Titanic triumph!
Updated On: 30 May, 2022 07:14 AM IST | Ahmedabad | Harit Joshi
Skipper Hardik Pandya and star batsman Shubman Gill help Gujarat Titans blow away insipid Rajasthan Royals by seven wickets in one-sided final
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Shubman Gill celebrates GT’s win with teammate David Miller yesterday. Pics/ BCCI; IPL
Hardik Pandya emulated his idol MS Dhoni as Gujarat Titans became only the second team in the Indian Premier League’s history to lift the trophy on home turf. IPL-15’s ‘no-hopers’ became champions in their very first year by crushing Rajasthan Royals by seven wickets before a record attendance at the Narendra Modi Stadium here on Sunday night. Shubman Gill (45 not out) dispatched an Obed McCoy length delivery into the stands over square leg for Gujarat Titans to break into a massive mid-pitch celebration.
On top all the way
The team that topped the table, were the first to qualify for the playoffs and the big final, ultimately clinched the title to complete a perfect script. GT skipper Pandya was the chief architect of the final win with a brilliant match-winning spell of 4-0-17-3 and 34 off 30 balls to put their 131-target chase back on track. Pandya, who had bowled sporadically in the tournament, rose to the occasion and led from the front with a power-packed show in the all-important match.
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