RR vs GT Highlights IPL 2026: GT rout RR, win by 77 runs to wrap up 4th consecutive win; Jaipur unhappy ground for RR
Rajasthan Royals vs Gujarat Titans Highlights IPL 2026: Shubman Gill's 84 and Rashid Khan's 4-fer seal a devastating 77-run win for Gujarat Titans, who move up into second place. RR slide down into fifth, with their fifth loss in seven matches, and have work to do to climb back up now.
Rajasthan Royals vs Gujarat Titans LIVE Score IPL 2026: Get points on the board for yourself, and take away the points from teams trying to pip you to the post. In the business end of the IPL group stages, with things beginning to look very tight in the middle, all these matches between the playoff candidates begin to feel like virtual playoffs in their own right. Entering the last sprint to the finish line, Rajasthan Royals hosting Gujarat Titans in Jaipur is the first of several such matches lined up over the course of the next two weeks, and that is sure to make for some truly enthralling cricket....Read More
On Saturday, it's the Pink Promise night for the Royals on home turf at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium – an alternate jersey, decked out in pink, and a fine night for the team to look good and set out a statement. After proving their worth as playoff contenders, the youth and inexperience in the RR team has bitten them a couple of times in recent weeks as they dropped matches to struggling Delhi in their last contest. Four losses in their last six matches shows them to be a team which needs to find momentum again, but a solid eight-day break will allow them to do just that.
Gujarat is a team that RR managed to beat in their respective opening game of the season over five weeks ago – it was a tight, thrilling encounter, and promises to be that all over again. GT have shown how they like to win matches, following a template of taking early wicket sto restrict teams to subpar scores before allowing their top order to chase it down with relative ease. They have three consecutive wins, all via the chase – five of their six wins this season won chasing, and the sixth being the David Miller game where they realistically should have lost as well.
Rajasthan's strengths are in some ways similar, and as are their weaknesses – a sensational top order and new-ball bowling, but an underbaked middle order still looking for answers. Donovan Ferreira is proving to be a gamechanger, and his role in this RR team could be what makes the difference, given GT's tendency to frontload their quality bowling.
Eyes as always will be on Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, but how the youngster fares against Mohammed Siraj and Kagiso Rabada in the powerplay is the key battle.
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- 9 May 2026, 11:06:59 PM IST
RR vs GT LIVE Score: That's all! GT into second place, RR's NRR takes a dent
RR vs GT LIVE Score: 77 run win for Gujarat Titans who now move into second place in the table, right on the tails of SRH! Now amongst the favourites to make the playoffs.
RR slide out of the top four and into 5th, no battling to get back amongst it – need to be perfect from here, after dropping their fifth game in seven matches.
- 9 May 2026, 11:04:45 PM IST
RR vs GT LIVE Score: 9 down – Shanaka next to fall
RR vs GT LIVE Score: About to be a bruising loss for RR – will mess up their NRR, and give GT a big boost. Given how tight the race is, could be a disastrous loss.
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- 9 May 2026, 10:47:21 PM IST
RR vs GT LIVE Score: Four for Rashid! Six and out again
RR vs GT LIVE Score: Rashid Khan! What a performance. Gets hit for six again, but this time speeds it up to beat Jadeja for pace. Pitches and straightens, as plumb as can be.
RR crumbling now. 136/7.
- 9 May 2026, 10:39:09 PM IST
RR vs GT LIVE Score: ANOTHER BOWLED FOR RASHID! Dubey next to fall
RR vs GT LIVE Score: Rashid Khan on fire! No stopping him today – gets hit for six but backs himself to do damage with a similar ball. Just a touch slower, a little more bit, and throw Dubey's gate right after he swings away a big six.
GT approaching the win now.
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- 9 May 2026, 10:33:37 PM IST
RR vs GT LIVE Score: 107/5 after 11
RR vs GT LIVE Score: RR slowing down. Not really finding the boundaries against the spinners as they feel the need to slow down. They need to begin going hard soon.
