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Hardik Pandya’s Gujarat Titans (GT) were condemned to their first defeat of the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 after a clinical finish by the Kane Williamson-led Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH).
Chasing 163 forꦜ victory, Williamson (57ജ off 46) notched up a well-paced half-century to help his side reach the set target with eight wickets in hand and five balls to spare.
On the bowling front, Bhไuvneshwar Kumar and T Natarajan took two wickets apiece while Marco Jansen and Umran Malik claimed a scalp each. While Bhuvneshwar sent back in-form Shubman Gill (7) early, Natarajan and Malik removed Sai Sudharsan (11) and Matthew Wade (19), respectively. Jansen, on the other hand, affected further damag♛e by dismissing David Miller on 12.
Pandya then aced to his 4th IPL fifty and Abhi𝐆nav Manohar scored 35, helping GT reach 162/7 in their stipulated 20 overs.
Brief Scores: Gujarat Titans 162/7 (Hardik Pandya 50) lost to Sunrisers H✤yderabad 168/2 (Kane Williamson 57, A꧟bhishek Sharma 42) by 8 wickets
Here’s how Twitter reacted:
Congratulations SRH fඣor becoming first team to beat Gujarat Titans i✨n , and yes enjoy the new company (PBKS) on points table. 😁
— Amit Mishra (@MishiAmit)
SRH did many important things right.
Gill out early ✅
No 4s/6s for Hardik in last 7 overs ✅
No wkts to Shami&Lockie in PP ✅
KW batting through most of the inn ✅This is a𒁃 victory of planning and execution 👌🏽
— Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14)
Any team can beat any team th🐲at’s the beauty of this format and season .. good to see & set the stage for a solid 8-wicket win for !
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh)
How many of you thought GT will lose against SRH?? it’s t20 cricket:). Said it before Williamson𒅌ꦍ holds the key for them.
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan)
Nee Classu. 😎🔥
— SunRisers Hyderabad (@SunRisers)
Chalo, 𝓡ꦬtasted our first ̷d̷e̷f̷e̷a̷t̷ learning this .
𝙑𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙝𝙤 𝙣𝙖𝙝𝙞, 👊🏼
— Gujarat Titans (@gujarat_titans)
Meanwhile 😂
— RVCJ Media (@RVCJ_FB)
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Kane Williamson won the man of the match for scoring fifty whi🌸le chasing 163 runs.
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns)
Kane Williamson becomes the 2nd captain in IPL 2022 tꦉo win Ma♐n Of The Match Award.
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra)
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