Captain Hardik Pandya’s accountable 50 not out off 42 balls helped Gujarat Titans put up a aggressive 162 for 7 after a top-order failure of their IPL sport in opposition to Sunrisers Hyderabad right here on Monday.
Invited to bat, Hardik first solid a 40-run stand for the fourth wicket with David Miller (12) to rally the innings after the highest three batters did not convert their begins as Gujarat had been in a spot of hassle at 64/3 after eight overs.
Hardik then added 50 runs with Abhinav Mahonar, who justified his Rs 2.60 crore price ticket together with his quick-fire 35 off 21 balls, to make sure that the Titans crossed the 150-run mark.
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Manohar, who bought three lives, hit 5 boundaries and one six in his quick keep and significantly launched into T Natarajan (2/34) within the 18th over, the place Gujarat amassed 13 runs.
However, it was an uncommon Hardik knock, as he combined warning with aggression to anchor the innings.
The all-rounder’ introduced his arrival with a straight-drive off Natarajan to fetch his first boundary after which was brutal on Umran Malik (1/39), whom he hammered two successive boundaries within the eight over, which fetched 9 runs.
In the following over, he clobbered Aiden Markram for his solely most over cow-corner however Hardik was devoid of companions, as SRH saved hanging at common intervals.
The SRH assault largely saved Hardik at bay, as they didn’t permit him to free his arms within the final 5 overs and because of this it was Hardik’ slowest fifty within the IPL.
Earlier, opener Matthew Wade earned his first boundary, courtesy a thick outdoors edge within the first over, the place Bhuvneshwar Kumar (2/37) conceded 17 runs, 12 of them extras.
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But Gujarat misplaced Wade (19), Shubman Gill (7) and one-down batter Sai Sudarshan (11) cheaply.
Gill was undone by a shocking one-handed diving catch by Rahul Tripathi at cowl, off Bhuvneshwar, within the third over.
Sudarshan, who was trying rusty, turned Natarajan’s first sufferer, after ballooning to Kane Williamson at mid-off.
Wade, who hammered three boundaries, was trapped in entrance of the wicket, after he missed a flick, off a fuller supply by Malik within the eight over.
Then it was Hardik and Manohar present as Gujarat added 82 runs within the last 10 overs.
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