In the 23rd match of IPL 2023, the Rajasthan Royals team defeated Gujarat Titans by 3 wickets in a thrilling manner. There was a time during this match when Gujarat's victory was visible to the people, but the brilliant innings of Sanju Samson and Shimron Hetmyer turned the tide of the match. Batting first, the Gujarat team scored a total of 177 runs in 20 overs. Chasing this target, Rajasthan Royals came to the ground and achieved this target 4 balls in advance. After the victory, Rajasthan's team director Kumar Sangakkara told where and how the attitude of this match changed.
Rajasthan Royals have shared a video on social media in which team director Kumar Sangakkara is seen stating that Sanju Samson started the match by hitting Rashid Khan for 3 sixes in 3 balls. Let us tell you that Sanju Samson attacked Rashid Khan in 13 overs and hit three consecutive sixes on his ball.
* Sangakkara salutes Sanju Samson:
Team director Kumar Sangakkara while saluting batsman Sanju Samson said that Rashid Khan's overturned the whole match. After this, Sangakkara said that after the way Sanju attacked the best spinner in the world, his team was more confident of winning. Whether the bowler is Rashid Khan or Shane Warne or Muralitharan. So always try to play the ball and not the bowler.
* The attitude of the match changed from 13 overs:
Let us tell you that the Rajasthan Royals team's score was only 66 runs for 12 overs and they had lost their 4 wickets for 66 runs but Tere Aur Main Rashid Khan came to bowl and Sanju Samson hit 3 consecutive sixes in his over. A total of 20 runs were scored in this over and since then the match kept changing. From the next over, Hetmyer also started batting fast and both snatched victory from the Gujarat Titans team by scoring half-centuries. Playing a brilliant inning, Sanju Samson scored a total of 60 runs in 32 balls and Hetmyer performed a brilliant inning of 56 not out in 26 balls.
Let us tell you that for the first time in Rajasthan, the Gujarat Titans team has faced defeat. Last year, a total of 3 matches including the final were played between the two teams and Gujarat Titans did not win every time, but this time the game was overturned and Sanju's army Won a resounding victory.