by India Today Sports Desk: Gujarat Titans captain Hardik Pandya was very happy after registering a convincing 55-run win over Mumbai Indians in an IPL 2023 match at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
Notably, GT thrashed five-time champions Mumbai Indians by 55 runs on the back of Noor Ahmed and Rashid Khan’s bowling and Shubman Gill, David Miller and Abhinav Manohar’s batting.
When asked about his captaincy, Hardik said that his and head coach Ashish Nehra’s motto in this is to make calls on the spot rather than pre-meditate and that his captaincy works on instincts.
Hardik further said that he and the coach have the same mindset and often respond to his calls. The GT skipper also mentioned that he used his full quota of spinners in the middle overs as they had the ability to take wickets and did not want to take the game deep.
“That’s been my motto, always take decisions on situations. T20 is a lot of fun, a few sixes can change your mind. Captaincy is something I base my instincts on. My and Ashu Pa’s mindset Same, we back our calls and we have similar calls. Today, the idea of bowling to Rashid and Noor was simple,” Hardik said at the post-match presentation ceremony.
“They like pace with Green and Tim David who are big hitters, and so we wanted to offer them spin and offer them spinners who are difficult to read. Wanted to close the game early because some Games haven’t done us any favors lately.
Gujarat Titans (GT) middle-order batsman Abhinav Manohar scored a 21-ball 42 against Mumbai Indians (MI) in Ahmedabad on Tuesday, April 25, to help his team post a mammoth score of 207-6 in 20 overs. At No.6, he displayed a range of skills and delighted the home crowd with three fours and as many sixes.
The Karnataka-born batsman was acquired by Gujarat Titans for 2.6 crores ahead of the 2022 season and impressed with crucial cameos in limited opportunities last year, scoring at a strike rate of 144 in seven innings.
“(On Abhinav Manohar) I think it is all hard work, he bats for 2 hours in the nets every day, it seems. He has been our best death over hitter. We spoke to him last year and some There were things he had to do.” Improve, and this year he came out blazing,” Hardik said.