Gujarat Titans
IPL 2022, Day 46 Highlights: Gujarat Titans beat Lucknow Super Giants by 62 runs
Gujarat Titans (GT) on Tuesday defeated Lucknow (LSG) by 62 runs. After that victory, GT became the first team to qualify for the IPL 2022 playoffs. At mega auctions, most people thought that Gujarat was the first team to be out of the tournament. However, GT proved them wrong.
Titans' Rashid Khan making it a habit of proving his critics wrong
Against Mumabi Indians, the spinner came into his own, hitting back at his critics by taking two wickets for 24 runs in his four overs -- the best bowling figures for Gujarat Titans in the game against the five-time champions at the Brabourne Stadium on May 6. On Tuesday, against Lucknow Super Giants, Rashid was at his devastating best, snaring four wickets for just 24 runs as Gujarat Titans secured a playoffs berth with two games to spare.
IPL Turning Point: Gujarat Titans rule the middle overs; reach playoffs
Thus 35-40 runs are par for the first six overs and teams try to reach 50 before the eighth over. The top-of-the-table IPL 2022 clash between first-timers Gujarat Titans and Lucknow Super Giants had a similar script with both teams ending with almost identical scores at the end of the powerplay -- Gujarat managed 35/2 while Lucknow Super Giants were 37/3 wickets.
IPL 2022: Rashid Khan's 4/24 helps Gujarat Titans beat LSG by 62 runs, qualify for playoffs
Rashid Khan and the Gujarat bowlers got into the act after Shubman Gill (63 not out) struck a fighting half-century to help Gujarat Titans reach 144/4 in 20 overs, a score that turned out to be enough on a pitch on which the ball was gripping and coming off slow.
Fearless brand of cricket reason behind success of Titans and Super Giants
Both the teams are on the verge of securing IPL playoff berths in their maiden appearance, having won eight of the 11 matches each they have played so far. While the KL Rahul-led LSG are topping the charts with 16 points, the Hardik Pandya-led Gujarat Titans are second with an equal number of points but with an inferior net run rate.
IPL 2022 playoff scenarios: LSG, GT in race for top-two, overall nine teams in fray for top-four, MI out
Ahead of the start of the 15th edition of the league, nobody would have thought that Mumbai Indians (five-time champions), Chennai Super Kings (four-time champions) and Kolkata Knight Riders (two-times champions) would feature in the bottom three but it is a reality due to the lacklustre performances of these franchise.
IPL 2022, Day 42 Highlights: Mumbai Indians beat Gujarat Titans by 5 runs
Mumbai Indians (MI) on Friday defeated Gujarat Titans (GT) by 5 runs. GT had to wait to add "Q" of qualification before their name. We witnessed the proper battle between bat and bowl. MI is the most successful team in IPL history and GT is the most successful team in IPL 2022.
IPL 2022: Batters let the team down, says Hardik Pandya after Gujarat lose to Mumbai by 5 runs
Gujarat Titans were in cruise mode after openers Shubman Gill (52) and Wriddhiman Saha (55) had raised 106 for the opening wicket. But the table-toppers lost their way, falling to some good work in the field by Mumbai Indians as they were restricted to 172/5 in 20 overs, in response to Mumbai Indians' score of 177/6.
IPL Turning Point: Two run-outs seal Gujarat Titans' fate against Mumbai Indians
After restricting Mumbai Indians to 177/6 in 20 overs, built on vital knocks from Rohit Sharma (43), Ishan Kishan (45) and Tim David (44 not out), Gujarat Titans got off to a superb start with openers Shubman Gill and Wriddhiman Saha raising 100 runs for the opening wicket in 66 balls. Though Gill was out for 52 runs and Saha for 55, both of them fell to leg-spinner Murugan Ashwin as Gujarat Titans reached 111/2 in the 13th over. They had laid a solid foundation from which they could cruise to victory.
IPL 2022: Gujarat Titans win toss, elect to bowl against Mumbai Indians
Pandya said they decided to bowl first because they wanted to use the new ball well. "After the last game, we decided to forget the game as it (win) would come. Batters and bowlers know they need to get better," Pandya said, confirming that Gujarat Titans are going into the match with an unchanged playing XI.
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