What a team Gujarat Titans is! They have made it a habit to chase down the thrillers in their very first season. This time, David Miller emerged the man of the moment for the Gujarat Titans as they defeated Rajasthan Royals by 7 wickets to book their berth in the final of the IPL 2022.
With a place in the final up for grabs, Gujarat Titans and Rajasthan Royals locked horns in the qualifier one of the Indian Premier League 2022 on Tuesday night. Gujarat Titans’ skipper Hardik Pandya won the vital coin flip and invited the Royals to bat first.
Riding on the Orange Cap holder Jos Buttler’s knock of 89 runs off 56 deliveries, the Men in Pink posted a daunting total of 188/6 in 20 overs. The skipper Sanju Samson also looked in great touch as the right-handed batter blasted 47 runs off 26 deliveries to take his side to a good total in the big game.
Chasing the total, Gujarat Titans lost Wriddhiman Saha early but Matthew Wade and Shubman Gill stitched a vital partnership for the 2nd wicket. However, the Royals kept chipping in with the wickets and reduced the Titans to 85/3 in the 10th over.
David Miller wins it for Gujarat Titans
South African finisher, David Miller, entered the arena and took the game ahead alongside his skipper Hardik Pandya. Both the batters notched up a partnership of unbeaten 106 runs off 60 deliveries to emerge victorious on the night. While Hardik Pandya returned unbeaten for 40 runs off 27 deliveries, David Miller blasted his way to 68 runs off 38 deliveries, including five maximums.
In the final over of the game, Gujarat Titans required 16 runs to reach the final. While Prasidh Krishna came on to bowl the mandatory over for Rajasthan Royals, David Miller was on the strike for Gujarat Titans.
The left-handed southpaw was in no mood to make the thriller more interesting and smashed three consecutive sixes on the first three deliveries of the over to win the Qualifier 1 for the Titans.
Twitter exploded soon after as the fans failed to hide their excitement and praised the Proteas southpaw.
Check out the best Tweets here:
Gujarat playing like titans. Congratulations @gujarat_titans Miller and Hardik partnership 👏
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) May 24, 2022
MILLER wants to go to Amdavaaaaad ASAP!😃
— Gujarat Titans (@gujarat_titans) May 24, 2022
D A V I D M I L L E R!!!
Super special once again bud@DavidMillerSA12
— Tabraiz Shamsi (@shamsi90) May 24, 2022
Big stage and @DavidMillerSA12 doesn’t fail to deliver 🔥 Brilliant inning! #RRvGT #IPL2022
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) May 24, 2022
Every match there is a new man of the match from Gujarat Titans. Unbelievable hitting by @davidmillerSA12. He made 16 runs look nothing in the last over. Congratulations to the most consistent Gujarat Titans for entering final of #IPL2022.#TATAIPL2022 # pic.twitter.com/nr1rnMgFay
— Amit Mishra (@MishiAmit) May 24, 2022
Admiration for @gujarat_titans growing with every game and every passage of play.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) May 24, 2022
Now that is a way to finish a game .. What a chase !! @DavidMillerSA12 take a bow 👍#IPL2022
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) May 24, 2022
A Killer show in Qualifier 1⃣🔥
— Delhi Capitals (@DelhiCapitals) May 24, 2022
Amazing the amount of times that @gujarat_titans have been able to chase & win…💪🏽 #IPL2022 They are off to the finals baby!!!
— Lisa Sthalekar (@sthalekar93) May 24, 2022
What an innings, Milli pa. 😒
Congratulations on your first final in your first season, @gujarat_titans. 🤝
— Rajasthan Royals (@rajasthanroyals) May 24, 2022
Congratulations and very well done @hardikpandya7 & @gujarat_titans #TataIPL #GTvRR
— S.Badrinath (@s_badrinath) May 24, 2022
Carlos Brathwaite – 6,6,6,6
David Miller – 6,6,6Both at Eden Gardens. pic.twitter.com/lT2dFiKU2P
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) May 24, 2022
David Miller from being unsold in the initial auction to taking Gujarat Titans to the Final. This is some story, take a bow!
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) May 24, 2022
