The first qualifier of PL 2022 is being played between Gujarat Titans and Rajasthan Royals at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata. GT captain Hardik Pandya has won the toss and decided to bowl first. Rajasthan team has scored 188 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in 20 overs and has given a target of 189 runs to Gujarat.
Once again Jos Buttler batted with a bang for Rajasthan and scored 89 runs in just 56 balls. 12 fours and 2 sixes came from his bat. At the same time, Mohammed Shami, Sai Kishore, Hardik Pandya and Yash Dayal took one wicket each for Gujarat.
Carmati Khan's economical bowling
Rashid Khan gave away runs in the match with an economy of less than 5.
Rashid Khan gave away runs in the match with an economy of less than 5.
In the first qualifier match, Rashid Khan gave only 15 runs in 4 overs while bowling amazingly. Even though he did not get any wicket in the match, but he did not allow the Rajasthan batsmen to hit big shots. His economy was only 3.80.
Hardik clean bowled Padikkal
Padikkal scored runs in the match at a strike rate of 140.
Padikkal scored runs in the match at a strike rate of 140.
Devdutt Padikkal was looking good in the match. He also scored 28 runs in 20 balls, but in the 15th over, Hardik Pandya made him clean bowled. Padikkal wanted to pull off Pandya's short off length ball, but the ball took the inside edge of his bat and hit the stumps. Padikkal looked quite disappointed after being bowled. The touch in which he was seen. It seemed that he would play a big innings, but it did not happen.
Samson could not take advantage of a good start
Samson has 2 half-centuries in IPL 2022.
Samson has 2 half-centuries in IPL 2022.
Rajasthan captain Sanju Samson got a good start in the match, but he could not convert it into a big innings. He scored 47 runs in 26 balls. His bat hit 5 fours and 3 sixes. Samson's strike rate was 180.76.
Sai Kishore took the wicket of Sanju. In the 10th over, Samson wanted to hit a six on long on by making room off Sai, but the ball did not go very far and Alzarri Joseph took his catch at the boundary.
Yashasvi's bat did not run
Yash Dayal took the first wicket for Gujarat. He dismissed Yashasvi Jaiswal for 3.
Yash Dayal took the first wicket for Gujarat. He dismissed Yashasvi Jaiswal for 3.
Rajasthan opener Yashasvi Jaiswal could not do much in the first qualifier and was dismissed for 3 runs in 8 balls. Yash Dayal took his wicket. Yashasvi wanted to make a backfoot drive to the ball going outside the off-stump, but the ball took the edge of the bat and wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha took a simple catch of Yashasvi.
Playing XI of both the teams
Hardik Pandya and Sanju Samson are captaining in the playoffs for the first time.
Hardik Pandya and Sanju Samson are captaining in the playoffs for the first time.
Gujarat - Wriddhiman Saha, Shubman Gill, Matthew Wade, Hardik Pandya, David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Sai Kishore, Yash Dayal, Alzarri Joseph, Mohammed Shami
Rajasthan - Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson, Devdutt Padikkal, Ravichandran Ashwin, Shimron Hetmyer, Riyan Parag, Trent Boult, Pranand Krishna, Yuzvendra Chahal, Obed McCoy
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