IPL 2022, 27th April, Hardik Pandya led Gujrat Titans faced Kane Williamson led Sunrisers Hyderabad in the 40th match of the tournament. Pandya won the toss and chose to bowl first. Inviting Hyderabad to bat first, GT got their first breakthrough, the skipper departed early. But opener Abhishek Sharma played some crucial knock along with Aiden Markram’s half-century which helped SRH register a good score on the board. Shashank Singh’s fiery 25 off 6 ended their first innings in style.
The second innings is the game between bowlers and the 22-year-old Umran Malik. The Kashmiri boy with his fiery pace took 5 wickets by just conceding 25 runs in 4 overs for his team. With the wickets of the top batsmen of GT, Malik did his job of bringing his team back on line. With Saha, Gill, Pandya, Miller, Abhinav Manohar, Malik’s wickets almost destroyed the backbone of Gujrat Titans. His raw pace is bringing the ipl alive. He continues to impress with his bowling.
His fifer helped SRH come back in the game but unfortunately Tewatia and Rashid snatched the victory in the last couple of overs again and took their team home. SRH ended up on the losing side but fans were impressed with the team’s improvement from last year’s IPL.
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