The first match of the IPL may have slipped out of the hands of the Chennai Super Kings, but in the eyes of the captain of the opposition team, he had taken him a long way. The festival of cricket has started. In its first match, defending champions Gujarat Titans clashed with four-time IPL champions Chennai Super Kings, in which Chennai opener Ruturaj played a brilliant inning while batting. The opposition team captain was also impressed by his innings and praised him a lot.
Hardik Pandya Heaped Praises For Ruturaj
In the first match, Gujarat won the toss and invited the Chennai team to bat, in which Ruturaj scored a brilliant 92 runs in 50 balls while performing brilliantly. Ruturaj hit long sixes in this innings. Out of his innings of 92 runs, 70 came from boundaries only. He hit four fours and nine sixes in the innings.
After the match, Gujarat team captain Hardik Pandya praised and said – Ruturaj Gaikwad played a perfect inning. That, too, with very good deliveries, if Ruturaj keeps batting like this. So ahead can become the future of Team India. He has the game skills and will prove himself when the time comes. I am sure that Team India will bring him back soon.
Hardik Pandya said – “Ruturaj Gaikwad played brilliantly well, even in against good balls. If Ruturaj Gaikwad batting like this, he’s going to do wonders to Indian cricket. I’m sure he has the game, when the time comes I’m sure the Indian cricket team will also back him enough”.
— CricketMAN2 (@ImTanujSingh) April 1, 2023
Gujarat Won By 5 Wickets
Batting in the first match, Chennai scored 179 runs, chasing which Gujarat Titans won by 5 wickets. Gill played a brilliant inning of 63 runs in 36 balls in this match. In which he hit 6 fours and 3 sixes. At the same time, Rashid Khan took 2 wickets while bowling brilliantly and scored 10 runs in 3 balls to give the team victory.
Hardik Pandya said about his team’s performance, “The wickets of Shubman Gill and me got us into trouble, but Rahul Tewatia once again proved his worth, and Rashid showed what he can do.”
