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NEW CHANDIGARH, India (AP) \u2014 Gujarat Titans will face defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the Indian Premier League final after chasing down Rajasthan Royals on Friday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
A 167-run partnership between opening batters Shubman Gill and Sai Sudharsan steered Gujarat to the seven-wicket win with eight balls to spare.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Gujarat pulled off its highest successful chase at 219-3, in reply to Rajasthan’s 214-6 propped up by another superlative innings from 15-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, who smashed 96 off 47 balls.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
He was trumped by Gujarat captain Gill, who hit 104 off 53 balls, including 15 boundaries.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
The final on Sunday in Ahmedabad will be a rematch of the first playoff on Tuesday when Bengaluru beat Gujarat by 92 runs in Dharamsala.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Opting to bat, Rajasthan made a shaky start against Gujarat\u2019s pace at 9-2 after 11 balls. That forced Sooryavanshi to bat slower than usual and he still powered to 50 off 31 balls and lifted Rajasthan to 70-2 in the powerplay.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
He put on 127 off 65 balls with Ravindra Jadeja, who anchored with 45 not out off 35 balls. Jadeja retired hurt for a short time.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Sooryavanshi was dropped in the 11th over and wickets were falling at the other end but he hit another 46 off 16 balls with five sixes and three fours.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
He and Jadeja came together for a second time in the 13th over, rescuing the innings from collapse. Sooryavanshi was out caught off Kagiso Rabada in the 18th over, four shy of a hundred.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
In his previous game, the wonderkid scored 97 off 29 balls against Sunrisers Hyderabad. Sooryavanshi finished the season with 776 runs in 16 innings at a strike rate of 237.31.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
In reply, Gill was in a punishing mood as he hit a stylish fifth IPL hundred and his first this season.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Gill made 50 off 30 balls as Gujarat scored 69-0 in the powerplay. Sai Sudharsan showed quicker pace \u2014 50 off 26 balls with seven fours and a six \u2014 as Gujarat’s 100 came up in only 52 balls.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
The pair had 167 off 77 and seemed unstoppable until Sudharsan was out hit wicket for a second game running in the 13th over. His bat slipped out of his gloves and hit the stumps, again. He’d made 58 off 32.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Gill scored the fastest hundred for a Gujarat batter, off 47 balls. He improved his 49-ball effort from 2023 against Mumbai Indians, also in the knockouts. He’s the first batter to score multiple hundreds in the playoffs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
When Gill was out leg before to Jofra Archer in the 15th over, Gujarat needed only another 33 from 30 balls.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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