- 9 May 2026, 10:20:56 PM IST
RR vs GT LIVE Score: AND NOW FERREIRA KNOCKED OVER! Rashid on fire
RR vs GT LIVE Score: HE'S DONE IT AGAIN! Rashid Khan unstoppable at the moment and picks up a wicket that might well settle this contest – Ferreira plays down the wrong line, sees the ball turn past him and rattle his off-stump!
91/5 out of nowhere, wow!
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- 9 May 2026, 10:19:01 PM IST
RR vs GT LIVE Score: JUREL KNOCKED OVER! Rashid on the money
RR vs GT LIVE Score: BOWLED HIM! Too close to cut, misses it, and now RR are really in trouble – still so much to do for them!
- 9 May 2026, 10:16:33 PM IST
RR vs GT LIVE Score: 86/3 after 7
RR vs GT LIVE Score: Jadeja and Jurel need to ensure RR stay within punching distance – they will back Donovan Ferreira late on, but don't want to leave him too much to do. The big challenge – Rashid Khan.
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- 9 May 2026, 10:07:17 PM IST
RR vs GT LIVE Score: Poor shot and Hetmyer falls!
RR vs GT LIVE Score: Not the bowler to go after with shots like that! The extra bounce Rabada generates doing the damage here – climbs up as Hetmyer tries to hook it away, and goes straight up. Easy catch again!
68/3 now – trouble for RR.
- 9 May 2026, 10:02:12 PM IST
RR vs GT LIVE Score: 6, 4, 6! Jurel eats into Jurel
RR vs GT LIVE Score: Jurel keeps the run-rate going! Important to do this in the powerplay – two magnificently timed heaves into the leg-side, split by a lovely late-cut to find the gap.
He will look to attack the pacers and allow Hetmyer to handle the spinners.
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- 9 May 2026, 09:55:58 PM IST
RR vs GT LIVE Score: JAISWAL FALLS TO A SHORT ONE TOO! RR in trouble
RR vs GT LIVE Score: YASHASVI JAISWAL FALLS EARLY, BIG MOMENT! Rabada goes short into the left-hander, and he can only pop it right up.
40/2 now – a lot of pressure on the RR middle order now.
- 9 May 2026, 09:52:29 PM IST
RR vs GT LIVE Score: SOORYAVANSHI FALLS ON 36! Siraj with a terrific bouncer
RR vs GT LIVE Score: He was going hard and getting value for his shots but he will feel he hasn't done enough tonight! A trio of fours for Siraj, but it's the surprise bumper that works – Sooryavanshi takes his eyes off the ball and slices it straight up, well taken by Arshad.
Siraj pleased with that one – a well-directed bouncer that gets him a big scalp.
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- 9 May 2026, 09:44:12 PM IST
RR vs GT LIVE Score: Pulled away for six! Rabada gets the Sooryavanshi treatment
RR vs GT LIVE Score: There he goes! Short into his from Rabada but the batter is ready – helps it on for a big six!
Next ball is a good bouncer which he sort of mis-hits, but such is his power that it clears the boundary anyway!
- 9 May 2026, 09:38:32 PM IST
RR vs GT LIVE Score: Sooryavanshi injured and gets hurt next ball!
RR vs GT LIVE Score: First ball he sees from Siraj in the innings, and he hammers it for six! Just how he plays.
Next ball is a good yorker – he jams it out, but the ball rockets off his bat into his ankle. Needs treatment.
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- 9 May 2026, 09:33:22 PM IST
RR vs GT LIVE Score: Ready for the chase – does Sooryavanshi have something special?
RR vs GT LIVE Score: A year off from when Vaibhav Sooryavanshi scored his first IPL century against this opposition, at this venue. Does he have more of the same lined up? It might be what is needed. Siraj and Rabada to deal with.
- 9 May 2026, 09:18:24 PM IST
RR vs GT LIVE Score: GT finish on 229/4
RR vs GT LIVE Score: Washington Sundar adds six more with a lovely shot – he ends the day on 37*(20). Fine late cameo.
