Gujarat Titans have done to Rajasthan Royals what Punjab Kings did to them last week by snatching victory out of the jaws of defeat by chasing down 73 runs in the last five overs in the IPL 2024 clash in Jaipur. Rashid Khan and Rahul Tewatia's 14-ball 38-run stand helped GT cross the finishing line.
Rahul Tewatia made 217 runs in 16 matches at a monstrous strike rate of 147.6. He even smashed two consecutive sixes when GT needed 12 runs to win on the last two balls in one of their encounters.
Gujarat Titans start their IPL campaign against Lucknow Super Giants on March 28 at the Wankhede stadium.
Gujarat team had former India pace bowler Ashish Nehra as their Head Coach, former South Africa cricketer and former India coach Gary Kirsten as their Batting Coach.
The mercurial all-rounder has been hard at work ahead of the IPL season and is hoping to help the Royals make it to the playoffs.
The IPL 2021 just about provided enough - having reached the half-wark mark in the league stage with 29 completed games - to learn how India's T20 World Cup hopefuls fared in the competitions.
Earlier, Parag used to celebrate his catches by doing Bihu dance, an indigenous folk dance of Assam.
Tewatia, Ishan Kishan and Suryakumar Yadav all received call-ups to the Indian T20I team that will face England in five matches starting on March 12.
Tewatia also said that a successful IPL season with Rajasthan Royals boosted his confidence.
Following their comprehensive victory over KXIP, Tewatia pointed the team's intent and responsibility shown by their batsmen at the top.
Rajasthan Royals (RR) beat Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) by 7 wickets in the 50th match of IPL 2020 at Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi.
The left-handed Tewatia, who also bowls leg-spin in the traditional style, has been with the Delhi and Punjab franchises earlier.
Players like Ravi Bishnoi, Ishan Kishan, Rahul Tewatia, Devdutt Padikkal, T Natarajan, Kartik Tyagi have impressed many in the cricket fraternity with both their skills and ability to handle pressure while playing against the best of cricketers in the Indian Premier League.
Rajasthan Royals and MS Dhoni led CSK lock horns in a must-win game to keep their IPL hopes alive, Rahul Tewatia says need to be consistent in all departments.
Tewatia once again cast his magic with a brilliant catch in the deep to dismiss Virat Kohli during the match between Rajasthan Royals and Royal Challengers Bangalore at the Dubai International Stadium on Saturday.
Praveen Thapar, former Delhi Ranji player and captain of Rahul Tewatia at the Income Tax department team, recalls the southpaw scoring 197 in corporate league with a fractured toe.
Rahul Tewatia and Riyan Parag helped RR snatch victory from the jaws of defeat, smashing more than 60 runs in the death overs to get them over the line after a top order collapse left them tottering.
Tewatia helped the Royals eke out a five-wicket victory against Sunrisers Hyderabad with a 28-ball 45 not out to snap their four-match losing streak in the IPL.
The lower middle-order duo churns out a win for RR after the top-order collapsed as Manish Pandey's 50 for SRH goes in vain.
A look at the statistics of the previous IPL seasons show that two of the top three all-time wicket-takers are leg-spinners.
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