IPL 2022: Batting first doesn’t pay for GT

Gujarat Titans suffered solely their second lack of the season as their batsmen failed when their captain requested them to set a goal as an alternative of their most popular chasing mode. Sai Sudharsan’s 65 carried them solely so far as 143/8 after Kagiso Rabada’s 4 strikes, and Shikhar Dhawan anchored a simple Punjab Kings chase which ended early with some fireworks from Liam Livingstone.

GT’s DY woes

The table-toppers have been examined probably the most at DY Patil Stadium this season. Their solely loss heading into Tuesday evening’s match had come right here – towards Sunrisers Hyderabad by eight wickets. They’ve both chosen to bat first or been requested to set a goal in all their 4 matches on the floor. But they’ve clearly most popular chasing, as evidenced by a season’s death-overs run charge of 13.04 batting second in comparison with 9.24 whereas batting first.

Against Kolkata Knight Riders right here on April 23, they’d grow to be the primary crew to go towards the development and select to bat first on this IPL, albeit in a day sport. And their batting hadn’t been capable of fireplace.It was solely when a rampaging Andre Russell departed early within the final over {that a} slim win was sealed.

That’s that from Match 48.@PunjabKingsIPL win by 8 wickets with 4 overs to spare.

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On Tuesday, Hardik Pandya turned the primary skipper to decide on to bat first in an evening match this IPL. At the toss, he mentioned dew wouldn’t play a giant position, and there hasn’t been a lot dew at Wankhede Stadium throughout the creek in south Mumbai up to now few video games. But it did come on at DY Patil on Tuesday; it was obvious when a few super-soppers have been pressed into motion throughout the innings break. In any case, as Sai Sudharsan admitted on the interval, GT have been already no less than 20 runs wanting a par rating. Pandya would later say 170 would have been superb, and added batting first was an try to get the aspect out of its consolation zone.

No middle-order rescue act

The pitch performed a bit gradual throughout the first innings and the scrambled-seam ball held up barely. That was what prompted Wriddhiman Saha’s downfall. Seeing that the wicketkeeper was chipping straight, Kagiso Rabada bowled a scrambled-seam size supply outdoors off and Saha ended up slicing the lofted drive excessive to mid-off. Shubman Gill had already run himself out with a direct hit from Rishi Dhawan following a scramble for a non-existent single.

GT have overcome top-order stumbles usually and that had been achieved partly with Pandya taking part in the anchor. But he fell for 1 to a stunning nibbler from Rishi Dhawan; the ball swung in a tad earlier than holding its line and taking the sting to the ’keeper.

Kagiso Rabada finishes with figures of 4/33 👌👌

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Liam Livingstone bowled his off-spin to the three left-handers within the GT high six – Sudharsan, David Miller and Rahul Tewatia. Even Rahul Chahar’s googlies have been arduous to get away with some flip and bounce accessible. After Saha swung Rabada over the long-on rope within the fourth over, GT went as many as 47 deliveries with out a boundary. Miller tried one off Livingstone, however solely went so far as Rabada at long-off.

FIFTY!

A gritty half-century by Sai Sudharsan. His maiden in #TATAIPL 👏👏

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Sudharsan, on 18 off 24 at one stage, obtained away a couple of late pulled fours in a 42-ball half-century. He hung round until the top, however Rabada had already taken any remaining sting out of the GT innings within the seventeenth over with a double strike. He started the over with a few wides in attempting to pressure Tewatia to hit to the longer boundary. But when he landed it on course, Tewatia tried to slog-sweep him to the shorter aspect, and solely managed a top-edged catch to brief third man. Rashid Khan, the hero of the last-ball win over Sunrisers final week, obtained a magnificence first ball; it was angled in on a size, after which moved away to provide one other caught-behind.

Shikhar, Rajapaksa settle in

6.6.6.4 – Liam Livingstone doing it his method 🚀🚀🚀

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A gentle 50-run partnership comes up between @SDhawan25 & Rajapaksa.

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Into the forty eighth sport of the season, PK lastly determined to open with Jonny Bairstow as an alternative of captain Mayank Agarwal. The transfer didn’t work, as Bairstow was too early right into a pull and swung Mohammed Shami to lengthy leg. The new ball nonetheless appeared to be holding up considerably. But Shikhar Dhawan and Bhanuka Rajapaksa obtained by that early burst from Shami and it was easy progress thereafter in an 87-run stand. The cuts, pulls and inside-out drives flowed, and by the point Rashid got here on within the eighth over, PK had moved to 58 for 1. They may afford to play out the leg-spinner. Dhawan settled in to remain the total course, and after Rajapaksa left, Livingstone had loads of enjoyable in a 10-ball 30 that reeled within the win with 4 overs to spare. Targeting the shorter boundary with pulls and heaves, Livingstone collected 28 off Shami within the sixteenth, together with three successive sixes.