{"id":164955,"date":"2026-05-08T08:27:38","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T13:57:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=164955"},"modified":"2026-05-08T08:27:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T13:57:38","slug":"rr-vs-gt-ipl-2026-gujarat-titans-bowling-attack-looks-to-counter-rajasthan-royals-opening-salvo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=164955","title":{"rendered":"RR vs GT, IPL 2026: Gujarat Titans bowling attack looks to counter Rajasthan Royals opening salvo"},"content":{"rendered":"


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In 2023 and 2024, Gujarat Titans treated Jaipur like an away ATM: insert XI, withdraw points. Then came 2025, and the machine jammed.<\/p>\n

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (101, 38b) didn\u2019t just break it \u2014 he rewired it mid-game. Suddenly, GT wasn\u2019t the disruptor anymore. Saturday\u2019s IPL match now poses a simple question \u2014 Rajasthan Royals to draw level, or GT to reassert control?<\/p>\n

There are grounds where 180 sits on the board \u2014 untouchable, respected, radiating consequences. The Sawai Mansingh Stadium this season has not been one of them.<\/p>\n

Here, the scoreboard has behaved like a slot machine in a provincial casino. Targets aren\u2019t safe, and batters have swung as if the boundary cushions owe them money.<\/p>\n

That doesn\u2019t entirely align with the blueprint behind GT\u2019s three-match winning streak \u2014 the bowlers to contain, the target to remain modest, the chase to unfold without panic. It has won seven out of seven chases of 170 or below since 2025.<\/p>\n

Kagiso Rabada has rediscovered rhythm with the new ball, claiming four wickets at an economy of 6.89 in the PowerPlay across the last three matches. Significantly, three of those dismissals have come through short and short-of-length deliveries. Mohammed Siraj has been equally incisive, taking four wickets at 6.44 in the same phase.<\/p>\n

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Their duel with RR\u2019s explosive openers \u2014 Yashasvi Jaiswal and Sooryavanshi \u2014 could be the night\u2019s defining match-up. Jason Holder\u2019s return of seven wickets at 6.94 adds further control to GT\u2019s attack.<\/p>\n

With captain Riyan Parag striking form and Donovan Ferreira shaping into a terrific finisher, RR\u2019s middle order has contributed more consistently over the last two games.<\/p>\n

GT\u2019s, meanwhile, remains vulnerable. Including its last match against Punjab Kings, GT\u2019s Nos. 4 to 7 have averaged only 22 since the last IPL \u2014 the second-lowest among all teams in that period. RR has enough bowling variety to expose and target that weakness in search of its first win here this season.<\/p>\n

Published on May 08, 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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In 2023 and 2024, Gujarat Titans treated Jaipur like an away ATM: insert XI, withdraw points. Then came 2025, and the machine jammed. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (101, 38b) didn\u2019t just break it \u2014 he rewired it mid-game. Suddenly, GT wasn\u2019t the disruptor anymore. Saturday\u2019s IPL match now poses a simple question \u2014 Rajasthan Royals to draw…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":164956,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-164955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2026-04-25T140933Z_1505326889_UP1EM4P13BWU5_RTRMADP_3_CRICKET-IPL-RR-SRH.JPG","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pgnRh4-GUz","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164955","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=164955"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164955\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/164956"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=164955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=164955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=164955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}