Gujarat Titans began the season with a win over Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) by 5 wickets of their first match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 on Monday. In this manner, Hardik Pandya additionally managed to register his first win with the brand new franchise as captain. In this match, Hardik Pandya, taking part in at quantity 4, scored 33 runs in 28 balls through which he hit 5 fours and 1 six.

After this win, Hardik Pandya mentioned, “It was the precise match for us to be taught. Shami is understood for his seam place and he bought us off to an excellent begin. We can rating 160 runs on this wicket on any given day.”

Hardik mentioned about his batting place, “I will bat mostly at number 4 now because I want to take pressure on the basis of my experience. This will help the rest of the players to play freely.”

In the match in opposition to Lucknow, Gujarat wanted 11 runs within the final over and Abhinav Manohar of Gujarat made the group’s victory straightforward by hitting two consecutive fours. Praising Manohar, captain Hardik mentioned, “Manohar is someone who is very talented. He is a player about whom you will get to hear a lot in future. Rahul Tewatia was also brilliant.”

On his dismissal, the captain mentioned, “If we had lost, I would have regretted getting out to Kunal, but now all is equal. He got me out and we won the match.”