IPL 2022, GT vs PBKS: Hardik Pandya said – decided to bat first to test the team in difficult situations

IPL 2022, GT vs PBKS: After losing by eight wickets against Punjab Kings, Gujarat Titans captain Hardik Pandya on Tuesday said that he won the toss to test the team in difficult situations. Decided to bat.

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IPL 2022, GT vs PBKS: Hardik Pandyasaid that the score of 170 runs on this pitch is competitive. But due to continuous loss of wickets, the team could not make a big score and at the same time the pressure remained. After deciding to bat first, the team of Gujarat Titans could only manage 143 runs for eight wickets. Punjab registered victory for the loss of two wickets in 16 overs. For that Shikhar Dhawan scored an unbeaten 62, Bhanuka Rajapaksa 40 and Liam Livingstone scored an unbeaten 30.

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IPL 2022, GT vs PBKS: Punjab captain Mayank Agarwal said that his team would like to win matches continuously by continuing this momentum. “Kasigo Rabada bowled well which was a small target.

After this there was a good partnership between Shikhar and Rajapaksa. We want to win matches continuously from here. The decision was taking to open the innings from Jonny Bairstow because he has done well in this role. I myself thought of batting at the fourth order. But we had net run rate in mind so Livingstone was sent to the fourth order. ,