary.