#TATAIPL2022 : Match 21 : Kane Williamson Leads From The Front As SRH Outplay Gujarat Titans By 8 Wickets

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In the 21st match of the Tata IPL 2022, Sunrisers Hyderabad record their second win of the tournament as they ended the three-match winning sequence of Gujarat Titans. In the match played at DY Patil stadium, Navi Mumbai, SRH won with ease by 8 wickets and five balls to spare.

SRH skipper Kane Williamson won the toss and fielded first. The Titans lost early wickets –  Matthew Wade (19) , Shubman Gill ( 7) , Sai Sudharsan ( 11) and were  at a spot of bother at 64/ 3 in 8 overs. David Miller too fell for 12 . Skipper Hardik Pandya battled hard and played a lone hand . Hardik scored an unbeaten  42 ball 50 ( 4 fours  , 1 six) , Abhinav Manohar scored 35 . And last ball six hero in the previous encounter Rahul Tewatia was out cheaply  for 6 . Titans struggling to put 162/ 7 in their 20 overs.

For SRH bowling  figures were : Bhuvneshwar Kumar 2/ 37 ( 4 overs) , Marco Jansen 1/ 27 ( 4 overs) , T Natarajan 2/34 ( 4 overs) , Umran Malik 1/ 39 ( 4 overs) , Washington Sundar 0/ 14 ( 3 overs)

In reply SRH looked in command form the start. Openers Abhishek Sharma 32 ball ( 42) with six fours   and Skipper Kane Williamson a fine 46 ball 57 ( 2 fours and four sixes) put on 64 for the first wicket in 8.5 overs. Rahul Tripathi looked in ominous form but on 11 he pulled a muscle and had to retire hurt . Nicholas Pooran looked  to finish things quickly  as he hit quick 18 ball unbeaten 34 with two fours and two sixes , the last one  finishing the match . Aiden Markram was the other batsman unbeaten on 12  as SRH finished  at 168 /2 in 19. 1 overs

The Titans bowling figures read : Mohammed Shami 0/ 32 ( 4 overs) , Hardik Pandya 1/ 27 (  4overs) , Lockie Ferguson gave away runs 0/ 46 ( 4 overs), Rashid Khan 1 / 28 ( 4 overs) , Darshan Nalkande 0/ 22 ( 2.1 overs) , Rahul Tewatia 0/10 ( 1 over)