Titans displace Royals at the top of IPL table

Gujurat Titans displaced Rajasthan Royals at the top of the IPL points table, winning their head-to-head clash by 37 runs on Thursday.

Titans muscled their way to 192-4 with skipper Hardik Pandya hitting an unbeaten 87 off 52 balls, inclusive of eight fours and four sixes. Abhinav Manohar chipped with 43 off 28 and David Miller cracked an unbeaten 31 off 14.

Jos Buttler then continued his fine form with 54 off 24 and Shimron Hetmyer struck 29 off 17 as Rajasthan Royals were kept to 155-9.

Lockie Ferguson took 3-23 and Yash Dayal bagged 3-40.

IPL action continues on Friday with Sunrisers Hyderabad playing Kolkata Knight Riders from 10:00h.