From one IPL champion to another, Chennai Super Kings stalwart Suresh Raina took to Twitter to congratulate Hardik Pandya and the Gujarat Titans franchise for winning the IPL 2022, on Sunday night at the jam-packed Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, by defeating the Rajasthan Royals by 7 wickets.
Gujarat Titans – New IPL Champions
Skipper Hardik Pandya led the Titans from the front with both bat and ball. First, with the ball, Pandya took three important wickets – those of Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson and Shimron Hetmyer – with Sai Kishore picking two late wickets, after one each had been snapped up by Rashid Khan, Yash Dayal and Mohammed Shami, restricting RR to a below-par 130.
GT suffered a hiccup in the chase, losing Saha and Wade for the score of 23. Pandya joined hands with Gill and without taking any unnecessary or miscalculated risk the pair forged a partnership of 63 runs off 53 balls before Pandya(34 off 30) succumbed to Chahal’s spin.
David Miller then came out all guns blazing and killed off the chase quickly with his 19-ball 32. On the first ball of the 19th over, Gill then launched Obed McCoy over deep square leg, had his arms up in the air, and screamed his lungs out as the Titans became the champions of IPL 2022.
Suresh Raina’s special Tweet for GT and Hardik Pandya
All the fans, former and current cricketers paid tributes to the emphatic campaign by the Gujarat Titans with Hardik’s all-round show shining brightly.
One special tweet came from Suresh Raina, who hailed the franchise for winning the title in their first season, and also eulogized Pandya, Ashish Nehra and Gary Kirsten for their leadership.
Raina tweeted: “GT @gujarat_titans showed us what it takes to win the world’s toughest T20 championship. Being debutants, they never let the pressure affect their superlative performance. Great leadership from @hardikpandya7 & many congratulations to @Gary_Kirsten #AshishNehra. Enjoy the trophy!”
Here, check out Suresh Raina’s special tweet:
GT @gujarat_titans showed us what it takes to win the world’s toughest T20 championship.Being debutants, they never let the pressure affect their superlative performance. Great leadership from @hardikpandya7 &
many congratulations to @Gary_Kirsten #AshishNehra. Enjoy the trophy!— Suresh Raina
(@ImRaina) May 29, 2022
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