Gill's 84 does the heavy lifting but this is a very good total. But RR have the firepower to get there.
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- 9 May 2026, 09:13:06 PM IST
RR vs GT LIVE Score: 6, 6! Tewatia proving his value
RR vs GT LIVE Score: There goes Rahul Tewatia, two sixes to start the 20th! Deshpande erring onto the leg stump and being swung away – why are RR bowling to his strength?
- 9 May 2026, 09:06:24 PM IST
RR vs GT LIVE Score: Brijesh with another – RR dragging it back
RR vs GT LIVE Score: Slower one into the surface, fools Holder who it too early into the shot. Chipped up and easily taken by Jaiswal.
205/4 with 11 balls to play – can they potentially restrict them to sub-220?
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- 9 May 2026, 08:56:08 PM IST
RR vs GT LIVE Score: Six and out! Gill can't stick through
RR vs GT LIVE Score: Fine innings of 84(44) from Shubman Gill, but he would have wanted to stick around now that he was in. Smacks a lovely cover drive for six one ball, but tries a scoop the next – not hi smost natural shot, and doesn't pay off as it loops straight up and easily to fine leg.
185/3 with 22 balls to play.
- 9 May 2026, 08:48:18 PM IST
RR vs GT LIVE Score: Sundar smacks Archer for six!
RR vs GT LIVE Score: Not Jofra Archer's night at all! Half-volley pace off, Sundar wants just that with mid-off inside the ring – swings with ease to pick up six runs over the off-side!
Takes GT to 173/2 with 29 balls to play – looking at 60+ more from here.
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- 9 May 2026, 08:40:10 PM IST
RR vs GT LIVE Score: JADEJA GETS BUTTLER – and puts him in his pocket!
RR vs GT LIVE Score: Jadeja deceives Buttler! The Englishman slices it up after trying to advance, easily taken at long-off, and there's that pocket celebration from Jadeja. He likes that one!
- 9 May 2026, 08:38:17 PM IST
RR vs GT LIVE Score: 14 off the next! GT hit 150 in 13 overs
RR vs GT LIVE Score: Excellent proactive batting from the pair-- Buttler uses his feet to get six, and Gill ends the over with a switch-hit for four. GT want something close to 230 from here.
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- 9 May 2026, 08:36:32 PM IST
RR vs GT LIVE Score: Buttler, Gill take Jadeja for 17 runs!
RR vs GT LIVE Score: Big over! GT get a move-on again. Buttler picks up four, Gill picks up four, then sweeps hard – hits it to the man, but it's a tough chance, and parried over the top for six!
GT beginning to punish the bowlers a touch.
- 9 May 2026, 08:29:48 PM IST
RR vs GT LIVE Score: SUDHARSAN FALLS! RR break opening stand
RR vs GT LIVE Score: Yash Raj Punja strikes! Bowling well, forcing the batters to try and clear it straight – tough against these big straight boundaries. Sudharsan gets it off the inside half of the bat, and picks out Archer well inside the fence at long on.
118/1 now. RR want another.
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- 9 May 2026, 08:26:38 PM IST
RR vs GT LIVE Score: Gill reaches fifty but struggling physically
RR vs GT LIVE Score: Shubman Gill just limping a little bit – seems to have tweaked his ankle completing a sharp run in the last over. Not fully comfortable – but he works his way to a half-century regardless.
RR's spinners doing well to dry up the boundaries.
- 9 May 2026, 08:17:58 PM IST
RR vs GT LIVE Score: Fifty for Sudharsan
RR vs GT LIVE Score: Half-century for Sai Sudharsan in 30 deliveries. Gill onto 45* himself.
Century partnership – how far can GT get?
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- 9 May 2026, 08:13:39 PM IST
RR vs GT LIVE Score: Jaiswal nearly with a one-handed spectacular!
