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Shubman Gill had many reasons to be unhappy as a captain on Wednesday. First, his Gujarat Titans bowlers leaked runs as Rajasthan Royals duo Sanju Samson and Riyan Parag went for the big hits. Secondly, there was one umpire’s decision that clearly miffed Shubman Gill as he could be seen chatting animatedly with the official. The incident happened in the 17th over bowled by GT’s Mohit Sharma.

The final delivery of the over was given wide as Gill went upstairs for DRS. In that delivery, batter Sanju Samson moved a little outside off while trying to play. The third umpire gave it a fair delivery at first and then called it a wide. That decision completely frustrated Gill and he had a long animated chat with umpire Vinod Seshan. But the wide call stayed on.

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Riyan Parag and Sanju Samson continued their red hot form in the IPL as their aggressive fifties pushed Rajasthan Royals to 196 for three against Gujarat Titans here on Wednesday.

At 43 for two in the powerplay, Titans had it all under control before skipper Samson (68 not out off 38) and Parag (76 off 48) combined to snatch the momentum from the visitors. Royals smashed as many as 123 runs in the last 10 overs.

Parag, who has taken his game to the next level and is thriving in his new batting position of number 4, was at his disdainful best on way to his third half-century in five innings.

He shared a 130-run stand off 78 balls with Samson, who has also been in sublime touch since the start of the tournament.

Matthew Wade dropping Parag on 0 and 6 off star spinner Rashid Khan also cost Titans dearly as the in-form batter found the big hits at will afterwards.

The 22-year-old hammered five sixes with three of them coming against left-arm spinner Noor Ahmed via the sweep shot.

Parag brought up his fifty with a flat six over long-on off pacer Mohit Sharma.

Samson, on the other hand, started with back-to-back fours off Umesh Yadav before taking a backseat to watch Parag go about his business.

Besides catching, GT’s ground fielding was equally poor.

With PTI inputs