IPL 2022, Match 29 GT vs CSK Stats Review: David Miller’s second-highest score, Lockie Ferguson’s unwanted record, and other stats

David Miller pulled off a spectacular victory for the Gujarat Titans (GT) as he scored an unbeaten 94 runs off just 51 deliveries with eight fours and six maximums to chase down the target of 170 set by Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in Match 29 of IPL 2022 at the MCA Stadium in Pune. Stand-in skipper Rashid Khan also stole the show with the bat as he played a whirlwind inning of 40 runs off 21 balls to seal a three-wicket win for the Titans.

Speaking about how the encounter panned out, Rashid took charge for the injured Hardik Pandya as he won the toss and elected to field first. GT made two changes with Wriddhiman Saha and Alzarri Joseph coming in place of Hardik and Matthew Wade respectively. CSK went into the match with the same playing XI from the last game. Opener Ruturaj Gaikwad finally struck form as he amassed 73 runs off 48 deliveries with five fours and as many sixes.

Robin Uthappa and Moeen Ali both bagged single-digit scores with Ambati Rayudu smashing 46 runs which included four fours and two maximums. Ravindra Jadeja smashed two sixes as he remained unbeaten on 22, taking his side to a total of 169/5 in the 20 overs. Alazarri Joseph and Mohammed Shami took 2/34 and 1/20 respectively.

Chasing 170 runs for victory, Shubman Gill and Vijay Shankar both got dismissed for ducks as the latter’s poor run in the tournament continued. Wicketkeeper batter Wriddhiman Saha made 11 while Abhinav Manohar just 12 runs as GT were reduced to 48/4. It was David Miller who brought his A-game out as he remained unbeaten till the end to seal the two points for his side.

Dwayne Bravo took 3/23 while Chris Jordan had a forgettable outing with the England international leaking 58 runs in 3.5 overs with no wicket to his name. With this win, the Titans moved back to the top of the table with ten points while the Super Kings find themselves in the ninth position with just two points. For his destructive inning in a successful run-chase, David Miller was declared the Player of the Match.

Meanwhile, here are some of the important stats and numbers from Match 29 between Gujarat Titans and Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League 2022:

 4044 – Ambati Rayudu completed the landmark of 4000 runs in the IPL.

2 – David Miller registered his second-highest score of 94* in the IPL. His highest is 101* against Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2013.

3010 – Ravindra Jadeja reached the milestone of 3000 runs in the T20 matches.

8061 – David Miller reached the landmark of 8000 runs in T20 cricket.

189.00 – Lockie Ferguson has taken just one wicket in his four appearances at a poor average of 189.00 against CSK in the IPL.

19 – Vijay Shankar has scored just 19 runs in four games at a dismal average of 4.75 this IPL campaign.

154 – Miller completed 150 fours in the league.

2 – Chris Jordan registered the joint second-most expensive figures of 0/58 for CSK in the league. Sam Curran also took no wicket for 58 runs against Kolkata Knight Riders in 2021 and Lungi Ngidi no wicket for 62 runs against Mumbai Indians in the same year.

4 – Miller also scripted the fourth-highest score (94*) by a player batting at no. five or below in the IPL.

1 – After amassing just 35 runs in the first five games, Ruturaj Gaikwad smashed his first half-century of this season.

354 – Miller also reached the milestone of 350 sixes in the T20 matches.