“Dependable Rabada”- GT’s Sudarshan scores maiden 50 but Punjab’s Rabada picks 4-wicket haul

Kagiso Rabada

In the match between Gujarat Titans and Punjab Kings, the former set a decent target of 143/8 as PBKS’s Kagiso Rabada restricted GT’s innings on Tuesday, May 3 at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai.

Check Twitter reactions:

Rabada doing what he does best and getting wickets
— Balraj (@balraj_sagoo) May 3, 2022

Rabada has 7 wickets in the PP this season in 19 overs at an ER of 8.05.

This is more than the total wickets (6) he took in the PP in the last 2 seasons in 40 overs at an ER of 7.5.

In fact, this is most wkts he has even taken in the PP in IPL, at his personal best Avg & SR.
— Gurkirat Singh Gill (@gurkiratsgill) May 3, 2022

Gujarat Titans post the total of 143/8 in 20 Overs. Sai Sudarshan is the Star for GT in this Innings. And Kagiso Rabada picked 4 wickets for PBKS.
— CricketMAN2 (@ImTanujSingh) May 3, 2022

The way Arshdeep is being used by Punjab tells you everything to know about his progress, pretty cool that as a 23 year old with Kagiso Rabada being in your same side
— Prashanth S (@ps_it_is) May 3, 2022

🔥💪 TOP SPELL! Kagiso Rabada ran through the GT batting lineup tonight with his fiery bowling. He registered his sixth 4️⃣fer in the IPL!

📸 IPL • #KagisoRabada #GTvPBKS #PBKSvGT #IPL #IPL2022 #TATAIPL #BharatArmy pic.twitter.com/wt9Zcu9Hee
— The Bharat Army (@thebharatarmy) May 3, 2022

And just like that Rabada sneaked in to be the joint second-highest wicket-taker in IPL 2022.
— Akhil Ivaturi (@akhilkashyap199) May 3, 2022

Pacers with Most 4fers in IPL

7 times – Lasith Malinga
6 times – Kagiso Rabada*#GTvsPBKS
— CricBeat (@Cric_beat) May 3, 2022

A few days back there was a tweet saying that IPL is back to normal as RCB are losing, MS back as cap and MI winning the game. Adding one more point, Rabada is back to picking junk wickets.
— JC (@jc_writes_) May 3, 2022

Bowling to acchi kar li.. batting me blunder mat kar dena. This is a very much gettable total.
— Aditya (@aditya10on9) May 3, 2022

Good captaincy…

Unlike the previous match, today Mayank has given his best. He used the Sandeep sharma's over at the beginning itself. So, it worked perfectly.

Rabada & Arshdeep covered the middle orders and death overs perfectly.

Rishi Dawan too good.

❤️❤️❤️😍😍😍
— Mohamed Minhajᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠ (@Mohamme14378552) May 3, 2022

@PunjabKingsIPL biggest problem in chasing down this score will be fighting the demons in their own head. The bowlers have done wonderfully well. Time for the batters to step up and finish the job. #SaddaPunjab #GTvsPBKS #PBKSvsGT #IPL #IPL2022
— Rahul Patil (@rahulpatilnz) May 3, 2022

C'mon guys now let's choke it as usual after a great bowling performance👌👍🔥
— Sanjayan (@BharathSanjayan) May 3, 2022

Please relieve rabada. He is a fantastic bowler. He needs a good team
— Princegulzarsony (@Princegulzarso1) May 3, 2022

Hardik should play his natural game. He plays too slow and then throws wicket most of the time. While hitting he can score more runs and also the other batsman can play freely. Always single not going to help. Very poor performance.
— Hitesh Marvaniya (@hiteshpatel_sys) May 3, 2022

Should be ashamed of this low performance batting.
— Hitesh Marvaniya (@hiteshpatel_sys) May 3, 2022

Subham gill ko nikaalo.. doesn't deserve to be in the team
— krupal (@krupalmakwana) May 3, 2022

Low score but i wish that gt bowler show something different and we will get new men of the match sai sudharsan . Ava de
— Dip Patel (@Dippatel632003) May 3, 2022

Team is gud but Hardik Pandya is totally wste fellow one match he plays 10 matches he flops no use of him in team he neither bats or bowls wste player
— Sushantfan (@JusticefrSSR) May 3, 2022

Batting exposed today.. this is original batting of GT, still you are playing with 1 short batsman.. Very over confidence..
— Tushar Patel (@ceh_tushar) May 3, 2022

We can win …Rashid ko kam se kam 3 wicket Leni padegi
— RAGZZZ (@777b1r) May 3, 2022

Hardik should bowl today if possible..good for pacers pitch
— Parag More (@parag_sm) May 3, 2022

It's a sticky pitch to bat and it's a fighting total.this is my observation.Come on GT let's win this.
— Athi (@Athithomas) May 3, 2022

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GT vs PBKS so far

Talking about the match, Gujarat won the toss and decided to bat first. Their decision proved to be a wrong one.

Gujarat Titans openers didn’t give a good start as Wriddhiman Saha and Shubman Gill scored 21 and 9 respectively. It was Kagiso Rabada who from the starting kept restricting the Titans. In the 4th over, Kagiso Rabada persisted with his line outside off and delivered it on a length. Saha tried for a lofted shot but it resulted in a top edge and Mayank Agarwal backtracked from extra covers to grab the skier safely.

Shubman Gill had to walk back because of an excellent throw by Rishi Dhawan. Gill hit the ball towards the cover and went for a run. But Rishi Dhawan picked it up quickly and aimed it at the bullseye to caught Shubman Gill short by a good distance.

Shubman Gill seemed frustrated because he thought PBKS bowler Sandeep Sharma got in his way but the latter didn’t move at all in his follow-through. Gill then made his way to the dressing room.

Hardik Pandya scored a one run. David Miller and Rahul Tewatia scored 11 runs each.

But a good knock from Sai Sudarshan kept the hope of the Titans alive. Sudarshan scored an unbeaten 64 in 50 balls by smashing 5 fours and a six, helping the GT to reach a total of 143/8 .

Kagiso Rabada in his 4 overs scalped 4 wickets, of Saha, Tewatia, Rashid Khan, and Lockie Ferguson. Arshdeep Singh, Rishi Dhawan, and Liam Livingstone picked up 1 wicket each.

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