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Gujarat Titans (GT) thrashed Rajasthan Royals (RR) in Match 24 of the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 at Mumbai’s Dr DY Patil Sports 𒅌Academy on Thursday.
Chasing the massive target of 193, Rajasthan did maintain the run-rate well but kept losing wickets at regular intervals. Opener Jos Buttler played a blistering knock of 54 from 24 deliveries, including 8 ꦬfours and 3 sixes.
But other than the English superstar, no batter could sta𒀰nd up tall ag𒐪ainst Gujarat’s bowling lineup. Eventually, RR could only manage to reach 155/9 in 20 overs, to lose the contest by 37 runs.
Earlier, Hardik Pandya led Gujarat from the front to take his side to a massive total. The star all-rounder stayed unbeaten till the very end a🧸nd made sure Gujarat breached the 190-run mark. Hardik smashed 87 from 52 deliveries with the help of 8 fours and 4 big sixes.
Apart from Hardik, youngster Abhinav Manohar (43 off 28) and David Miller (31 not out) made some valuable contributions down ☂the order as Gujarat posted 192/4 in their allotted 20 overs.
Here is how Twitter reacted:
Not our night, but we'll come back stronger.
— Rajasthan Royals (@rajasthanroyals)
Top of the table 👏
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan)
Hardik Pandya 2.0 .
— Ian Raphael Bishop (@irbishi)
Top class, proper batsman's innings from Hardik Pandya. He has become the life of this team.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha)
🏏🔥 TITANS AT THE TOP! Gujarat Titans are back to winning ways with a convincing victory tonight against the Royals. With t🌱his win, Gujarat Titans jump four places and are placed first in the points table!
📸 IPL •
— The Bharat Army (@thebharatarmy)
That's that from Match 24. win by 37 runs and now sit atop the Points Table.
Scorecard –
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL)
One more youn👍g fast b⛎owler making his mark in the big league.
— Vinay Kumar R (@Vinay_Kumar_R)
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— Gujarat Titans (@gujarat_titans)
Gujarat Titans lo꧙ok li🅰ke a team that was designed by an analyst, rather than a traditional coach.
Lots of hitters instead of genuine batsmen. Then a combination of fas♐t bowlers an🦂d leg spinners with the ball.
— Michael Wagener (@Mykuhl)
— betvisa68.com (@CricketTimesHQ)
— betvisa68.com (@CricketTimesHQ)
