SCORECARDCOMMENTARY
Gujarat Titans WON
T20
Gujarat Titans beat RCB by 6 wickets
Man of the Match - Rahul Tewatia
RCB
170-6
20.0/20 Ovrs
174-4
19.3/20 Ovrs
Gujarat Titans
Indian Premier League, 2022 |Match 43 |4/30/2022
Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai
Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai
Commentary
- Right then! That is all we have from this game but the second game on Super Saturday between Rajasthan and Mumbai which is dedicated to former Aussie great and Rajasthan skipper, Shane Warne is underway. Rajasthan are batting first in that one. You can switch tabs and enjoy that match. Cheers!
- Rahul Tewatia has been adjudged the PLAYER OF THE MATCH (43 off 25 balls) for his match-winning antics yet again.
- Well, there are not enough words at the moment to describe this Gujarat team. They look down and out at times but in the end, they just find a way to win matches. Wriddhiman Saha got his side off to a flier but his partner Shubman Gill struggled. Both of them fell and Sai Sudharsan and Hardik Pandya soon followed suit. But then David Miller and Rahul Tewatia added on a match-winning partnership of 79 runs to get the job done once again in the final over. The composure shown by both batters shows how confident they are and this is what a winning run does.
- Bangalore were definitely a few runs short at the halfway stage and it has cost them dearly in the end. They also failed to pick up wickets in the Powerplay which allowed the opposition to get off to a good start. The wickets did come in the middle overs and Shahbaz Ahmed bowled exceptionally well. Wanindu Hasaranga too picked up a couple of important wickets. At the death though, the experienced trio of Mohammed Siraj, Harshal Patel and Josh Hazlewood just couldn't stem the flow of boundaries and Bangalore succumbed to a third defeat in a row.
- Guess what? Gujarat have done it again! Rahul Tewatia and David Miller have pulled off yet another heist for Gujarat to make it 8 wins out of 9 nine and no team in the history of the competition has had more points after nine matches than Gujarat.
- 19.34Josh Hazlewood to Rahul Tewatia, FOUR! Rahul Tewatia finishes it off in style! The finisher does it again! What a partnership and what a team Gujarat are! They are just never out of the game and these two with a clinical chase here have proved it again. It is full and outside off. Rahul Tewatia stays deep in his crease and lifts this over extra-cover for a boundary. Gujarat win by six wickets!
- 19.21Josh Hazlewood to David Miller, Scores are level now! Back of a length, around off. Miller steers it towards third man for a single.
- 19.14Josh Hazlewood to David Miller, FOUR! Boundary for Miller and just 2 needed now! It is a full delivery on off. Miller gets under it and hits it wide of long on for a boundary.
- 19.11wdJosh Hazlewood to David Miller, WIDE! This is full and wider outside off. Miller lets it go. Wide called by the umpire.
- END OF OVER 19 | 12 Runs & 0 Wkt | Gujarat Titans 164/4
- 18.66Harshal Patel to Rahul Tewatia, SIX! Ohh...what a shot from Rahul Tewatia! He is doing it yet again! Brings the equation to 7 from 6 ball now. A slower ball, on off. Rahul Tewatia dances down the track and slams it over deep extra-cover for a maximum. The games looks almost done and dusted now!
- 18.51Harshal Patel to David Miller, A short ball on middle. Miller pulls it to deep mid-wicket for a single.
- 18.41Harshal Patel to Rahul Tewatia, NOT OUT! Patel goes for a yorker this time, misses his length slightly and it ends up being a full ball. On middle and leg. Rahul Tewatia looks to paddle it and gets an inside edge of his blade to short fine leg. The single is taken but Bangalore review. UltraEdge shows no bat involved and Gujarat will get the single as Tewatia will continue.
- 18.31Harshal Patel to David Miller, A shorter length delivery on off. Miller pulls it to deep mid-wicket for a single.
- 18.21Harshal Patel to Rahul Tewatia, A slower length ball, around off at 114.7 kph. Rahul Tewatia punches it to sweeper cover for a single.
- 18.12Harshal Patel to Rahul Tewatia, A length delivery, around off. Rahul Tewatia pushes it towards deep point and the batters try to come back for the second. The throw from the deep is wide and that allows a second run to be completed easily.
- END OF OVER 18 | 17 Runs & 0 Wkt | Gujarat Titans 152/4
- 17.64Josh Hazlewood to David Miller, FOUR! Boundary to end the over and 17 runs from it! Again the short ball on middle. Miller rocks back and pulls it toward the deep square leg fence for a boundary. 19 needed from 12 balls now.
- 17.51Josh Hazlewood to Rahul Tewatia, A knuckle ball, on off. It is shorter in length, on off. Rahul Tewatia pulls it to deep mid-wicket for a single.
- 17.44Josh Hazlewood to Rahul Tewatia, FOUR! A boundary now and pressure on Bangalore here! Fifty partnership also comes up in just 30 deliveries. A fullish delivery, around off. Rahul Tewatia drives it through covers for a boundary.
- 17.36Josh Hazlewood to Rahul Tewatia, SIX! You cannnot bowl there to Rahul Tewatia! A fuller delivery on the pads. Rahul Tewatia just lifts this off his pads over the fine leg fence for a maximum.
- 17.20Josh Hazlewood to Rahul Tewatia, Lovely slower delivery again! Knuckle ball, on a length, around off. Rahul Tewatia gets beaten by the lack of pace as he looks to punch it away.
- 17.12Josh Hazlewood to Rahul Tewatia, Back of a length, on off. Rahul Tewatia pulls it to deep mid-wicket for a couple. it was a slower one from Josh Hazlewood.
- END OF OVER 17 | 7 Runs & 0 Wkt | Gujarat Titans 135/4
- Josh Hazlewood (2-0-9-0) comes back in probably to bowl the 18th and 20th over.