Gujarat Titans have actually raised the mercury ranges on the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 with their dynamic debut. Many have doubted the staff choice on the mega gamers’ public sale in February earlier this yr however to everybody’s shock, the aspect has been a power to reckon with. With 5 wins out of seven video games, the staff is positioned 2nd on the factors desk with a constructive internet run charge of 0.396.
One of the largest components behind GT’s nice success is the return of Hardik Pandya. The all-rounder needed to take care of health points that impacted his efficiency for fairly a very long time. However, he took a while off, rehabilitated on the National Cricket Academy in Bangalore and returned robust within the IPL 2022.
IPL FULL COVERAGE | SCHEDULE | RESULTS | ORANGE CAP | PURPLE CAP
Pandya is gearing up for Gujarat’s subsequent fixture towards Sunrisers Hyderabad on Wednesday at Wankhede. He will enter the sport on the again of a hat-trick of fifties, together with a fifty towards the identical opposition. Meanwhile, former England spinner Graeme Swann feels that Pandya is prospering on being a senior participant and chief of the aspect whereas exhibiting calmness.
“Hardik’s great. He’s calm, he’s cool and is doing a really great job. Captaincy brings out the best in some people and the worst in others either performance-wise or character flaws. With Hardik, it’s brought out the best in him,” Swann was quoted as saying by cricket.com.
“He’s someone, who thrives on being the senior player, the leader and he exudes calmness. His team are helping him out. As a leader, if your team aren’t performing and winning you games, everyone will say you’re rubbish. Look at Jadeja, I think he is a good captain but CSK aren’t winning games,” added Swann.
Wednesday’s match between the 2 groups guarantees to be a showdown between two robust bowling assaults, particularly by way of tempo bowling. Swann feels that Hyderabad’s bowling assault has acquired the higher hand over Gujarat as a result of presence of left-arm pacer Marco Jansen and tearaway pacer Umran Malik.
“On the way to the ground, I’m genuinely excited to watch SRH bowl. Not only have they got 8 foot 15 Jansen bowling good pace left-arm, but Umran Malik, has brought to the IPL something that we have not seen for a few years. A fresh fast bowler, out-and-out pace,” Swann mentioned.
“Dale Steyn had said to him, ‘I don’t want you to worry about line and length, get the seam up, bowl as quick as you can. That’s your strongest suit.’ But he’s got good control, he’s got good areas and he is rapid. I love that. For me to say that straight away, Sunrisers over Gujarat, show how good they are. Gujarat’s bowling has been phenomenal. On paper, they (Sunrisers) are the best bowling unit,” he concluded.
(With Agency Inputs)
Get all the newest updates on Cricket News, Cricket Photos, Cricket Videos, IPL 2022 Live Updates and Cricket Scores right here