IPL 2022, GT vs MI: Gujarat Titans captain Hardik Pandya said rookie mistakes cost his team the game against Mumbai Indians after they lost by 5 runs at the Brabourne Stadium on Friday. Pandya said that he does not want to make any excuse after the defeat.
Hardik Pandya-led Gujarat Titans suffered a 5-run defeat against Mumbai Indians (Courtesy BCCI / PTI Photo)
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- Hardik Pandya said his batsmen let Gujarat Titans down after losing to MI
- Hardik said that rookie mistakes cost Gujarat Titans in their match against MI on Friday
- Hardik said that two run outs were also the reason why the GT 178. was unable to follow
Gujarat Titans put up a fine opening partnership chasing 178 against Mumbai Indians but missed the target by 5 runs after Daniel Sams bowled a sensational final over.
Wriddhiman Saha (55) and Shubman Gill (52) put on 106 runs for the first wicket but the rest of the batting unit failed Gujarat Titans and in one of those rare occasions, David Miller, Rahul Tewatia and Rashid Khan ended it. were unable to. favour. As a result, Gujarat Titans suffered a second consecutive defeat in IPL 2022.
Hardik Pandya was run out after scoring 24 runs in 14 balls, while Sai Sudarshan was given a hit wicket by Kieron Pollard. Rahul Tewatia was run out in the last over for Titans.
Hardik Pandya said he didn’t want to make excuses but added that GT was disappointed with the batting and regretted getting two run outs.
Hardik Pandya told Star Sports after the match, “Any day, we will take 9 runs in the last over. Two run outs cost us the game. I think the batsmen let us down.”
“You can’t lose one match after another in T20… No blame because we have sanctioned such games,” he said.
Hardik Pandya admitted that GT made some “rookie mistakes” towards the end of the game and those errors cost his team.
“We made rookie mistakes, which cost us. We played good cricket for 19.2 overs in our innings, one or two hits would have mattered. We shouldn’t have let it come to the last over,” he said.
Gujarat Titans are still ranked No. 1 in the IPL 2022 points table and have a clear predicament of becoming the first team to make it to the playoffs. However, Hardik Pandya and the team management want the team to plug some serious loopholes with only a few matches left in the league stage.