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Commentary
David Miller and Hardik Pandya shared an unbeaten century stand and guided Gujarat Titans to an emphatic 7-wicket win over Rajasthan Royals in the Qualifier 1 of the IPL 2022 at Eden Gardens.
With this win, the tournament debutants became the first finalists and they will now play their first game - which is a big-ticket final - at the home ground i.e. Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on May 29. They will now wait for their opponents.
Chasing a big target of 189, Titans reached home in 19.3 overs as David Miller smashed RR seamer, Prasidh Krishna, for three consecutive sixes on the first three balls of the final over. GT required 16 from the final over and Miller didn't leave it for the last as he showed his class in front of 60000-plus spectators at Eden Gardens.
For RR, captain Samson and Jos Buttler did well with the bat to take their team to a decent total after being put in to bat first. But that wasn't enough in the end. RR will now wait for the winner of the Eliminator between RCB and LSG and will look to win the Qualifier 2 and set up a summit clash with the Titans.
SIX! Prasidh Krishna to David Miller. Off cutter length ball, off stump on the front foot Slog, well timed in the air under control over deep mid wicket for 6 runs. Gujarat Titans enters into the final in their style. After losing Saha's wicket, Gujarat batters architectured the innings very well. Miller delivered his best tonight with the bat and has been adjudged as player of the match. Join us tomorrow for Eliminator. Cheers.
SIX! Prasidh Krishna to David Miller. Length ball, down leg side on the front foot Slog, well timed in the air under control over deep mid wicket for 6 runs.
SIX! Prasidh Krishna to David Miller. Length ball, middle stump moves in front Slog, well timed in the air under control over deep mid wicket for 6 runs.
Obed McCoy to Hardik Pandya. Slower length ball, outside off stump on the front foot Slog, missed for no runs, fielded by Samson.
Obed McCoy to David Miller. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot Slog, to deep square leg for 1 run, fielded by Boult.
Obed McCoy to David Miller. Slower ball back of a length, middle stump on the back foot pulling, Gloved for no runs, fielded by Samson.
FOUR! Obed McCoy to David Miller. Slower ball half volley, outside off stump on the front foot driving, well timed past deep extra cover for 4 runs.
Obed McCoy to Hardik Pandya. Back of a length, down leg side on the back foot pulling, mis-timed to deep mid wicket for 1 run, fielded by Jaiswal.
Obed McCoy to David Miller. Slower ball back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot cutting, to long off for 1 run, fielded by Buttler.
Yuzvendra Chahal to David Miller. Leg spinner length ball, outside off stump on the back foot cutting, to deep cover for 1 run, fielded by Boult.
SIX! Yuzvendra Chahal to David Miller. Leg spinner length ball, wide outside off stump moves in front Slog, well timed in the air under control over deep mid wicket for 6 runs. Much needed maximum at this moment for GT.
Yuzvendra Chahal to Hardik Pandya. Leg spinner length ball, to leg on the back foot working, to deep mid wicket for 1 run, fielded by Boult.
Yuzvendra Chahal to David Miller. Slider length ball, wide outside off stump moves in front cutting, mis-timed to mid off for 1 run, fielded by Das.
Yuzvendra Chahal to Hardik Pandya. Leg spinner length ball, middle stump on the back foot driving, to long off for 1 run, fielded by Buttler.
Yuzvendra Chahal to David Miller. Slider length ball, outside off stump moves in front cutting, to deep cover for 1 run, fielded by Boult.
Obed McCoy to David Miller. Short, outside off stump on the back foot pulling, mis-timed in the air uncontrolled to deep mid wicket for 1 run, fielded by Hetmyer.
Obed McCoy to Hardik Pandya. Back of a length, down leg side on the back foot pulling, in the air under control to deep square leg for 1 run, fielded by Jaiswal.
Obed McCoy to David Miller. Off cutter length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, mis-timed in the air uncontrolled to deep extra cover for 1 run, fielded by Jaiswal, fielded by Padikkal.
Obed McCoy to Hardik Pandya. Off cutter length ball, down leg side on the back foot working, to deep mid wicket for 1 run, fielded by Padikkal.
Obed McCoy to David Miller. Half volley, middle stump on the back foot flick, to deep mid wicket for 1 run, fielded by Hetmyer.
FOUR! Obed McCoy to David Miller. Slower ball full toss, off stump on the back foot driving, thick edge past third man for 4 runs.
Trent Boult to David Miller. Off cutter short, outside off stump on the back foot pulling, to deep mid wicket for 1 run, fielded by Padikkal.
Trent Boult to David Miller. Off cutter back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot cutting, well timed to deep extra cover for 2 runs, run save by Hetmyer.
Trent Boult to David Miller. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, well timed to long on for 2 runs, run save by Das, fielded by Padikkal.
Trent Boult to David Miller. Slower length ball, outside off stump on the front foot pushing, missed for no runs, fielded by Samson.
Trent Boult to Hardik Pandya. Off cutter length ball, down leg side no foot movement working, to deep mid wicket for 1 run, fielded by Hetmyer.
Trent Boult to David Miller. Back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot working, mis-timed to extra cover for 1 run, fielded by Ashwin.
Yuzvendra Chahal to Hardik Pandya. Leg spinner length ball, off stump on the back foot driving, to point for no runs, fielded by Boult.
Yuzvendra Chahal to David Miller. Leg spinner length ball, outside off stump on the back foot cutting, to deep cover for 1 run, fielded by Padikkal.
SIX! Yuzvendra Chahal to David Miller. Googly half volley, middle stump on the front foot driving, well timed in the air under control over long off for 6 runs. That's a monster from Miller.
Gujarat Titans under Hardik Pandya finished the league phase as the No 1 side and will start as favourites on paper against the Rajasthan Royals led by Sanju Samson, the No 2 team after the league matches.
But all those calculations will hold to nothing once the match starts as both the teams have a wonderful set of players who can be match-winners on their day.
If they live up to their billing then we can expect a cracker of a contest.
Possible Playing 11:
Gujarat Titans: 1 Wriddhiman Saha, 2 Shubman Gill, 3 Hardik Pandya, 4 Matthew Wade, 5 David Miller, 6 Rahul Tewatia, 7 Rashid Khan, 8 Yash Dayal, 9 R Sai Kishore, 10 Alzarri Joseph, 11 Mohammed Shami.
Rajasthan Royals: 1. Jos Buttler, 2. Yashasvi Jaiswal, 3. Sanju Samson (captain and wk), 4. Riyan Parag, 5. Devdutt Padikkal, 6. Shimron Hetmyer, 7. R Ashwin, 8. Trent Boult, 9. Prasidh Krishna, 10. Yuzvendra Chahal, 11. Obed McCoy.