IPL 2022: A “proud” Gujarat Titans’ (GT) skipper Hardik Pandya on Tuesday said his side’s plan to be ruthless on the field and relax post game paid rich dividends as they beat Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) by 62 runs to become the first team to qualify for the IPL playoffs here. Follow all the IPL 2022 LIVE Updates with InsideSport.IN
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IPL 2022: GT skipper Hardik Pandya proud of his team for being ruthless against LSG
Newcomers GT ensured their place in the last-four with 18 points from 12 games, while LSG are a close second with 16 points from 12 matches and need a win to secure their play-off berth.
The win came after back-to-back defeats for GT and Hardik said his side learnt a lot from their last game.
“To be honest, in the last game, we kind of thought that the game was over before it was over. We were always under pressure in all the other games that we won, and we felt that we’d finish off the last game with the kind of batting we had. That was learning we took,” he said.
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐝… 💙#SeasonOfFirsts #AavaDe #LSGvGT pic.twitter.com/gQMwCtWSC7
— Gujarat Titans (@gujarat_titans) May 11, 2022
IPL 2022: GT skipper Hardik Pandya proud of his team for being ruthless against LSG
“I always feel that if you lose a game like the one we lost in our last game, we win and lose games as a team. Yes, we did not do what we wanted to do. We messed it up, but we messed it up as a team.”
Defending 145, GT bowled out LSG for 82 in 13.5 overs and Hardik was full of praise for his bowling unit.
“Our bowlers did everything that we asked of them, and we ticked all boxes today.”
IPL 2022: GT skipper Hardik Pandya proud of his team for being ruthless against LSG
“It looked like a tricky wicket, that’s how it’s played here for the last 2 or 3 games that we have played here. We knew it was a low-scoring game, we knew it was a tricky and challenging pitch, we bowled really well. Restricting a team under 150 on any pitch is commendable and the bowlers did their job,” Rahul said.
Magician OP 💙🤩🔥#SeasonOfFirsts #AavaDe #LSGvGT pic.twitter.com/3W0faSBKo0
— Gujarat Titans (@gujarat_titans) May 10, 2022
Afghan spinner Rashid Khan, who starred with the ball for GT with figures of 4 for 24, feels he eventually got his line and length on Tuesday, which was missing in the initial few matches, resulting in fewer wickets for him.
“Those couple of games which did not go well was all about my line and length. That was something I was missing in those games.
