Gujarat Titans won IPL 2022 on Sunday after beating Rajasthan Royals in the top match at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. It was skipper Hardik Pandya who was brilliant on the day, taking three wickets and scoring 34 runs. It was this feat that helped Hardik to win Player of the Match in the top match. This season, Hardik has shown good all-round performances and former India captain Sunil Gavaskar praised the 28-year-old.
“The selection committee would be very happy. The leading group would be happy with the way he came through, because everyone had seen him hit, but they had not seen him bowl. He comes and bowls three overs at a trot, four overs at a trot from which turns out he is 100 percent fit Yes he needs to be treated well no doubt If you have had such a serious back injury you need to be treated after surgery He was bowling today in the mid 140s what means he really let it rip,” Gavaskar told Star Sports after the GT-RR match.
“Also the selection of the shots he showed as a batsman, he didn’t throw his bat everywhere. The selection of the shots was absolutely amazing. Yes, in this game you go looking for a six, but in general it is the captain just did fun with Rohit Sharma, the selection of shots got better. Rohit Sharma was also like Hardik Pandya, absolutely brilliant. The moment he got the captaincy he also started to score 70-80-100s,” he added ready.
Hardik reserved his best performance with the ball for the final when he registered a 3-17 spell, and this included the wickets of Sanju Samson, Jos Buttler and Shimron Hetmyer.
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In the IPL 2022 season, Gujarat skipper Hardik registered 487 runs with the bat and he also took eight wickets with the ball in hand. Speaking of the final between GT and RR, the latter struck first and set 130/9 in 20 overs. Buttler scored the highest score with a stroke of 39.
Shubman Gill and David Miller chased 131 and went unbeaten at 45 and 34 respectively to take Gujarat across the line with seven wickets and 11 balls left.
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