Match overview
Gujarat Titans beat Rajasthan Royals by 3 wickets at Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur on 10 April 2024 in a high-scoring IPL T20. Rajasthan posted 196/3 from their 20 overs, a total well above the ground's average first-innings score of 165 across 97 matches. Gujarat's chase was far from comfortable: they lost 7 wickets in getting there and needed 75 runs from the death overs to seal it. Rashid Khan was named Player of the Match. Gujarat had won the toss and chose to field, a decision aligned with Sawai Mansingh's 64% chase success rate and 60% toss-field rate.
Rajasthan's innings was built on a dominant middle phase. They scored 91 runs for no wicket between overs 7 and 15, which turned a reasonable powerplay return of 43/2 into a formidable total. The death overs added 62 more for 1 wicket. Against that, Gujarat's chase saw them keep pace through the powerplay (44/0) before losing 4 wickets in the middle overs, leaving their lower order with heavy lifting to do in the back end.
Venue and conditions
Sawai Mansingh Stadium has hosted 97 T20 matches, building a clear statistical profile. The average first-innings score sits at 165, but both sides exceeded that on this occasion: Rajasthan's 196 and Gujarat's 199 are well above the norm. The average death-overs score at the ground is just 39 runs; Gujarat's 75 from the final phase was nearly double that, which explains why they won despite needing so much from the back end.
Captains at this ground field more often than not after winning the toss (60% of the time), and that calculation tends to make sense: chasers win 64% of matches here. Dew can be a factor in evening matches in this part of India, which makes batting second marginally easier as the game progresses. The pitch generally offers batters more as the innings develops, which aligns with both teams scoring more heavily in the middle and death overs than in their respective powerplays.
For bowlers, the powerplay average of 46 runs suggests openers take a measured approach rather than going all-out from ball one. The real battles at this ground tend to happen in the middle overs and at the death, where match outcomes are most often decided.
How to watch
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Recent form
Rajasthan Royals came into this match in exceptional form, having won five consecutive IPL games in 2024 against Royal Challengers Bangalore, Mumbai Indians, Delhi Capitals, Lucknow Super Giants, and Punjab Kings. That record put them among the tournament's early pacesetters. The fact that Gujarat still beat them here underlines how unpredictable T20 cricket can be, even when one side has clear momentum.
Gujarat Titans had been inconsistent. Of their five most recent matches before this one, they had won 2 and lost 3, with defeats against Lucknow Super Giants, Punjab Kings, and Chennai Super Kings. Their win over Sunrisers Hyderabad suggested they were capable of competing at the top level, but the pattern of results was patchy. In that context, chasing down 197 at Jaipur to beat a side in Rajasthan's form was a significant result. The next fixture in this rivalry will be worth watching to see whether Rajasthan's strong early-season form proves the more durable trend.
