Watch: Rajasthan Royals' Gangnam Style Dance Sums Up Mood In Camp Ahead Of IPL 2023

30.03.2023 - 09:51 sports.ndtv.com

Rajasthan Royals (RR) will look to go one better during the upcoming season of the Indian Premier League, having ended the previous campaign as runner-up.

Ahead of the start of the new season, RR players are gelling well as the 2008 champions look to lift their second IPL title this year.

In a video shared on Instagram, RR players were seen dancing to PSY's popular track, Gangnam Style. In the video, the likes of KC Cariappa and Riyan Parag can be seen shaking a leg to the viral song from 2012. "Tried making Gangnam Style cool again," RR captioned the post.

A post shared by Rajasthan Royals (@rajasthanroyals) RR won the inaugural IPL edition but have failed to win any title since then.

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Rajasthan Royals will be hosting Lucknow Super Giants at their home ground, Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur for their next IPL 2023 match on Wednesday. The table-toppers will be coming to this clash after thrashing Gujarat Titans by three wickets. Gujarat had posted a total of 177/7 in 20 overs and while chasing, RR had lost their star openers Jos Buttler and Yashasvi Jaiswal for 0 and 1 respectively. However, skipper Sanju Samson (60) and Shimron Hetmyer (56*) played match-winning knocks and took their side to victory with four balls to spare.

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Rajasthan Royals (RR) skipper Sanju Samson completed 3,000 runs for his franchise in the Indian Premier League (IPL) on Sunday, becoming the first batter to do so. Samson reached this milestone during his side's IPL 2023 match against Gujarat Titans (GT) at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. In the match, during a run-chase of 178 runs, Samson scored a game-changing 60 runs in just 32 balls. His knock consisted of three fours and six sixes. His runs came at a strike rate of 187.50.

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West Indies batter Shimron Hetmyer unleased his full fury on Gujarat Titans as Rajasthan Royals defeated the reigning champions by three wickets with four balls remaining in an Indian Premier League match on Sunday. With the win, the Royals have broken the jinx of not having previously beaten the Hardik Pandya-led side in three outings and topped the table with eight points. The victory will be all the more sweet considering the 2008 IPL champions were reduced to 4 for 2 at one stage, losing Yashasvi Jaiswal (4) and Jos Buttler (0), and were able to manage just 26 runs in powerplay.

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Rajasthan Royals beat Gujarat Titans by three wickets in their Indian Premier League match at the Narendra Modi Stadium on Sunday. Asked to bat first, Gujarat Titans scored 177 for seven. The in-form Shubman Gill made 45 off 34 balls at the top of the order, while David Miller struck a 30-ball 46. Abhinav Manohar chipped in with a brisk 27 off 13 deliveries. In reply, RR completed the task in 19.2 overs. RR skipper Sanju Samson smashed 60 off 32 balls, while Shimron Hetmyer blazed away to an unbeaten 26-ball 56. Mohammed Shami picked up three wickets for GT but failed to avoid his side's defeat.

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Gujarat Titans, coming off a tough away clash against Punjab Kings in Mohali, would be aiming to climb to the top of the table when they take on leaders Rajasthan Royals in an Indian Premier League (IPL) match in Ahmedabad on Sunday. History is on Hardik Pandya's side as the team has won all three games against the Royals so far, and that would certainly play on the minds of the Sanju Samson-led Rajasthan outfit at the Narendra Modi Stadium. Who can forget the Titans' seven-wicket victory in the IPL 2022 final in only their first year, with Pandya's side making it a one-sided contest, winning with 11 balls to spare.

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Sanju Samson-led Rajasthan Royals would be keen to break the jinx and show past results don't matter much when they face Gujarat Titans -- a side they have never defeated -- in IPL 2023 on Sunday. The Royals' top order has been one of the most devastating this season with the likes of Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler and Sanju Samson helping the side to the highest average powerplay score of 66.8 among 10 teams in IPL 2023. Besides, Buttler's powerplay strike rate of 196.6 is the best among batters, not to forget that he has scored a whopping 114 runs in those crucial six overs so far. Also Jaiswal's 92 at a strike rate of 184 in the powerplay overs so far is something the Titan's won't take lightly.