IPL 2022 Final, GT vs RR: Shubman Gill Seals IPL Title for Gujarat Titans With 6
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Shubman Gill and David Miller celebrate winning IPL 2022
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Gujarat Titans defeated Rajasthan Royals by 7 wickets in 2022 IPL Final at the Narendra Modi Stadium
Jos Buttler finished with the Orange Cap and Yuzvendra Chahal bagged the Purple Cap
Gujarat had to chase 131 in the final against Rajasthan Royals
IPL 2022 Season's Awards
Emerging Player of IPL 2022 – Umran Malik
Most Sixes of the Season – Jos Buttler
Super Striker of the Season – Dinesh Karthik
Game Changer of the Season – Jos Buttler
Fairplay Award – Gujarat Titans and Rajasthan Royals
Powerplayer of the Season – Jos Buttler
Fastest Delivery of the Season – Lockie Ferguson
Most Fours of the Season – Jos Buttler
Purple Cap – Yuzvendra Chahal
Orange Cap – Jos Buttler
Catch of the Season – Evin Lewis
Most Valuable Player - Jos Buttler
Player of the Tournament - Jos Buttler
Awards from the 2022 IPL Final
Player of the Match – Hardik Pandya
Super Striker of the Match – David Miller
Game Changer – Hardik Pandya
Let’s Crack it Sixes – Yashasvi Jaiswal
Powerplayer of the Match – Trent Boult
Most Valuable Asset of the Match – Hardik Pandya
Fastest Delivery of the Match – Lockie Ferguson
Fours On the Go – Jos Buttler
"Means a Lot"
“It means a lot. After winning the under-19 World Cup, winning the IPL is just as big. It is my fourth year. I wanted to be there till the end and that was the talk with the coaches. Glad I took them over the line. Our bowlers bowled really well to restrict them to 130. We wanted to keep them under 150 but fortunately it was much lesser,” Shubman Gill said after the game.
Gujarat Titans Win IPL 2022
AND SHUBMAN GILL FINISHES IT OFF WITH A SIX!!
GUJARAT TITANS HAVE WON THE IPL!
WE HAVE A NEW WINNER!
Gujarat have won by 7 wickets and this is the 7th different team to win the IPL trophy
GT: 127/3 After 18 Overs
Ashwin went for 5 more off the next over as the players were going through the final motions in the game. Gill had batted through and with Miller's cameo at the end had pretty much secured the game.
The half-century stand with Hardik too helped in the cause.
GT: 122/3 After 17 Overs
The Royals had to get wickets and Prasidh Krishna came back into the attack but the pace and bounce worked to his disadvantage as he conceded two boundaries and was a little wayward too.
Gill and Miller had settled in nicely and they needed 9 more from 3 overs.
GT: 109/3 After 16 overs
Ashwin came back into the attack looking to get into the left-handed batters, but allowed Miller to clobber him into the stands for 6 in a 12-run over. Miller and Gill were looking good here and it was slipping away from the Royals.
GT: 97/3 After 15 Overs
McCoy was brought back for his 3rd over and David Miller cashed in on a chance to get a boundary and make it a productive over. The game is on a knife edge with Gill chipping away at the other end.
GT: 89/3 After 14 overs
Into his final over for the day, Chahal bamboozled Hardik with a brilliant leg-break that took the edge and Yashasvi Jaiswal took a sharp catch at first slip. Hardik was dismissed for 34 as the Royals got their confidence back.
Chahal finished his spell with figures of 1/20 and 27 wickets for the season, the most by a spinner in an IPL season
GT: 84/2 After 13 Overs
Boult was back in the attack looking for a wicket, especially as Hardik and Gill were looking good to take the game away. Boult finished with figures of 1/14 with a 7-run over.
GT: 77/2 After 12 Overs
Ashwin finally came into the attack and both Gill and Pandya decided to attack the senior pro. Gill smashed him for six over cow corner while Hardik crunched him for a boundary in what was a 15 run over. The duo brought up their half-century stand as well.
