Debutant delight!
Updated On: 12 May, 2022 09:35 AM IST | Pune | Shreeram Gokhale
Some pundits believed Gujarat Titans had one of the weaker batting units, but Hardik Pandya led them to become the first team to qualify for the playoffs
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Gujarat Titans players celebrate their win against Lucknow Super Giants in Pune on Tuesday. Pic/BCCI, PTI
Following the mega auction before the IPL 2022 season, Gujarat Titans were criticised for not making the right choices. Some pundits believed they had one of the weaker batting units in the competition. Add to that, a new skipper with not much of a proven record at the highest level as a leader. It’s creditable therefore for the Hardik Pandya-led outfit to qualify for the playoffs, the first team to do so in the current season, with two league games in hand.
‘Team effort’ is a term that is used far too often, and far too loosely in team sports, in general. But in the case of Gujarat Titans, it is quite apt to say so, as far as their IPL-15 performance is concerned. They don’t have a batsman who has run away topping the batting charts, none of their batsmen is having a Jos Buttler-like season. But they have opener Shubman Gill in the top three, and with him Pandya in top 10 highest run-getters of the season. They have three batsmen, with David Miller being the third, who have scored over 300 runs this season.
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