‘Couldn’t understand what Rajasthan did’ – Aakash Chopra gives his take on Rajasthan’s humiliating loss to Gujarat

The forty eighth sport of the continued Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 featured a conflict between the Sanju Samson-led Rajasthan Royals and the defending champions Gujarat Titans on the Sawai Mansingh Stadium on Friday, Might 5.

Within the first innings, the bowling assault of Gujarat dismantled the batting line-up of the hosts. Rajasthan have been bundled out for a meager 118 runs because of sensible spells by Rashid Khan and Noor Ahmad. Through the run chase, Gujarat dominated their opposition as sensible knocks by Wriddiman Saha, Shubman Gill, and skipper Hardik Pandya led the facet to a win by 9 wickets.

Following the facet’s humiliating loss, former India cricketer Aakash Chopra got here ahead to provide his tackle the match. He even opined that it was an especially boring match and that Rajasthan have been demolished by the defending champions.

“It was an especially boring sort of match. Could not perceive what Rajasthan did. Rajasthan have been demolished. They opted to bat after profitable the toss, however did they bat? Rajasthan managed solely 118 runs. The batting was extraordinarily atypical. Sanju (Samson) made a couple of runs, however the match was going completely one-sided. After they got here to bowl, they did not choose up a single wicket within the first six overs,” Aakash Chopra stated in a video on his YouTube channel. .

This match was completely past my understanding: Chopra

Moreover, Aakash Chopra questioned why Sanju Samson didn’t carry on the spinners within the powerplay when it was the spin bowling that dismantled their batting line-up within the first innings. He even went on to say that the sport was fully past his understanding.

Yuzvendra Chahal was the one wicket-taker for Rajasthan throughout the run chase, he dismissed the in-form Shubman Gill, nevertheless, to no avail, as skipper Hardik Pandya‘s explosive knock after the autumn of the primary wicket propelled Gujarat to a convincing win.

“Spin destroyed you, however you did not bowl a single over of spin within the first six overs. You bought Ravichandran Ashwin within the twelfth or thirteenth over. What do you do? This match was completely past my understanding,” Chopra stated.