Gujarat Titans fast bowler Lockie Ferguson believes that their potent bowling attack makes them one of the best sides in IPL 2022.
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Gujarat Titans have maintained a hundred per cent win record in their debut IPL season. The Ahmedabad-franchise began their campaign with a five-wicket win over Lucknow Super Giants and later defeated Delhi Capitals by 14 runs on Saturday in the IPL 2022 fixture to record consecutive victories.
Their win over the capital franchise also showed their depth in bowling as GT posted a total of 171/6 while batting first at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune. The total seemed 20 runs less than what would have been a par-score at the surface.
However, New Zealand quick Lockie Ferguson picked up four wickets, and was well complimented by veteran India fast bowler Mohammed Shami who scalped two to restrict DC to 157/9 and helpt GT win the match.
“Was one of those nights and with the kind of bowling partners I have, makes things very easy for me. It’s great (to have a potent bowling unit) and helps to spread calmness in the group. The pressure was coming from both ends with the ball and it worked for us,” Lockie Ferguson said at the post match interview.
“I think it (bowling extra fast) is more of an instinct thing. There was a lot of bounce in the surface and I was looking to bang away on that hard length.
“Some gripped and it worked for me with Rishabh’s wicket. Was a good all-round performance from the bowlers. Hardik is always giving us confidence to play the game that we want to play and it’s nice to have a captain who trusts your skills.”
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Gujarat Titans captain Hardik Pandya was elated at the effort from his team. He also had similar sentiments as Ferguson and said that his bowling attack gives confidence to the team. Besides that, he also hailed opener Shubman Gill, for notching up his best score in IPL.
“Really happy with the way boys are coming out and contributing. The kind of attack we have, we always felt that we can make a score that’s 10 under-par look like 25 above. I thought there were periods were Delhi were ahead, but then that Lockie over really changed things for us. We were about 10-15 short. But with the bowling we have, I’m confident of making it up in the field,” Pandya said at the post match.
“We were one bowler short with Aaron’s injury, had to take it as deep as possible and it worked for us. Till Rishabh was there, the game was in the balance or maybe Delhi was ahead, and that over from Lockie really turned it for us. This is the Shubman we all want to see and I hope all the other batters can take confidence from him.”
