Gujarat Titans top in IPL 2022 points table
Skipper Hardik Pandya led from the front with an unbeaten half-century as Gujarat Titans beat Rajasthan Royals by 37 runs in an IPL match here on Thursday. Gujarat Titans top in IPL 2022 points table.
Gujarat Titans beat Rajasthan Royals to go top of the points table. Pandya smashed an unbeaten 87 off 52 balls to guide Titans to 192 for four after being invited to bat. Hardik decorated his knock with eight fours and four sixes and in the company of Abhinav Manohar (43 off 28) shared 86 runs for the fourth wicket to lay the foundation for Titans’ big score.
Towards the end, David Miller played a 14-ball unbeaten 31-run cameo. Gujarat Titans bowlers then picked up wickets at regular intervals to restrict Royals to 155 for nine. Jos Buttler top-scored for Royals with a 24-ball 54.
Young left-arm pacer Yash Dayal (3/40) impressed on his IPL debut while Lockie Ferguson (3/23)) got the important wicket of Buttler, who was deceived by the New Zealander’s slow yorker after a series of quick deliveries.
Gujarat Titans captain Hardik Pandya, who has been bowling regularly this season, also picked up a wicket but he took himself off the attack in the 18th over after feeling a little discomfort in the groin area. With their fourth win in five games, the Titans displaced the Royals from the top of the points table.
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IPL 2022 points table
It was Royals’ second loss in five games. With their fourth win in five games, the Gujarat Titans displaced the Royals from the top of the points table. Royals missed the services of lead pacer Trent Boult who was ruled out of the game due to a niggle.
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