IPL 2022: Parthiv Patel predicts winner, check out who it is!

IPL
debutants
Gujarat
Titans,
Lukcnow
Super
Giants
and
Rajasthan
Royals
have
the
made
the
play-off
cuts
with
the
fourth
spot
a
toss
up
between
Delhi
Capitals
and
Royal
Challengers
Bangalore.

Fans
and
aficionados
are
all
keeping
their
fingers
crossed
at
to
which
the
fourth
team
will
be
and
also
as
to
who
is
going
to
win
IPL
2022.

Former
India
wicket-keeper/batter
Parthiv
Patel
too
took
a
shot
at
predicting
IPL
2022
winner.

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“One
of
the
new
teams
—
Lucknow
Super
Giants
or
Gujarat
Titans
—
has
excellent
potential
of
winning
IPL
2022,”
Patel
said
in
a
live
session
as
a
part
of
the

CricChat
Season
2
on

ShareChat
Audio
Chatrooms.

Patel
is
no
stranger
to
IPL
circuit,
having
plied
his
trade
with
Royal
Challengers
Bangalore,
Mumbai
Indians
and
Sunrisers
Hyderabad.

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against
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The
37-year-old
was
in
awe
of
the
emerging
talent
in
IPL
2022
which
has
seen
the
likes
of
Umran
Malik,
Tilak
Varma
and
Arshdeep
Singh
to
name
a
few,
setting
the
stage
on
fire
in
their
debut
season.

“Players
like
Mohsin
Khan,
Umran
Malik,
Yash
Dhull,
and
Tilak
Varma
are
great
prospects
to
join
the
Indian
cricket
team,”
he
added.

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runners
for
coveted
award

In
the
engaging
fans
session,
Patel
dwelled
further
about
how
he
started
playing
for
India
and
his
journey
through
the
IPL.

Reminiscing
about
the
day
he
got
selected
for
the
Test
match
back
in
August
2002,
Patel
shared
how
he
did
not
even
have
the
time
to
feel
nervous
since
the
selection
happened
a
day
before
the
match.

“I
remember
Saurav
Ganguly
coming
up
to
me
and
saying
that
you’ll
play
in
the
Test
match.
I
had
no
time
to
be
nervous.
At
17,
you
can’t
think
of
being
nervous
since
not
many
things
go
around
your
mind.”

He
further
elaborated
on
the
pre-IPL
and
post-IPL
eras.

“Nowadays,
the
young
generation
doesn’t
feel
nervous
about
being
around
international
cricketers
compared
to
the
pre-IPL
era,
where
meeting
such
personalities
filled
him
up
with
nerves.”

Patel
disclosed
one
of
the
memorable
days
when
he
got
selected
for
the
Indian
squad.
“My
sister
watched
it
on
TV
that
I
was
selected
for
the
team.
I
remember
her
slapping
me
during
my
sleep
because
I
thought
I
was
dreaming.”

During
the
discussion,
he
also
recalled
when
the
famous
Australian
cricketer
Mathew
Hayden
wanted
to
smash
his
face
during
a
match
in
Brisbane.

Now,
good
friends,
Patel
said
that
his
relationship
with
Hayden
is
different
now.
“It
has
been
a
wonderful
experience
to
know
someone
like
Mathew
Hayden
as
a
person,
rather
than
just
an
opponent.”

Further
discussing
his
glorious
moments
where
he
played
against
all
odds,
he
highlighted
one
of
the
instances
when
during
IPL
2015,
he
fractured
his
finger
while
playing.

On
the
advice
of
Sachin
Tendulkar,
he
received
an
injection
to
numb
his
finger
and
managed
to
play
the
finals,
only
to
win
the
match!

It
may
be
recalled
that
the
Mumbai
Indians
had
defeated
Chennai
Super
Kings
in
the
2015
IPL
final
held
at
the
iconic
Eden
Gardens
stadium
in
Kolkata.