Twitter Reactions: LSG's astonishing batting failure gives GT a playoff ticket

Gujarat Titans became the first team to officially qualify for the IPL 2022 playoffs as they thrashed fellow new team Lucknow Super Giants by 62 runs. It was a low-scoring battle where batters of both sides endured a hard time. LSG looked on command at the halfway mark, having restricted the Titans to a paltry-looking score. However, Rashid Khan and other GT bowlers came to the party and spoiled LSG’s party.

Earlier in the game, Gujarat Titans won the toss and opted to bat at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune. They didn’t get off to a strong start as in-form opener Wriddhiman Saha perished for five. While Shubman Gill held one end, he kept running out of partners. LSG’s new-ball bowlers Mohsin Khan and Avesh Khan were spot on as GT found themselves in a spot of bother.

Despite all this, Gill didn’t put his guards down and brought up his fourth half-century of the season. He joined forces with David Miller and the duo added 52 runs for the fourth wicket. However, LSG’s scoring rate was still on the lower side. The late impetus was provided by Rahul Tewatia, who scored a handy 16-ball 22. Gill also walked back unbeaten on 63 as GT posted a respectable 144/4 in their allotted 20 overs.

Rashid Khan ran through LSG’s batting order

In reply, LSG lost wickets at regular intervals and never really got going. Mohammed Shami and Yash Dayal were brilliant with the new ball as openers Quinton de Kock and KL Rahul perished for 11 and eight runs respectively. While Deepak Hooda showed some fight and held his ground, he received no support whatsoever from the other end.

The pacers passed over the baton to Rashid Khan in the middle overs and the leg-spinner did what he does the best. He ran through LSG’s middle and lower order, claiming a match-winning four-wicket haul. As a result, LSG were bundled out for just 82 runs and lost the contest by 62 runs.

Meanwhile, let’s look at how Twitter reacted to GT’s triumph:

Saru Che !!! @Gujaratitans congratulations on qualifying in your first year of #IPL2022 well done guys !

Tough wicket to bat on but very well played @ShubmanGill showing great signs of maturity 👍

Bowlers winning the game with some top spells by @MdShami11 and @rashidkhan_19

— Yuvraj Singh (@YUVSTRONG12) May 10, 2022

Brilliant, brilliant win this @gujarat_titans Champion stuff 👏 👏! Top spell by @rashidkhan_19 and a great first game for Sai Kishore. Congratulations on being the first team to qualify. Nehra ji muskuraiyeee pahunch gaye play off ch 🕺 #IPL2022 #GTvsLSG pic.twitter.com/mLfE3zPDuD

— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) May 10, 2022

Superb Performance King 👑 @rashidkhan_19 Your is The Real Game Changer Congratulation on Your Today performance in IPL 4 ,24,4 pic.twitter.com/s0OMlaO44J

— Mirwais Ashraf (@MirwaisAshraf16) May 10, 2022

Well done @saik_99 ! What a debut. #GTvsLSG

— Abhinav Mukund (@mukundabhinav) May 10, 2022

Gujaratis on top. Many congratulations to the franchise and the team for qualifying for the playoffs. Bowling was top class! @gujarat_titans

— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) May 10, 2022

Hardik after making GT the first team to qualify in his debut captaincy season: #GTvLSG #IPL2022 pic.twitter.com/hSQBeAE3F9

— Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14) May 10, 2022

Congratulations Sai Kishore on your first ipl wicket. Many more to come.

— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) May 10, 2022

This is an appreciation tweet for Mohsin Khan. He is hardly bowling any bad balls these days. If he gets proper guidance and training he can easily be India’s left hand pacer. One we are looking desperately after Zaheer Khan. #LSGvGT #TATAIPL2022 pic.twitter.com/UAuB3Q6w2Y

— Amit Mishra (@MishiAmit) May 10, 2022

Gujarat Titans become the first team to qualify for the play-offs of IPL 2022.

— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) May 10, 2022

Wow! #GujaratTitans..Just wow. That was some performance!

— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) May 10, 2022