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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 for victory, Williamson (57 off 46) notched up a well-paced half-century to help his side reach the set target꧑ with ꦚeight wickets in hand and five balls to spare.
On the bowling front, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and T Natarajan took two wickets apiece wꦜhile 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 Wꦇade (19), respectively. Jansen, on the other hand, affected further damage by dismissing David Miller on 12.
Pandya then aced to his 4th IPL fifty and Abhinav Manohar scඣored 35, helping GT reach 162/7 in their stipul🔯ated 20 overs.
Brief Scores: Gujarat Titans 162/7 (Hardik Pandya 50) lost to Sunrisers Hyd🌳erabad 168/2 (Kane Williamson 57, Abhishek Sharma 42) by 8 wickets
Here’s how Twitter reacted:
Congratulations SRH for becoming first team to beat Gujarat Titans in , 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 a victory of planning and execution 👌�🐻�
— Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14)
Any team can beat any team that’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 Williamson holds the key for them.
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan)
Nee Classu. 😎🔥
— SunRisers Hyderabad (@SunRisers)
Chalo, tasted 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 sco🦋ri♑ng fifty while chasing 163 runs.
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns)
Kane Williamson becomes𒅌 the 2nd ca🦹ptain in IPL 2022 to win Man Of The Match Award.
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra)
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