Watch: Rashid's Gesture After Last Ball 4 To Beat RR Is Power-Packed

Gujarat Titans (GT) ended Rajasthan Royals (RR)'s unbeaten streak in a nail-biting final-ball thriller on Wednesday in Jaipur. While RR seemed to be cruising to a fifth straight defeat, GT clawed their way back to a dramatic victory in the final five overs, needing 73 off the final 30 balls. With two runs needed off the final ball, the pressure fell on the shoulders of bowling all-rounder Rashid Khan to win the match. He thumped Avesh Khan to the boundary for four to secure all two points for GT.

After hitting the winning boundary, Rashid made a gesture towards the dugout which went viral on social media.

delivered yet again

Relive the thrilling end to a thrilling @gujarat_titans win!

Recap the match on @starsportsindia & @Jiocinema #TATAIPL | #RRvGT pic.twitter.com/eXDDvpToZ0 — IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) April 10, 2024

"You just have to be positive," Rashid said. "The more positive you are thinking inside, the better the result comes out."

Asked where the Royals had lost, skipper Sanju Samson laughed and said "the last ball of the game", adding it was "very hard" to speak after the defeat. 

But he still handed out praise for the Titans' play.

"You have to give credit to the Gujarat Titans, to the way they batted, bowled and fielded," Samson said.

After initial wobbles, with Yashasvi Jaiswal caught on 24, and England's Jos Buttler going for eight, 22-year-old Riyan Parag helped build a daunting total.

He celebrated his third fifty in five innings, this time in a knock off 34 balls.

Parag fell for 74 to a juggled but successful catch by Vijay Shankar.

But Samson, who made 68, and Shimron Hetmyer, unbeaten on 13, guided Rajasthan to 196-3 -- keeping their hopes that they were heading for their fifth straight victory alive.

In the chase, RR pacer Kuldeep Sen had ripped through the Titans' top order, posting figures of 3-41.

However, GT skipper Shubman Gill made 72 to push Gujarat's total up before being stumped, while Rahul Tewatia made 22 before he was run out.

But it was Rashid who brought the Titans across the winning threshold, making 24 in the frantic final balls.

(With AFP Inputs)