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The 23-year-old Afghanistan spinner has posted a short video of him holding a golf club and replicating the shot, which has a hint of Mahendra Singh Dhoni's helicopter and a bit of a hockey player's drag-flick. The video has since received thousands of likes. Along with the video, Rashid tweeted, "The helicopter has landed in (flag of UAE). Was that a hole in one?" indicating that the cricketer had flown to the Emirates following the Titans' IPL title triumph in Ahmedabad.

The Titans took the IPL trophy to the important roads of the City, to show it to their fans, who could watch the team triumph at the Narendra Modi Stadium here on Sunday, beating Rajasthan Royals by seven wickets. Gujarat Titans played only one match at their home ground as the preliminary league matches were played in Maharashtra and the first two playoff matches in Kolkata.

IPL newcomers Gujarat Titans defeated Rajasthan Royals by seven wickets at the Narendra Modi Stadium here on Sunday to lift the prestigious IPL 2022 trophy on the back of finishing on top in the league table as well. "Yes, we've hit a six in the first year itself," said Titans skipper Hardik Pandya, adding that, "It doesn't get bigger than this

These and many more such moments encapsulated the magical evening as Gujarat Titans, guided by the belief that nothing is impossible, won the prestigious trophy in its first year defeating the Royals by seven wickets. Rashid Khan posted several images of him with the trophy on social media, unable to hide his excitement as he fulfilled his dream by giving one of his best performances in an IPL season.

After India crashed out of the Super 10 stage, Pandya took time off the game to work on his fitness, especially on his pace bowling, which had made him an asset for the national team as well as in franchise cricket. In IPL 2022, Pandya had to take care of his all-round abilities as well as captaining the side.

IPL 2022 Final: By finishing off a chase of 131 with 11 balls remaining and defeating Rajasthan for the third time in IPL 2022 after losing the toss, Gujarat have capped off a season where they exceeded everyone's pre-tournament expectations to become champions in their debut season of the competition.

With the crowd firmly behind him and chanting his name, Pandya took out Sanju Samson, Jos Buttler and Shimron Hetmyer in a tight bowling display by the home side on a slow, dry pitch to keep Rajasthan to a low score, which they wouldn't have imagined after electing to bat first.

After winning the toss for the second time in as many matches in Ahmedabad, Samson said his playing eleven is unchanged from the win in Qualifier 2 against Royal Challengers Bangalore. "Looks like a good wicket, a bit dry and that's why we'll bat first, it's a used wicket and might help our spinners in the second innings

Apart from Prasidh and McCoy, Trent Boult (1/28), Ravichandran Ashwin (1/31) also chipped in with one each for Rajasthan while the likes of Faf du Plessis (25 off 25) and Glenn Maxwell (24 off 13) were the only main contributors with the bat for RCB besides Patidar.

Rajasthan have been a solid team in the ongoing IPL edition, which was very much evident during the league stage of the tournament as they finished at the second spot in the points table. However, Royals didn't have a great outing against Gujarat in Qualifier 1, especially because their bowlers failed to deliver under the pressure situation. They now face RCB, who are peaking at the right time in the tournament.