In the much-awaited final of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 Gujarat Titans (GT) is locking horns with Rajasthan Royals (RR) at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on May 29 (Sunday). RR opener, Jos Buttler was dismissed on 39 runs and was fuming in anger after being sent back to the pavilion on delivery by Hardik Pandya.
After winning the toss, RR skipper, Sanju Samson decided to bat first citing the scoreboard pressure in a big game. As expected, RR made no changes in their playing XI, but GT skipper, Hardik Pandya informed that they have replaced Alzarri Joseph with Lockie Ferguson in their XI.
GT bowled on tight lines and lengths to restrict the opposition from scoring at a brisk pace. The wickets were failing from one end but Jos Buttler was holding one end. However, Hardik Pandya dismissed him to produce a game-changing moment.
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Hardik Pandya came out to bowl the 13th over of the innings and he bowled a delivery outside off going away from Jos Buttler on the first ball. The batter nicked it to the wicketkeeper and Wriddhiman Saha caught the sitter. Buttler was seen disappointed with his dismissal and was fuming in anger while walking back to the pavilion. Buttler was on the way to playing a big knock but RR lost their most important wicket mid-way and this might restrict them from posting a huge total.
Here is the video of the dismissal of Jos Buttler:
Gujarat Titans (Playing XI): Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Shubman Gill, Matthew Wade, Hardik Pandya (c), David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Lockie Ferguson, Yash Dayal, Mohammed Shami
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Rajasthan Royals (Playing XI): Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson (c & wk), Devdutt Padikkal, Shimron Hetmyer, Riyan Parag, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Prasidh Krishna, Obed McCoy, Yuzvendra Chahal
Here is how the fans reacted to the dismissal:
#Aamirkhan reaction after #Buttler out
Oiiiiiiiiiiiii
😂😂😂😂#AavaDe #GTvsRR— Hrithik Swagg 😎 (@ihrithikswagg) May 29, 2022
https://twitter.com/BonsiBoulevard/status/1530936454154977282?s=20&t=s1Z-7Jxg0rNZy2-C1-0TEQ
Jos Buttler's wicket made the difference. Advantage for GT
65:35 now— Amar (@sarcaster_amar) May 29, 2022
https://twitter.com/MamidiManeesh/status/1530937284127645697?s=20&t=noRmbyurnsVCrPv9sIF7_Q
Hardik Pandya gets Big Big wicket. He gets Jos Buttler. #GTvsRR #RRvsGT #IPLFinals pic.twitter.com/BHdyb54sOw
— Aditya Kumar (@adityavaisya) May 29, 2022
https://twitter.com/PPARIKH2022/status/1530937151700865024?s=20&t=wcM5XKCh378SDnjwNUmMXA
https://twitter.com/Rahulc7official/status/1530937151193751552?s=20&t=wcM5XKCh378SDnjwNUmMXA
