Umran Malik’s fiery spell had nearly scripted the sixth consecutive of Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) on Wednesday night time on the Wankhede stadium. But the duo of Rashid Khan and Rahul Tewatia got here from behind, outfoxing the ‘Orange Army’ by 5 wickets to go to the highest of the factors desk.
After being put to bat first, Abhishek Sharma (65 off 42), Aiden Markram (56 off 40) and a late blitz by Shashank Singh (25 not out off 6) powered SRH to 195/6 in 20 overs. In reply, wicket-keeper batter Wriddhiman Saha smashed a strong half-century (68 off 38) and stored Gujarat alive within the chase.
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But, decrease down the order, it was Rahul Tewatia (40 not out off 21) and Rashid Khan (31 not out off 11), who stored Gujarat within the sport until the final over. GT wanted 22 runs within the final over of the innings bowled by Marco Jansen and Tewatia hit one six whereas Rashid smashed three sixes to take their workforce over the victory line.
After an in depth end, GT skipper Hardik Pandya lauded the efforts put by his teammates and stated every and everybody within the dressing room is backed on a regular basis.
“I keep joking in the dressing room that God is telling us ‘You guys are good, I’ll help you’. It’s happening so often that I fear we may run out of luck in the knockout games. We keep a very chilled atmosphere and everyone is stepping up. We’re ensuring that the players are backed well,” Pandya stated on the post-match present.
When requested about his bowling health, Pandya stated, “It’s just a conscious decision to manage my bowling, plan is to bowl whenever the team needs me. It’s a long tournament and I don’t want to get too excited early. We’re quite practical, we’ve spoken about winning these situations and there is a lot of self-belief in the camp. It’s important to keep the calm in the dugout, a lot of credit goes to the support staff for how they’ve been handling the players.”
Gujarat will now face Royal Challengers Bangalore of their subsequent fixture on April 30 at Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai.
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