Gujarat Titans proceed to be on the high of Indian Premier League 2023 factors desk despite shedding the lately concluded match towards Mumbai Indians by 27 runs. A loss which had it in it to have an effect on their morale, vice-captain Rashid Khan‘s career-best IPL knock saved the defending champions from plenty of embarrassment.
Chasing a mammoth 219-run goal on the Wankhede Stadium tonight, GT had been lowered to 55/5 within the eighth over. Coming in to bat at No. 8 within the thirteenth over, Khan didn’t let go of a batting alternative with eight extra overs left within the match.
In consequence, the 24-year outdated participant hit three fours and 10 sixes at a strike price of 246.87 in the course of the course of an attention grabbing 79* (32). Khan, who has a number of bowling information to his identify at a younger age, grew to become the primary batter to hit 10 sixes while batting at No. 8 (or decrease) within the historical past of all T20s.
The truth that Khan picked bowling figures of 4-0-30-4 which comprised wickets of specialist batters in a high-scoring contest requires among the finest all-round performances on this format.
Have Gujarat Titans Certified for Playoffs in IPL 2023?
Having performed 12 IPL 2023 matches to date, Gujarat have received eight and misplaced 4 matches. With two extra matches to be performed, it’s all however apparent that Hardik Pandya and his males can be qualifying for the playoffs this season.
Within the basic run of issues, eight wins are sufficient for a crew to qualify for the playoffs in an IPL season. Even when Titans lose their remaining matches towards Sunrisers Hyderabad and Royal Challengers Bangalore in Ahmedabad and Bengaluru respectively, they need to be capable of play the subsequent spherical.
In such a state of affairs, the worst that may occur for them is a demotion among the many High 4 groups (relying on the outcomes of different matches). Assuming that it occurs, we might see them collaborating within the Eliminator as an alternative of Qualifier 1 in Chennai later this month.
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