RR vs GT LIVE Score: First real half-chance for RR since the first over – Gill tries to clear extra cover but can't quite. Jaiswal does beautifully to put in a well-timed dive and get one hand to it. That either sticks or doesn't – unlucky for RR.
- 9 May 2026, 08:05:20 PM IST
RR vs GT LIVE Score: 82/0 after the powerplay – spectacular batting!
RR vs GT LIVE Score: This is what GT are all about. Clean, crisp hitting, minimal risks, but batting at a terrific rate. It looks like RR have no response. Where can Jaiswal turn to?
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- 9 May 2026, 07:59:59 PM IST
RR vs GT LIVE Score: 4, 6, 4! Gill takes down Archer
RR vs GT LIVE Score: What cricket! Shubman Gill putting the ball exactly where he wants it. Through covers, then six down the ground, then four more down the ground.
67/0 in 5 overs – what are RR doing?
- 9 May 2026, 07:57:49 PM IST
RR vs GT LIVE Score: 52/0 in 4 overs
RR vs GT LIVE Score: GT in total control, RR not able to exert any influence over this innings. Jaiswal goes back to Archer looking for something to give.
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- 9 May 2026, 07:49:45 PM IST
RR vs GT LIVE Score: Crisp as you like for six from Sudharsan! Picks the slower one
RR vs GT LIVE Score: Nothing working for RR! Brijesh's slower one is too telegraphed, Sudharsan picks it up and deposits it for six over long-on.
37/0 after 3 overs – not a good start.
- 9 May 2026, 07:41:30 PM IST
RR vs GT LIVE Score: Make that 18 – extra overthrow
RR vs GT LIVE Score: Bad to worse here. RR been very sloppy to start. An overthrow for no reason on the last ball of the over and they get a bonus run.
Deshpande with the second over.
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- 9 May 2026, 07:39:53 PM IST
RR vs GT LIVE Score: 17 off first over
RR vs GT LIVE Score: Very expensive first over – despite only one boundary off the bat. RR won't be happy given they have dropped Burger today, need to exert some control.
- 9 May 2026, 07:36:03 PM IST
RR vs GT LIVE Score: Sloppy start from Archer – no-ball, five wides, still a free hit
RR vs GT LIVE Score: Jofra Archer sloppy early! Gives a no-ball to GT. On the free-hit, fires it down leg and evades Jurel, granting 5 free runs. Still a free-hit, another wide given up, and another – 14 off 2 legal deliveries.
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- 9 May 2026, 07:33:14 PM IST
RR vs GT LIVE Score: First ball four! Sudharsan climbs into one short and wide
RR vs GT LIVE Score: Ready for it! Expects the angle across and times it well to carve it over point – no intention to keep it on the floor, and fetches a boundary.
Archer goes around the wicket early to adjust.
- 9 May 2026, 07:30:54 PM IST
RR vs GT LIVE Score: Ready to go – Jofra Archer wants a good start
RR vs GT LIVE Score: Sudharsan and Gill, so used to giving their team confident starts. Jofra Archer, the best in the league at shaking things up early. Here we go!
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- 9 May 2026, 07:17:07 PM IST
RR vs GT LIVE Score: RR playing XI
RR vs GT LIVE Score: Do RR look a bowler short? Interesting combination from them – a lot of pressure on Archer in the powerplay.
RR XI: Yashasvi Jaiswal (c), Dhruv Jurel (wk), Shimron Hetmyer, Donovan Ferreira, Ravindra Jadeja, Shubham Dubey, Dasun Shanaka, Jofra Archer, Brijesh Sharma, Tushar Deshpande, Yash Raj Punja
Impact: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Adam Milne, Ravi Singh, Ravi Bishnoi, Sushant Mishra
- 9 May 2026, 07:10:29 PM IST
RR vs GT LIVE Score: GT playing XI
RR vs GT LIVE Score: Prasidh Krishna expected to come back in for GT.
