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Rashid Khan hit the final ball for four as Gujarat Titans ended the four- match winning streak of  Rajasthan Royals by three wickets  at Swai Man Singh Stadium Jaipur .

Gujarat Titans Skipper Shubman Gill won the toss and elected field first against Rajasthan Royals . desperate to get back to form Yashasvi Jaiswal tried hard and could score 24 off 19 balls with five fours. Jos Buttler who hammered a hundred in the previous match was out for 8 . In terrific form RR Skipper Sanju Samson remained unbeaten with a superb 68 ( 38 Balls, 7 fours, 2 sixes) and well supported by impressive Riyan Parag who smashed 76 ( 48 balls , 3 fours, 5 sixes) , Shimron Hetmyer remained not out 13 . Royals finishing at a strong 196/ 3 in their 20 overs.

GT bowling figures were : Umesh Yadav 1/ 47 ( 4 overs), Spencer Johnson 0/ 37 ( 3 overs), Rashid Khan 1/ 18 ( 4 overs) was brilliant. Noor Ahmad 0/ 43 ( 4 overs), Mohit Sharma 1/ 51 ( 4 overs)

In reply , GT were in control. Openers  Skipper Shubman Gill  and Sai Sudharsan began well and raced to 71-1, 8.2 overs.  Sudharsan  was dismissed for  35 ( 29 balls , 3 fours , 1 six) . Matthew Wade, getting a game was not happy one out for 4 .  And Wade had mixed day behind the wickets too. A good catch followed by dropped ones.  Abhinav Manohar was out for 1 .

After steady  start GT  innings was in trouble with quick wickets with total  reading 86-3, 10.4 overs  .  Gill  Kept GT on the hunt and  fell for  a fine 72  ( 44 balls , 6 fours, 1 six)  .  Vijay Shankar was out for 16 .  Shahrukh Khan 14

But timely cameos by  Rahul Tewatia  22 ( 11 balls, 3 fours ) before he was run-out and  Rashid Khan  not out 24 ( 11 balls , 3 fours )  who hit the winning runs saw GT home in thrilling  last ball finish . GT 199/ 7  in 202 overs

RR bowling  figures were : Yuzvendra Chahal 2/ 43 ( 4 overs), Keshav Maharaj 0/ 16 ( 2 overs), Ravichandran Ashwin 0/ 47 ( 4 overs), Kuldeep Sen 3/ 41 ( 4 overs), Avesh Khan 1/ 48 ( 4 overs) could not defend 15 off the final over.