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Titans celebrate maiden IPL victory with roadshow

The players also met Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendrabhai Patel, who felicitated the players on behalf of the government…reports Asian Lite News

The Gujarat Titans continued to celebrate their triumph in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 season on debut with a roadshow in their hometown on Monday.

The Titans took the IPL trophy to the important roads of the City, to show it to their fans, who could watch the team triumph at the Narendra Modi Stadium here on Sunday, beating Rajasthan Royals by seven wickets. Gujarat Titans played only one match at their home ground as the preliminary league matches were played in Maharashtra and the first two playoff matches in Kolkata.

So, the roadshow brought out huge crowds onto the City roads as it was an opportunity for the Gujarat fans to watch their team from close quarters.

The roadshow started at 5.30 pm at Usmanpura Riverfront and ended at Vishwakunj Riverfront, winding through slowly from some major parts of the City.

The players also met Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendrabhai Patel, who felicitated the players on behalf of the government.

The Gujarat Titans also tweeted photographs of the roadshow for all those fans across Gujarat who could not attend the roadshow.

In a tweet, the franchise thanked all its fans for the support and the Ahmedabad police for ensuring the roadshow was a roaring success.

“We couldn’t have won this #SeasonOfFirsts without you, #TitansFAM. We can’t thank the city police enough for ensuring our roadshow was a roaring success! Love and wishes, #AavaDe,” the Gujarat Titans wrote in their tweet.

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Titans tops point table after thrilling five-wicket win

But, lower down the order, it was Rahul Tewatia (40 not out off 21) and Rashid Khan (31 not out off 11), who kept Gujarat in the game till the last over…reports Asian Lite News

Pacer Umran Malik’s maiden fifer (5/25) went in vain as Gujarat Titans beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by five wickets in an IPL 2022 match at the Wankhede Stadium, here on Wednesday.

Invited to bat first, brilliant fifties by Abhishek Sharma (65 off 42), Aiden Markram (56 off 40) and a late blitz by Shashank Singh (25 not out off 6) powered Sunrisers Hyderabad to 195/6 in 20 overs.

Mohammed Shami (3/39), Yash Dayal (1/24), Alzarri Joseph (1/35) were the wicket-takers for Gujarat.

Chasing a big total, wicket-keeper batter Wriddhiman Saha smashed a solid half-century(68 off 38) and kept Gujarat alive in the chase. However, apart from him, most of the Gujarat batters — Shubman Gill (22), David Miller (17), Hardik Pandya (10) couldn’t score big despite getting the starts.

But, lower down the order, it was Rahul Tewatia (40 not out off 21) and Rashid Khan (31 not out off 11), who kept Gujarat in the game till the last over.

Gujarat needed 22 runs in the last over of the innings bowled by Marco Jansen and Tewatia hit one six while Rashid smashed three sixes to take their team over the victory line.

Brief scores: Sunrisers Hyderabad — 195/6 in 20 Overs (Abhishek Sharma 65, Aiden Markram 56; Mohammed Shami 3/39) lost to Gujarat Titans 199/5 in 20 Overs (Wriddhiman Saha 68, Rahul Tewatia 40 not out; Umran Malik 5/25) by 5 wickets.

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