GT: 62/2 After 11 Overs
Hardik was starting to find his timing, and crunched McCoy through the covers for a boundary. But that was the only big shot of the over. GT were moving along slowly here.
Gill & Pandya have added run-a-ball 39 for the 3rd wicket.
GT: 54/2 After 10 Overs
RR hadn't brought in Ashwin to the attack yet, and Chahal was bowling his third over. On cue, it was economical, going for just 6 runs as the Royals kept the pressure on the batters.
GT: 48/2 After 9 Overs
Prasidh Krishna was back for his third over and Hardik latched onto a chance to whack him over mid-off for a four. Krishna though adjusted his length well after that. Gill though picked up a fortunate boundary as the inside edge missed the stumps and gave GT the second boundary of the over.
GT: 38/2 After 8 Overs
Chahal rattled in another fine over, inviting the big shots but doing enough to keep the batters from pulling it off. Chahal almost had the wicket of Shubman Gill but the catch was just out of reach off Hetmyer.
Already GT have played 32 dot balls in the innings.
GT: 35/2 After 7 Overs
Ober McCoy kept up things from his end as well with the ball, keeping it on the money and allowing the batters only four singles in the over. The pressure was building as the boundaries were tough to come by.
GT: 31/2 After 6 Overs
Yuzvendra Chahal came into the attack for the final over the powerplay and kept giving the ball some air, inviting Gill and Hardik to attack. Both were watchful before Gill finished the powerplay with a powerfully struck sweep for four.
GT: 25/2 After 5 Overs
Trent Boult has the early wicket he had been looking for - Wade flicks him away and Riyan Parag takes the catch at mid-wicket. Wade gone for 8 as Boult attacks with 3 catching in the 5th over as Hardik Pandya joins the party.
Boult conceded a couple of wides after the wicket but RR kept it tight in the powerplay. Another wicket would be ideal with Shubman Gill and Hardik in the middle.
GT: 22/1 After 4 Overs
Krishna was back for another bite and started off with one wide and short that missed everyone and went for 5 wides. But he followed that up with sharp bowling - quick and on the hard lengths, keeping Matthew Wade from getting away.
Off the fourth ball though, Wade picked it up and deposited in the crowd over long leg as the angle worked out perfectly for him. Those two deliveries apart, Prasidh bowled dots through out.
GT: 11/1 After 3 overs
Keeping the pressure up from the other end, Boult rattled in a superb maiden over, keeping Gill quiet. The Royals were giving it their all.
GT: 11/1 After 2 Overs
Prasidh Krishna took over for the second over and was pulled away emphatically by Saha to start with. But the pacer bounced back brilliantly, knocking over Saha’s middle stump and sending him back for 5.
RR had the early breakthrough they so badly needed and Prasidh finished the over well, conceding just 2. Gujarat weren’t going to have it easy from the looks of it.
Gujarat Titans: 5/0 After 1 Over
Trent Boult started off the over brilliantly and midway through almost got the wicket of Shubman Gill, but Yuzvendra Chahal could not hold on to it as he dived. Gill ended the over with a boundary, clipped away to fine leg as the Gujarat chase got off to an eventful over.
Gujarat Need 131 to Win
Wriddhiman Saha and Shubman Gill will start off proceedings against Trent Boult. RR have three catchers to start with.
RR: 130/9 After 20 Overs
Parag threw the kitchen sink at Shami in the final over, picking off a boundary over point but losing McCoy at the other end off the next delivery due to a runout. Parag though was on strike which is what was important but Shami rattled in a couple of yorkers, the second one knocking over the right-hander's off stump.
Parag was dismissed for 15 and Gujarat needed 131 to win.
RR: 123/7 After 19 Overs
Back came Dayal for his third over, and much like the rest of the attack, he was on the money with his yorkers and kept it away from Parag's hitting arc. Three singles only for the Royals in the over. Gujarat were well and truly on top, but it would surely not be an easy chase.
