'Wriddhi-culous' - Twitter in awe of Wriddhiman Saha for his blitzkrieg against LSG in IPL 2023

Wriddhiman Saha scored fifty off 20 balls to help GT post 78 runs in the powerplay.

Published - 07 May 2023, 16:33 IST | Updated - 07 May 2023, 16:26 IST

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The exhilarating action continued in the Indian Premier League 2023 as Gujarat Titans took on Lucknow Super Giants on Sunday, May 07, at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. The Lucknow Super Giants captain, Krunal Pandya, won the toss and invited Gujarat Titans to bat first.

Gujarat’s famed opening duo of Shubman Gill and Wriddhiman Saha walked out to the middle to give their side a blazing start. Saha came out with a clear intent of going after the bowling right from the word go and smacked consecutive fours against Mohsin Khan in the very first over to get his innings going.

He further clobbered Avesh Khan for a six and a boundary off consecutive deliveries in the next over as LSG captain Krunal Pandya looked frantic. The wicketkeeper-batter smashed 21 runs in Mohsin’s next over to move an inch closer to his half-century. The 38-year-old reached the 50-run landmark in emphatic fashion off just 20 balls, as he came down the track and smacked Yash Thakur over long on for a maximum.

Gujarat Titans post their record Powerplay score in IPL

Meanwhile, speaking of his partner, Shubman Gill also took the aggressive route and remained unbeaten on 22 off 13 balls in the powerplay. Courtesy of their whirlwind knocks, Gujarat posted 78 runs in the first six overs which is also the highest powerplay score for them in their IPL history.

Even after the powerplay was over, Saha showed no respite and continued to attack and hammered three boundaries against Kyle Mayers in the eighth over to move to 69 clobbering nine fours and four sixes. After ten overs GT were 121/0 with Saha on 74* off 37 balls and Gill on 43* off 24 balls.

Saha's knock finally came to an end on 81 off 43 balls as he was caught on the boundary by Prerak Mankad in the 13th over.

Meanwhile, Gujarat Titans are currently at the helm in the IPL points table with seven wins from 10 games having 14 points to their name. The Hardik Pandya-led side comprehensively beat Rajasthan Royals in their previous encounter by nine wickets. Gujarat are the defending champions in the ongoing season and are once again looking like a team to beat in the tournament.

Here's how Twitter Reacted:

चिरकुट ज़िंदगी@chill_babu

Wriddhi-culous from Saha. !!!! #GTvsLSG #IPL2023

03:57 PM · May 07, 2023

A D I T Y A 🇮🇳@troller_Adi28

Shubhman gill and wriddhiman saha on fire 🔥🙂 #LSGvGT #shubhmangill #wriddhimansaha

04:26 PM · May 07, 2023

harish@indiaharishs

#wriddhimansaha Saha should be in WTC final He is in peak form at the moment considering #KLRahul𓃵 is out from WTC #ipl #GTvsLSG

04:26 PM · May 07, 2023

BERLIN x@SKULL_BLASTER64

Virat kohli story against LSG 😂😂 #gtvlsg #GTVLSG #wriddhimansaha

04:25 PM · May 07, 2023

Jega8@imBK08

What A Knock Wriddhiman Saha is playing! 🔥 #IPL2023    #GTvLSG

04:25 PM · May 07, 2023

Yudhajit Dutta@YudhajitDutta

Still unsure why #WriddhimanSaha was dropped. Still so fit and playing well. And he is playing ahead of the Indian test keeper KS Bharat in IPL. Strange. He should still be in the test team. At least for this world test championship! @Wriddhipops @BCCI

04:24 PM · May 07, 2023

Harshit👽@choleebhatureee

@Wriddhipops making his place in WTC as a replacement of #KLRahul #LSGvGT #wriddhimansaha

04:24 PM · May 07, 2023

🌸🍁🌺@Prisha__Kaur

@BCCI do you have any better option than Wriddhiman Saha as a WK Batsman for WTC final??? He is the kind of player who always keeps on working hard even knowing that he will not get selected. 🏏 #WTCFinal2023 #GTvsLSG