Tata IPL 2022- Gujarat Titans vs Lucknow Super Giants: Highlights

The odds looked in favor of the KL Rahul led side until the death overs of the second innings. However, Tewatia entered with guns blazing and turned the tides of the match in his side’s favor with his supreme striking.

Gujarat Titans and Lucknow Super Giants: Scorecard

Hardik Pandya won the toss and opted to bowl first. Hardik Pandya wanted to see how the wicket plays, hence, sent the Lucknow Super Giants to bat first.

The KL Rahul led side looked in trouble from the beginning as the master pacer, Mohammed Shami, took out the top order of their opponents in no time. Varun Aaron also came up to destroy whatever the Super Giants had left in the top order and ousted him from the pitch for only 10 runs.

However, seasoned Deepak Hooda (55 off 41) and youngster Ayush Badoni (54 off 41) took the lead of their batting and took their side’s score to a respectable total. Krunal Pandya also scored 21 runs in the last overs to take the total to 158 runs. Mohammed Shami ended his spell with 3 wickets for 25 runs. Varun Aaron also followed suit with 2 for 45 runs. Rashid Khan also picked the all important wicket of Deepak Hooda as he gave 27 runs.The Lucknow Super Giants looked at a promising start as they caught Shubhman Gill early for 0 runs. Vijay Shankar was the next one to go as he was bowled out by  Dushmantha Chameera for 4 runs.

Matthew Wade remained on his side and formed a partnership with his captain, Hardik Pandya.Hardik Pandya couldn’t stay for long and gave a catch to Manish Pandey on a delivery bowled by his brother Krunal Pandya.

Wade (30 off 29) looked to repeat the same with David Miller. However, he was bowled out by Deepak Hooda. Miller and Tewatia took things forward and gave a glimmer of hope to the Super Giants with their incredible batting.

David Miller was caught by KL Rahul at 30, on a delivery by Avesh Khan, but the damage was already done. Abhinav Manohar came to bat and swiftly finished the match in the last over with his 15 off 7 balls. Tewatia totaled 40 runs of 24 bowls in the end. Dushmantha Chameera had the best bowling figures with 2 wickets in 3 overs. Apart from him, Avesh Khan, Krunal Pandya, and Deepak Hooda also took 1 wicket each.

Tata IPL 2022- Gujarat Titans vs. Lucknow Super Giants: Man of the match 

The veteran Indian fast bowler Mohammed Shami was named Man of the Match for his incredible bowling figures of 3/24 in four overs.

Rahul Tewatia was named the most valuable asset of the match and also Super Striker of the match for his incredible striking in death overs.

It was because of Rahul Tewatia that the Gujarat side emerged from their slump and registered a win in their first ever IPL match.

On the other hand, Deepak Hooda, who showed his incredible all-round performance with an impressive batting figure of 55 off 41balls combined with bowling stats of 31/1 with a 10.33 economy, was named the game changer of the match.

Captains react to the match

KL Rahul took full responsibility for the loss as the skipper. Whereas Hardik Pandya realized the hole in his batting and recognized Abhinav Manohar’s contribution as well.

"Shami got us off to a great start. He has always been doing this. I want to take more responsibility in batting, moving forward. We want to win as a team. We all contributed. Abhinav is a talent to look forward to," Hardik Pandya reacted to the thrilling win.

K. L. Rahul was ‌unhappy, but he took the defeat like a champ and even mentioned that he didn’t want to make excuses after a loss. "I think it was a phenomenal game. What a way to start the campaign. The way we started with the bat wasn't ideal. With a win, it would have been ideal. If anyone can exploit the pitch, it's Shami. I have played with him for three-four years the last franchise and I knew he could be dangerous. It can be difficult with the dew. We need to go back and practice a bit more with the wet ball. Credit to Tewatia and Abhinav as well. Badoni is Baby AB for us. Bats 360-degree and packs a punch."