IPL 2026 | ‘We’re going…’: Yashasvi Jaiswal’s brief reaction after Rajasthan Royals vs Gujarat Titans collapse cricket news
New Delhi: For the first time as captain in IPL 2026 Yashasvi JaiswalAnd it ended in a crushing defeat. but the disappointment was clearly visible Rajasthan Royals Rajasthan Royals faced a stand-in captain after their massive 77-run defeat at the hands of Gujarat Titans at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium on Saturday.Jaiswal said after the match, “(How difficult it was when GT had such a good start) I think we were just thinking about bowling in good areas and they were batting quite well. So we were just thinking about how we can get the boundaries or the big shots down. So I think it was quite good from them.”
captain Shubman Gill Tej played an inning of 84 runs, while Sai Sudarshan played a brilliant inning of 55 runs to give Gujarat Titans a spectacular 77-run win over Rajasthan Royals.After being sent in to bat, Gill and Sudarshan made a partnership of 118 runs for the first wicket, giving GT a huge score of 229 runs for 4 wickets. In the end, Washington Sundar gave the final touch to the team by scoring unbeaten 37 runs in 20 balls.Right-arm medium pacer Brijesh Sharma (2/47) was the best bowler for Rajasthan Royals, while Yashraj Punja (1/37) and Ravindra Jadeja took one wicket each.Defending the big score, Afghanistan spinner Rashid Khan produced impressive figures of 4/33, while Jason Holder (3/12) and Kagiso Rabada (2/33) also played key roles as RR were bowled out for 152 in 16.3 overs.“Nothing special (what went wrong tonight?),” he said. “I think we have to look at what we can do better and just focus on the next game, what we can do and what we can learn from this game.”Jaiswal also defended the star pacer jofra archerWhose holiday it was. Archer bowled the first over for RR and gave 18 runs in a spell of 11 balls.“No, this is cricket (talks about Archer being off the radar today). We all know there are some days when you are there, there are some days when you are not able to bowl the way you want to. But he is doing very well for us. So I think he will come back very strong.This was RR’s second consecutive defeat and with this defeat it has slipped to fifth place in the points table. They now have 12 points from 11 matches with 6 wins and 5 losses and a net run rate of +0.082.Their next match will be against Delhi Capitals on May 17.
