IPL 2022: 'I Was Getting Ready For Super Over. Ashish Bhai Said, "Hold On..."': Hardik Pandya Reveals Chat With Ashish Nehra During GT-SRH Match
Published - 28 Apr 2022, 03:11 PM | Updated - 23 Aug 2024, 01:08 AM
The Gujarat Titans got an exhilarating triumph over Sunrisers Hyderabad in the 2022 Indian Premier League game on Wednesday night.
Pursuing a 196-run target, the Titans were falling behind at 140/5 in 16 overs before Rahul Tewatia (41*) and Rashid Khan (30*) turned the game on its head, with the Afghan spinner hitting three monstrous sixes in the last over against Marco Jansen to take his side to its seventh success of the season from 8 games.
The Titans regained their spot at the top of the point table, because of the astounding triumph; however, their skipper Hardik Pandya had nearly arranged for a Super Over.
I Have Started Watching Games As A Neutral: Hardik Pandya
In a discussion with Rashid and Tewatia on IPL’s official website, Hardik Pandya uncovered that he was prepared for a tie however the side’s head coach, Ashish Nehra advised him to hang on.
“I’ve started watching the matches as a neutral nowadays. Neither I’m too happy, nor too sad, because my behavior will have an effect on the dugout as well. But in all games, I and Ashu pa (Ashish Nehra) feel ‘this game is getting tighter’,” Pandya said in the video.
“I was getting ready for Super Over but Ashu bhai said, ‘Hey, hold on! We are finishing this here only’. You (to Tewatia) sent the thigh pad back and I thought, these guys are going for Super Over!”
Rahul Tewatia Explains Reason Behind Sending Back The Thigh Pad
“I thought, if the bowler bowls a yorker, Rashid bhai will play the shot that he usually plays through the middle of his legs towards square boundary. I thought that if it is not a six, I have to run no matter what. But Rashid bhai did it,” Tewatia explained.
With this victory, Gujarat Titans presently have 14 points in the season and are immovably at the highest point of the table with a game’s advantage. Sunrisers, in the interim, stay third with 10 points after 8 games.
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Gujarat Titans (GT) Hardik Pandya IPL 2022 Rahul Tewatia Rashid Khan Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH)