RR: 120/7 After 18 overs
Hardik went back to Sai Kishore, who didn't disappoint. Boult, who hit a six, was looking to smack it to wherever he could and sliced the lofted hit, which was caught by Rahul Tewatia at long off. Boult walked back for 11, as GT tightened the screws further. All eyes were on Parag from here on in. Obed McCoy gave him a helping hand with a six to end the over of Kishore.
RR: 104/6 After 17 Overs
Parag had Trent Boult for company and neither were able to get the pacy Lockie Ferguson away. The batters however, did score a single every ball, pushing the total over the 100-run mark.
RR: 98/6 After 16 Overs
After his spell, Hardik turned to Sai Kishore with R Ashwin and Riyan Parag in the middle. Both tried to take on the spinner but Kishore too kept things tight for Gujarat. And ended the over with the scalp of Ashwin, who looked to go downtown and was caught by David Miller for 6 off 9 balls.
RR: 94/5 After 15 Overs
Hardik bowled out after that in the 15th over but conceded two boundaries to Hetmyer as the Royals got the scoreboard moving.
But Hardik wasn't done, and finished the over with the scalp of Hetmyer, caught and bowled for 11. Hardik has been brilliant with the ball in the final and this is something that will be a delightful thought for the Indian team.
RR: 84/4 After 14 Overs
Rashid completes his spell with a brilliant over that has Hetmyer and R Ashwin unable to pick the spinner at all. They get just the 2 singles. Rashid finishes with figures of 1/18.
David Miller, Rashid Khan and Rahul Tewatia celebrate a wicket
RR: 82/4 After 13 Overs
Hardik is in the middle of a special spell, and has struck again. This time Hardik sends the dangerous Jos Buttler packing, caught behind by Wriddhiman Saha for 39 off 35 balls. Buttler finishes the season with 863 runs, while Hardik really bent his back in the over, bowling well-directed short ones at Hetmyer.
Hardik finishes the over well and his figures read 2/7 after 3 overs. RR meanwhile were in trouble.
RR: 79/3 After 12 overs
Gujarat bring back Rashid into the attack as they look to build pressure on the batters. On cue, Rashid struck, picking the wicket off Padikkal for 2 off 10 balls. The left-hander was trying to cut loose and a leading edge gave Shami a simple catch at short third man.
Shimron Hetmyer came in and Rashid had him beaten first up with a googly. Rajasthan were in unchartered territory in terms of having Buttler in the middle and the scoring rate not being very high. Gujarat are on the hunt for more wickets.
RR: 75/2 After 11 Overs
Buttler had to be careful after that against Hardik, who also kept Padikkal from getting off the mark for a bit too, bowling some hard lengths and a well-directed bouncer. Hardik conceded a leg-bye to end the over, conceding only 4 runs in the over.
Padikkal was still to get his first run after 7 deliveries.
RR: 71/2 After 10 Overs
With pressure building to get the momentum going, Buttler, who had not got the rhythm going yet, had a better over against Shami. He rolled it away through the square leg region first and then crunched it past mid-off after that and finished the over with a single. Shami had bowled three overs and conceded 26 without picking a wicket.
RR: 60/2 After 9 Overs
After the break, as it happens a lot of the times, a wicket fell. Hardik Pandya came into the attack and had an instant impact - hard length and seam up tied up Samson, who tried to flay it away but was caught at point for 14 by Sai Kishore.
In walked Devdutt Padikkal and Hardik beat the edge right away. Hardik finished the over having conceded 1 run and picked a wicket as well.
RR: 59/1 After 8 Overs
Rashid was back for another go and he started off well, keeping the batters quiet, who though managed to rotate the strike. Just the 5 singles came from the over before the first time out.
RR: 54/1 After 7 Overs
Ferguson brought more pace to the contest in the next over, bowling one at almost 158kmph. But that got Buttler going as he used the pace of the bowler to good effect, lifting him over mid-off for four and then slapping it away through point before wrapping up the over with a quick single.
