Wriddhiman Saha’s unbeaten 67 and bowlers’ top-class effort powered Gujarat Titans (GT) to a comprehensive seven-wicket win over Chennai꧟ Super Kings (CSK) in Mumbai on Sunday. With this victory, the Hardik Pandya-led side has secured a top-two finish in the team standings, providing them with two opportunities to reach the IPL 2022 final.
Asked to bowl first, GT seamers and spinners together put up a clinical show to restrict CSK to a below-par total of 133-5 despite a fine half-century from Ruturaj Gaikwad.
In reply, opening batter Saha hit eight fours and a six during his 57-ball knock,🔯 aꩲnchoring the chase to get Gujarat over the finish line in 19.1 overs.
Brief scores: Chennai Supers Kings 133-5 in 20 overs (Ruturaj Gaﷺikwad 53; Mohammed Shami 2/19) lost to Gujarꦆat Titans 137-3 in 19.1 overs (Wriddhiman Saha 67 not out) by seven wickets.
Here’s how Twitter reacted:
Another good win for ! Top bo🅷wling as a uﷺnit and made sure the win was never out of reach!
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh)
Well done Saha 👏
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan)
Exper𒆙ie༺nced Saha showed his class again. Congratulations and on reaching top in the table.
— Vinay Kumar R (@Vinay_Kumar_R)
👏🏏 CLASS APART! Wriddhiman Saha brings up his 1️⃣1️⃣th fifty in the IPL with a fine k꧅nock. This is his third fifty of the season!
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— The Bharat Army (@thebharatarmy)
Near-perfect win against mighty CSK 🙌👏
Well done boys 💪
— Gujarat Titans (@gujarat_titans)
Matheesha Pathirana gets his maiden IPL💝💟 wicket in the first ball of his IPL career.
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns)
Matheesha Pathirana might have gone for a few runs after that wicket, but he can take heart from history. Another pace bowler, young and with an unorthodox action, began his IP🌱L career with 1 for 12 in his first over, way back in 2013. His name was Jasprit Bumrah.
— Saurabh Somani (@saurabh_42)
2⃣/2⃣4⃣ -Slinging it right fr🐎om the v🧸ery first ball! 🦁💛
— Chennai Super Kings (@ChennaiIPL)
1⃣0⃣th win of the 2022 for ! 👏 👏
The -led unit beat by 7 wickets to poc🐈ket two more points. 👌 👌
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— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL)