IPL 2022: Gujarat Titans captain Hardik Pandya missed match against Chennai Super Kings, here’s the reason

Why
is
Hardik
Pandya
missing
the
game?

Hardik
Pandya
–
who
has
been
in
sublime
form
in
the
tournament
–
has
pulled
out
of
the
match
owing
to
a
groin
injury.
Due
to
Hardik’s
absence,
Gujarat
had
to
make
a
forced
change
to
their
playing
eleven.

Hardik
has
been
doing
the
bulk
of
run-scoring
for
his
team
along
with
opener
Shubman
Gill.
Hardik
has
so
far
amassed
228
runs
in
five
games.
The
right-arm
pacer
has
also
been
opening
the
bowling
for
his
team
and
picking
up
wickets.
He
is
also
an
outstanding
fielder.

GT
included
senior
India
wicketkeeper-batsman
Wriddhiman
Saha
as
the
Baroda
all-rounder’s
replacement.
Saha
will
be
performing
the
gloveman’s
duties
for
GT
as
the
team
management
also
rested
out
of
form
Australia
wicketkeeper-batsman
Matthew
Wade.
The
team
included
young
West
Indies
pacer
Alzarri
Joseph
in
his
stead.

Earlier
in
the
day,
Hardik
had
shared
an
image
of
his
reunion
with
former
CSK
captain
MS
Dhoni.
Pandya
–
who
made
his
international
cricket
debut
under
the
former
India
captain
–
idolises
Dhoni
and
calls
him
a
brother.

Chennai
Super
Kings,
on
the
other
hand,
are
fielding
an
unchanged
XI.
Gujarat
made
two
changes.
The
Titans
are
perched
at
the
top
of
the
team
standings
with
four
wins
in
five
games
while
the
Super
Kings
are
languishing
at
ninth
position
with
just
one
win
in
five
games.

Playing
XI:

Chennai
Super
Kings:
Robin
Uthappa,
Ruturaj
Gaikwad,
Moeen
Ali,
Ambati
Rayudu,
Shivam
Dube,
Ravindra
Jadeja
(c),
MS
Dhoni
(w),
Dwayne
Bravo,
Chris
Jordan,
Maheesh
Theekshana,
Mukesh
Choudhary.

Gujarat
Titans:
Wriddhiman
Saha
(w),
Shubman
Gill,
Vijay
Shankar,
David
Miller,
Abhinav
Manohar,
Rahul
Tewatia,
Rashid
Khan
(c),
Alzarri
Joseph,
Lockie
Ferguson,
Yash
Dayal,
Mohammed
Shami.