RR: 45/1 After 6 Overs
Rashid Khan came into the attack in the next over as they tried to dislodge either Buttler or Samson. The RR skipper got a lucky boundary to start off but Rashid kept it tight after that in a 8-run over.
RR: 37/1 After 5 Overs
Lockie Ferguson was introduced into the attack and Buttler was watchful against the pace which was in the region of 150kmph. Samson though clubbed the first ball he faced for a boundary and then fed the strike to his partner. Ferguson though finished off with a couple of dots.
RR: 31/1 After 4 Overs
Dayal came for another over with the openers looking to break the shackles and up the ante. The left-arm pacer started the over well but a bouncer was hooked away confidently over fine-leg for the first six of the game by Jaiswal, who used the pace of the short one.
Jaiswal tried to go again after that but Gujarat ended the over with him walking back to the hut, caught at deep-square leg. Inconsistent timing did him in as Sai Kishore took the catch and Dayal got the first wicket of the day. Jaiswal walked back for 22.
RR: 21/0 After 3 Overs
Jaiswal looked like he was trying to hit it too hard and Shami got in a couple of dots before the batter found the fence over mid-off, but wasn't convincing. Shami laid up a half-volley on the fifth delivery and Jaiswal opened up and lofted it over extra-cover, before finishing the over with a pull that fetched him 3 runs.
Jaiswal finally seemed to get his timing going.
RR: 7/0 After 2 Overs
The Royals got the first boundary of the game in the second over with Buttler playing Yash Dayal away to the fence through point in a 5-run over. Jaiswal is yet to get going though.
RR: 2/0 After 1 over
Shami took the first over and from the first ball was on the money, not allowing any freebies. Buttler picked a single to get off the mark. Off the final delivery, Jaiswal got tucked in when tried to cut and almost played on.
Rajasthan Royals Bat First
The Rajasthan Royals will bat first with Yashasvi Jaiswal and Jos Buttler opening the batting for the inaugural IPL champions. Gujarat Titans are playing their first season in the IPL. Mohammed Shami will open the bowling.
Jos Buttler has been in fantastic form and has scored 4 centuries in the season so far.
Playing XIs
Rajasthan Royals: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson(w/c), Devdutt Padikkal, Shimron Hetmyer, Riyan Parag, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Prasidh Krishna, Obed McCoy, Yuzvendra Chahal
Gujarat Titans: Wriddhiman Saha(w), Shubman Gill, Matthew Wade, Hardik Pandya(c), David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Lockie Ferguson, Yash Dayal, Mohammed Shami
Sanju Samson Wins Toss
Rajasthan Royals skipper Sanju Samson has won the toss and opted to bat first against Gujarat Titans. Hardik Pandya said they would have liked to bowl first and he said he was delighted with the crowd’s presence at the Narendra Modi Stadium.
Samson said that the Royals are an unchanged team and Gujarat have brought in Lockie Ferguson for Alzarri Joseph.
Toss at 7:30pm & Match Starts at 8pm
Unlike all the previous games in IPL 2022, the final will begin at 8pm IST with the toss slated for the usual 30 minutes before that.
May the best team win!
The opening ceremony ahead of the IPL 2022 final
Opening Ceremony
Ahead of the fireworks in the IPL 2022 final, there was a glitzy opening ceremony with the energetic Ranveer Singh enthralling fans with song and dance.
Gujarat Titans captain Hardik Pandya and Rajasthan Royals’ skipper Sanju Samson were introduced to the crowd amidst loud cheer and applause. They also shook hands with the BCCI officials.
The legendary AR Rahman also performed after Ranveer. Both of them performed to some famous Bollywood songs.
IPL Final 2022
The big final of IPL 2022 is here and new boys Gujarat Titans led by Hardik Pandya will take on the IPL 2008 winners Rajasthan Royals at Ahmedabad in the Narendra Modi Stadium. The Royals finished second while Gujarat were table toppers in the league stage.
In the playoffs, Gujarat and RR met in the first game and Hardik Pandya and co won handsomely. It’s a big day for both Hardik and Sanju Samson as captains.
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