On Monday, April 28, the IPL 2025 encounter between the powerful Gujarat Titans (GT) and the hosts Rajasthan Royals (RR) took place at Jaipur’s Sawai Mansingh Stadium. Given the possibility of dew later in the evening, RR captain Riyan Parag chose to field first after winning the toss. Tushar Deshpande was demoted to Impact Substitute after Yudhvir Singh Charak was added to the RR playing XI. Karim Janat, who made his GT debut, took Sherfane Rutherford’s place.

Shubman Gill and Sai Sudharsan, GT’s reliable opening duo, got the innings off to a good start. The left-hand and right-hand combination dominated by slamming the bowlers all over the park, despite RR’s attempts to break the partnership early with fresh bowling combinations.

The GT openers pulled up a 93-run opening stand and scored 53 runs during the powerplay. Sudharsan scored 39 runs and was the first wicket to fall. Jos Buttler, an England batsman, entered the game and teamed up with GT captain Shubman Gill. For the second wicket, they contributed 74 runs. Before being removed by Maheesh Theekshana, Gill had a fantastic performance, hitting 84 runs off 50 balls, including five fours and four sixes.

In the 15th over, Jos Buttler took on Wanindu Hasaranga and hammered him for 23 runs. For RR, Maheesh Theekshana bowled well, taking two wickets in his four-over performance while giving up 35 runs. However, GT amassed a dominant 209 runs in their allocated 20 overs thanks to Jos Buttler’s outstanding batting. On the final ball of the innings, Buttler reached his half-century.

Sandeep Sharma and Jofra Archer both contributed a wicket for RR. In a touching moment, Sai Sudharsan showed excellent sportsmanship by claiming the Orange Cap from Jos Buttler. RR has a difficult task ahead of them as they try to defeat the big target in front of their home crowd and win a significant game. In the long run, this might help them maintain their relevance in the IPL 2025 playoff battle.

Meanwhile, here are the funniest mid-innings memes from RR vs GT, Match 47 of IPL 2025: