Rajasthan Royals vs Gujarat Titans, Playing 11: IPL-2023 match played between Rajasthan Royals and Gujarat Titans at Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur. Former champion team Rajasthan captain Sanju Samson won the toss and decided to bat first. Samson showed a player the way out of the playing-11.

This Flop Player Was Dropped

Sanju Samson said after winning the toss, ‘We would like to bat first. This pitch is a bit difficult to read. Bat a few overs and find out later (smiling). The level of cricket we are playing is really good. We were expecting something like this from the preparations Yashasvi Jaiswal was making for the last 2-3 years. A change made in the team and Adam Zampa got a chance in place of Jason Holder.

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Sanju Samson Excludes Jason Holder From Playing-11

Rajasthan captain Sanju Samson dropped Jason Holder from playing-11. The Windies all-rounder holder had scored 55 runs against Mumbai Indians in the match played at Wankhede Stadium on 30 April. He could not contribute much with the bat as well and returned to the pavilion after scoring just 11 runs. Holder also scored 49 runs in his last match in Jaipur against Chennai Super Kings. In such a situation, Samson decided to throw them out.

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Gujarat Titans (Playing XI): Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Hardik Pandya (c), Vijay Shankar, David Miller, Abhinav Manohar, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Mohit Sharma, Noor Ahmed, Mohammed Shami, Joshua Little

Rajasthan Royals (Playing XI): Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson (wk/c), Devdutt Padikkal, Shimron Hetmyer, Dhruv Jurel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Adam Zampa, Sandeep Sharma and Yuzvendra Chahal.