Gujarat became the first finalist after beating Rajasthan in 1st qualifier

Table topper Gujarat is in the finals as Rajasthan lost the qualifier and they now will face winner of eliminator in 2nd qualifier.

1st innings:

Hardik Pandya won the toss and opted to field like others. Rajasthan got bad start and lost early wicket of Yashasvi Jaiswal in 2nd over of innings. In the 10th over, Sai Kishore took wicket of Rajasthan captain, who played brilliant innings of 47 in just 26 deliveries. Jos Buttler stayed on the crease and hit big shots in second half of innings. He played outstanding innings of 89 at the strike rate of 158 and came back in form. He got support from Paddikal and helped Rajasthan to set good total of 188. Rashid Khan was the only economical bowler although he did not picked up any wicket. 

2nd innings:

While chasing huge target of 189, Saha went on silver duck. After that, Shubhman Gill and Matthew Wade made good partnership of 72 runs before run out of Gill. They were running at good run rate. In the 10th over, Wade departed after playing crucial innings of 35. Then, captain leaded from the front with Miller and Gujarat won the match in last over. Hardik Pandya made 40 and Miller became man of the match by scoring stunning 68. All bowlers of Rajasthan were expensive.

Questions of the day:

In which seasons did Gujarat play ipl as Gujarat lions?