Match overview

Rajasthan Royals chased down Gujarat Titans' 209/4 with 8 wickets to spare at Sawai Mansingh Stadium on 28 April 2025, ending a five-match losing run in emphatic fashion. The match was effectively settled in the powerplay. Rajasthan reached 87 without loss in the first six overs, almost double the ground's average of 46, and the Titans never threatened a comeback. V Suryavanshi, the Player of the Match, was at the heart of that assault. The Royals finished on 212/2, completing the chase with overs to spare.

Gujarat Titans had batted well to post 209/4, a total that should have made the chase competitive. Their innings was built on a solid powerplay of 53 without loss, a productive middle phase of 96 for 1, and 60 runs in the death for 3 wickets. By the standards of this ground, 209 was a strong score. The Royals made it look straightforward. They lost just 2 wickets across the entire 20 overs, and their middle phase added 112 runs to complete the formality.

For Gujarat Titans, it was a particularly frustrating result given the head-to-head context. The Titans came into this fixture having won six of nine meetings between the sides, including a 58-run victory over the Royals earlier in the 2025 season at Narendra Modi Stadium. This was a timely reminder of how quickly momentum can shift in T20 cricket.

Venue and conditions

Sawai Mansingh Stadium has hosted 97 T20 matches and has a clear bias towards the side batting second. The chase success rate sits at 64 per cent, and the average second-innings score of 153 across those matches suggests even modest totals can be defended. Yet on this occasion, both sides posted well above par. The average first-innings score is 165, so Gujarat Titans' 209 was 44 runs above the historical norm. Rajasthan's 212 overtook it.

The powerplay has historically been worth around 46 runs at this venue, which makes Rajasthan's 87 in six overs particularly striking. The pitch and the evening conditions evidently played well for batting throughout. Dew is a factor at this ground in the later stages of evening fixtures, and teams winning the toss have opted to field 60 per cent of the time, suggesting the surface does tend to ease as the match progresses. Rajasthan Royals won the toss and chose to field, a decision that looked shrewd long before the chase began.

Death bowling at this ground averages 39 runs across the final four overs, but Gujarat Titans scored 60 in that phase to push their total to 209. Whether fatigue from those death overs contributed to what followed in the chase is difficult to say definitively, but the Royals batters found the conditions comfortable from the first ball.

How to watch

IPL 2025 is broadcast in the UK on Sky Sports Cricket, with live streaming available through Sky Go and NOW TV for subscribers. Evening matches in India. With start times typically around 19:30 IST. Kick off at 14:00 BST, making them accessible for UK viewers looking for lunchtime and afternoon coverage. Sky Sports generally carry pre-match analysis and post-match highlights on the same channel.

For those without a subscription, the IPL app carries live commentary and ball-by-ball scoring, though UK rights for live streaming sit with Sky.

Recent form

Gujarat Titans arrived in Jaipur in reasonable shape by IPL standards, having won four of their previous five matches in 2025 against Kolkata Knight Riders, Delhi Capitals, Rajasthan Royals, and Sunrisers Hyderabad. Their only recent defeat had come against Lucknow Super Giants. On paper, they were the side in form.

Rajasthan Royals were the opposite. Their five-match losing streak covering defeats to Royal Challengers Bangalore twice, Lucknow Super Giants, Delhi Capitals, and Gujarat Titans made this an important fixture for confidence as much as for points. The manner of the win, 212/2 chasing 210, was the kind of performance that can shift a side's momentum decisively. Whether the Royals can sustain that level against better-placed opponents later in the competition remains to be seen, but the batting display on this evening gave them a platform to build from.