GT vs SRH: Twitter Reacts As GT Jump To The Top Of The Table After Thrilling Victory Over SRH
Updated - 28 Apr 2022, 02:00 AM
Gujarat Titans pulled off a heist in their match against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) at the Wankhede Stadium on Wednesday. Needing 22 off the last over, Rashid Khan and Rahul Tewatia did the unthinkable and ended SRH’s 5-match win streak.
Batting first after losing the toss for the first time, Sunrisers lost Kane Williamson and Rahul Tripathi to Mohammed Shami in the first five overs. Abhishek Sharma and Aiden Markram then rebuilt the innings, reaching their respective fifties in the process.
SRH proceeded to lose their way in the death overs due to some tight overs from Gujarat. However, Shashank Singh, batting for the first time in the IPL, smashed a stunning 6-ball 25 which propelled the total to 195 in 20 overs.
In response, Gujarat got off to a flier courtesy of Wriddhiman Saha and Shubman Gill. While the latter played the second fiddle, Saha found his old touch and blazed away to a 29-ball half-century.
Umran Malik, having found his form recently, then provided the breakthrough by dismissing Shubman Gill. He then had Hardik Pandya caught at third man to put SRH on top of the game.
Gujarat was always ahead in the run chase, however, and it needed a stunning 2-over spell from Umran to once again bring Sunrisers back into the game. The speedster went on to castle Saha, David Miller, and Abhinav Manohar to bag his first career five-wicket haul.
Eventually, it boiled down to 22 runs off the last over bowled by Marco Jansen. Rahul Tewatia and Rashid Khan managed to smash 4 sixes, 3 off the last 3 balls to take Gujarat over the line. Hardik Pandya and co. now have 7 wins in 8 matches and are well on their way to the playoffs.
Here’s how Twitter reacted to the last-over heroics in GT vs SRH:
No game is safe with @rahultewatia02 at the crease!! Incredible ending to a pulsating @IPL fixture. I even drowned out the vuvuzelas by the end. Amazing from @rashidkhan_19 entering beast mode too ?@gujarat_titans
— Graeme Swann (@Swannyg66) April 27, 2022
Oh My God. Amazing win @gujarat_titans #TataIPL
— S.Badrinath (@s_badrinath) April 27, 2022
This is what great players do…
When you fail with the ball, you then shine with the bat.#RashidKhan #IPL2022 #IPL #GTvsSRH— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) April 27, 2022
What a game of cricket !! #UmranMalik top spell but one bowler can’t win you the game ! @rashidkhan_19 u beauty @rahultewatia02 great partnership . Aur yeh nehra ji ki smile ? off side #SRHvsGT #IPL2022 at its best
— Yuvraj Singh (@YUVSTRONG12) April 27, 2022
What a match! Judt love the #IPL2022, what a knock by @rashidkhan_19 and @rahultewatia02
To take @gujarat_titans home! Simply incredible #SRHvGT— Kris Srikkanth (@KrisSrikkanth) April 27, 2022
RASHID KHAN YOU BEAUTY @rashidkhan_19 That was simply outstanding.. congratulations @gujarat_titans @rahultewatia02 another brilliant Inn ? Nehra ji kya baat hai
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) April 27, 2022
What is ever enough while chasing! Definitely something about @gujarat_titans this year.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) April 27, 2022
This is a superb display of hostile and controlled fast bowing by #UmranMalik . #SRHvsGT #GTvsSRH #CricketTwitter
— R P Singh रुद्र प्रताप सिंह (@rpsingh) April 27, 2022
Umran Malik… ?? Pace, Accuracy… Wickets! #IPL2022 @SunRisers pic.twitter.com/vgGidxmWLh
— Anjum Chopra (@chopraanjum) April 27, 2022
#SRHvGT explained in a single pic pic.twitter.com/YWjK97rsuJ
— Amit Mishra (@MishiAmit) April 27, 2022
Congratulations team @gujarat_titans for a great win. @rashidkhan_19 & @rahultewatia02 what an incredible partnership,well played! ? #SRHvGT
— Suresh Raina?? (@ImRaina) April 27, 2022
Ridiculous @rashidkhan_19 !!! #IPL2022
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) April 27, 2022
If anyone can,,,,Rashid Khan????
— Ian Raphael Bishop (@irbishi) April 27, 2022
Oh My God. Amazing win @gujarat_titans #TataIPL
— S.Badrinath (@s_badrinath) April 27, 2022
What a game ? Rahul Tewatia and Rasid khan ?
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) April 27, 2022
Even if Google maps can’t, @gujarat_titans will find a way to win. #SRHvsGT Credit to both the teams for serving us another spectacle.
— Jatin Sapru (@jatinsapru) April 27, 2022
My name is Khan. Had this tweet ready,still works I guess! What a game?#SRHvsGT #IPL2022
— Abhinav Mukund (@mukundabhinav) April 27, 2022
What is ever enough while chasing! Definitely something about @gujarat_titans this year.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) April 27, 2022
To win this from where Umran had left them reeling, @rashidkhan_19 and @rahultewatia02 have just done another impossible @gujarat_titans #GTvsSRH #UmranMalik
— Vikrant Gupta (@vikrantgupta73) April 27, 2022
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