Gujarat Titans captain Hardik Pandya scored a fifty against Rajasthan Royals in IPL 2022
Gujarat Titans Captain Hardik Pandya Scored 87 off 52 balls, took a crucial wicket of Jimmy Neesham, and a crucial run out as his team beat Rajasthan Royals by runs in the 24th match. IPL 2022 here on Thursday at the Dr. DY Patil Stadium, Mumbai. With his 87-run knock, Hardik Pandya also beat RR’s opener to claim the Orange Cap joss butler,
Chasing a challenging total of 193, RR never got off to a start as Devdutt Padikkal was dismissed for a golden duck by Yash Dayal in the third over of the game. Jos Buttler scored a quick half-century in the powerplay but Lockie Ferguson dismissed him and R Ashwin in the 6th over. Surprisingly, RR sent off Ashwin as a pinch-hitter at number three.
Lockie Ferguson was the star with the ball for GT as he removed three RR batsmen in the name of Butler, Ashwin and Riyan Parag. Young fast bowler Yash Dayal also took three wickets. M Shami and Pandya also took a wicket each. Rashid Khan bowled with an economy of 6 but did not take a wicket in the match.
Apart from Butler, no other batsman could score for Rajasthan. Shimron Hetmyer He tried his level best at the back end of the game but ran out of partners at the other end.
Earlier, Pandya impressed with another responsible innings to take GT to 192 for four. Hardik (87 not out off 52) first found a capable ally in Abhinav Manohar (43 not out in 28) before he exploded in the company of David Miller (31 not out off 14) to make his IPL debut. reach his highest score of the tournament.
Hardik and Manohar shared an 86-run stand for the fourth wicket before the captain and Miller ended the innings with 53 runs in 25 balls.
Coming to bat, Gujarat found themselves on 53/3. While Hardik’s 52-ball innings hit eight fours and four sixes, Manohar hit four fours and two sixes. Miller, who hit five fours and a six in total, scored 21 runs off Kuldeep Sen (1/51) in the over.
To begin with, Hardik was aggressive on pacer Kuldeep as he hit him for three consecutive boundaries in the fifth over. He then achieved his first maximum in the seventh over when he caught Riyan Parag on his head.
When Manohar started the information, both of them opened the front. Yuzvendra ChahaliA high inside-out drive over cover, hammering him for four and max.
The duo then hit three fours in the 14th over against Kuldeep, where Hardik also completed his half-century with a cut towards the backward point fence.
And in the next over, Pandya hit two consecutive sixes off veteran spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, who conceded 16 runs in the over.
The stage was set for a massive total, with Titans reaching 130/3 in 15 overs. After Manohar left, Miller gave the captain’s full support.
Early on, Gujarat Titans lost opener Matthew Wade (12) cheaply, courtesy a direct hit from cover by Rasi van der Dussen. Gujarat slips to 15/2 as Vijay Shekar (2) also died cheaply and then got rusty Shubman Gill (13) Shimron became Parag’s first victim after being caught by Hetimar at the long-on fence.