GT XI: Shubman Gill (c), Sai Sudharsan, Jos Buttler (wk), Nishant Sindhu, Washington Sundar, Jason Holder, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Arshad Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Mohammed Siraj
Impact: Prasidh Krishna, Glenn Phillips, Anuj Rawat, R Sai Kishore, Kumar Kushagra
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- 9 May 2026, 07:03:00 PM IST
RR vs GT LIVE Score: RR win toss, opt to bowl first
RR vs GT LIVE Score: Yashasvi Jaiswal wins the toss in his first match as a captain, and opts to bowl first. A pulled hamstring keeping him out. Team news next.
- 9 May 2026, 07:01:04 PM IST
RR vs GT LIVE Score: Yashasvi Jaiswal captains RR tonight!
RR vs GT LIVE Score: No Riyan Parag at the toss – sustained an injury last week against DC which hasn't recovered. Big night for Jaiswal today!
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- 9 May 2026, 06:45:47 PM IST
RR vs GT LIVE Score: Underbaked middle orders need to click into gear
RR vs GT LIVE Score: The middle orders of these respective teams have done decently this year without really exploding – Riyan Parag scored a 90 which will give him confidence, Donovan Ferreira has been hitting it well, Washington Sundar is finding his feet. But each of these names know the importance of taking up crucial responsibility for when the going gets tough in the clutch moments of the season.
- 9 May 2026, 06:25:51 PM IST
RR vs GT LIVE Score: Just over half-an-hour to the toss
RR vs GT LIVE Score: Thirty-five minutes or so to the toss. Here is what we know – GT have won five of their six matches chasing, and struggled when batting first, only winning once. RR do like batting first, but based on this, will be aware that they can back themselves to chase even in excess of 200+, as they already have this season.
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- 9 May 2026, 06:10:07 PM IST
RR vs GT LIVE Score: Equally, Archer and Burger vs Gill-Sudharsan-Buttler
RR vs GT LIVE Score: Of equal importance will be how Jofra Archer and Nandre Burger will fare against the top three of GT. GT are a famously top-heavy team – success against the big names at the top of the unit can usually dictate success. Gill and Sudharsan are very technically sound and won't struggle against the high-pace they face, but given that is where GT's strength lies, early wickets remain of great importance.
- 9 May 2026, 05:50:57 PM IST
RR vs GT LIVE Score: GT's new-ball bowling vs RR openers the key battle
RR vs GT LIVE Score: Where the match will be won and lost in this contest is how Mohd Siraj and Kagiso Rabada will fare against Yashasvi Jaiswal and Vaibhav Sooryavanshi will be the key battle. Those two left-handed batters are used to dynamic starts and setting a fast base – but equally, the GT seamers love taking important early wickets.
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- 9 May 2026, 05:15:46 PM IST
RR vs GT LIVE Score: Earlier this season – RR hang on in nail-biter
RR vs GT LIVE Score: When the teams met last, it was with fresh legs right at the start of the season. RR batted first and scored 210, and GT seemed set to chase it down even despite wickets tumbling. However, despite a simple last couple of overs, they ran out of batters, not able to track down the target.
- 9 May 2026, 05:00:03 PM IST
RR vs GT LIVE Score: Tied on points, 4th and 5th in the table
RR vs GT LIVE Score: RR and GT are part of the nucleus of IPL teams currently sitting on 12 points, making the table look very cramped. This pair of teams from the Western states are neck and neck – RR just inside the playoff spots in 4th place, but narrowly ahead of GT in fifth.
Whichever team wins today will enter the Top 2 for sure – and a massive RR win might even take them to the top of the table. Points on the board crucial as always.
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- 9 May 2026, 04:30:26 PM IST
RR vs GT LIVE Score: HELLO AND WELCOME!
RR vs GT LIVE Score: A virtual playoff as the IPL officially enters the sticky end – 4th plays 5th with the top 2 on the line, a win making the playoffs that much closer and a loss making it a tricky prospect. Huge stakes – stay tuned.