Gujarat Titans continued their dream run this IPL 2022 season and beat Rajasthan Royals in the first Qualifier to march into the Finals. RR will have their second shot and will be playing the winners of Royal Challengers Bangalore and Lucknow Super Giants.
IPL 2022 Qualifier1: GT vs RR
The action has moved to Eden Gardens, Kolkata for the playoffs where the the players were greeted with thundershowers and a wet outfield. Also the sultry weather doesn’t help the bowlers as there is no grip on the wicket. The teams batting second always has a better chance of scoring and that’s exactly what Gujarat Titans did. They chased down the target of 190 with 3 balls to spare.
Key Performances
Jos Buttler – 89 off 56 balls
Rashid Khan – 0/15 in 4 overs
David Miller – 68* off 38 balls
GT vs RR – Qualifier 1 – Match Scorecard
1st Innings
| Batter | HowOut | Runs | BF | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sanju Samson (c)(wk) | c Alzarri Joseph b Sai Kishore | 47 | 26 | 5 | 3 |
| Yashasvi Jaiswal | c Wriddhiman Saha b Yash Dayal | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Devdutt Padikkal | b Hardik Pandya | 28 | 20 | 2 | 2 |
| Shimron Hetmyer | c Rahul Tewatia b Mohammad Shami | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Riyan Parag | run out (Wriddhiman Saha) | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Jos Buttler | run out (Alzarri Joseph) | 89 | 56 | 12 | 2 |
| Trent Boult | not out | 0* | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ravichandran Ashwin | not out | 2* | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Extras: ( nb 1, w 10, b 0, lb 0, pen ) | 11 | ||||
| Total: 188/6 in 20 overs | |||||
| Bowler | Overs | Runs | Wks | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mohammed Shami | 4.0 | 43 | 1 | 10.75 |
| Yash Dayal | 4.0 | 46 | 1 | 11.50 |
| Hardik Pandya | 2.0 | 14 | 1 | 7.00 |
| Sai Kishore | 4.0 | 43 | 1 | 10.75 |
| Rashid Khan | 4.0 | 15 | 0 | 3.75 |
| Alzarri Joseph | 2.0 | 27 | 0 | 13.50 |
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2nd Innings
| Batter | HowOut | Runs | BF | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wriddhiman Saha (wk) | c Sanju Samson b Trent Boult | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Shubman Gill | run out (Devdutt Padikkal) | 35 | 21 | 5 | 1 |
| Matthew Wade | c Jos Buttler b Obed Mccoy | 35 | 30 | 6 | 0 |
| Hardik Pandya (c) | not out | 40* | 27 | 5 | 0 |
| David Miller | not out | 68* | 38 | 3 | 5 |
| Extras: ( nb 1, w 11, b 0, lb 1, pen ) | 13 | ||||
| Total: 191/3 in 19.3 overs | |||||
| Bowler | Overs | Runs | Wks | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trent Boult | 4.0 | 38 | 1 | 9.50 |
| Obed Mccoy | 4.0 | 40 | 1 | 10.00 |
| Prasidh Krishna | 3.3 | 40 | 0 | 11.43 |
| Ravichandran Ashwin | 4.0 | 40 | 0 | 10.00 |
| Yuzvendra Chahal | 4.0 | 32 | 0 | 8.00 |