RR vs GT – IPL 2022 Report: Gujarat Titans back to winning ways
RR vs GT – Match 24 – IPL 2022 Report: Gujarat Titans reigned supreme against Rajasthan Royals to take back the pole position in points table of IPL 2022.
Losing two wickets early in the powerplay, the onus was on captain Hardik Pandya to deliver and he obliged. Pandya smashed his highest score as T20 captain with the help of 8 fours & 4 sixes, improving on his batting show as compared to a slow half-century against Sunrisers.
Abhinav Manohar held the other end superbly with a fine knock of 43 as he put on a 86 run stand in 55 balls for the fourth wicket. David Miller unleashed his potent slog as he smacked 31 runs at a strike rate of 221.43 to help Gujarat Titans to 192-4 along with captain Pandya who remained unbeaten on 87.
Chasing 193 runs to win, Jos Buttler wreaked havoc by smashing a half-century with in the powerplay. Royals surprised the fans again by bringing in Ashwin at the fall of Devdutt Padikkal who went out for a duck in the bowling of debutant Yash Dayal.
Lockie Ferguson’s introduction in the fifth over changed the tide as he removed both Ashwin and Buttler to put Royals on the back foot. Soon after a superb throw from captain Hardik Pandya removed the RR skipper Sanju Samson for 11 runs. Shimron Hetmyer slogged his way through but fell to Mohammed Shami. No other batsman looked threatening enough to challenge the mighty Gujarat bowling attack.
Neesham who replaced injured pacer Trent Boult managed just 17 runs with the bat before being dismissed by Hardik Pandya. Debutant Yash Dayal picked 3 wickets in the end to help his team to a 37-run win. Kiwi pacer Ferguson picked 3 wickets in the match conceding less than 6 runs an over.
Toss: Faf du Plessis (RCB) won the toss and elect to bowl
Playing XIs:
Rajasthan Royals:
Jos Buttler, Devdutt Padikkal, Sanju Samson (c & wk), Rassie van der Dussen, Shimron Hetmyer, Ravichandran Ashwin, Riyan Parag, James Neesham, Kuldeep Sen, Prasidh Krishna, Yuzvendra Chahal
Gujarat Titans:
Matthew Wade (wk), Shubman Gill, Vijay Shankar, Hardik Pandya (c), David Miller, Abhinav Manohar, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Lockie Ferguson, Mohammed Shami, Yash Dayal
Venue: Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai
RR vs GT – IPL 2022 – Match Summary
GT 192-4 in 20 overs
Hardik Pandya 87*(52) – 8 fours & 4 sixes
Abhinav Manohar 43 (28) – 4 fours & 2 sixes
David Miller 31*(14) – 5 fours & 1 six
Kuldeep Sen 4-0-51-1
Yuzvendra Chahal 4-0-32-1
Riyan Parag 1-0-12-1
RR 155-9 in 20 overs
Jos Buttler 54 (24) – 8 fours & 3 sixes
Shimron Hetmyer 29 (17) – 2 fours & 1 six
Riyan Parag 18 (16) – 1 four & 1 six
James Neesham 17 (15) – 1 four
Mohammed Shami 4-0-39-1
Yash Dayal 4-0-40-3 – IPL DEBUT
Lockie Ferguson 4-0-23-3
Hardik Pandya 2.3-0-18-1
Result: GT won by 34 runs
Player of the Match: Hardik Pandya
POINTS TABLE:
Gujarat Titans: 8 points – 1st spot
Rajasthan Royals: 6 points – 2nd spot
