Mumbai: In the 15th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL 2022), today i.e. on March 28, the match between Gujarat Titans (GT) and Lucknow Supergiants (LSG) will be played (Gujarat Titans vs Lucknow Supergiants). This is both the team’s debut in IPL (IPL 2022). Today is the debut match of both the teams. Both the teams will play their first match against each other in the IPL 2022 season. While the captain of Gujarat is Hardik Pandya, while the captain of Lucknow is KL Rahul. This match is going to be very special for Hardik Pandya in many ways.
Hardik Pandya has a special chance
Hardik Pandya has become the captain of a team for the first time in the IPL 2022 season. In such a situation, that role is completely new for him and he will have to work hard to refine it. At the same time, he can also make a record in this match. He can hit sixes.
sixes record
Actually, Hardik Pandya has played 92 matches in IPL so far, where he has hit 98 sixes. In such a situation, he is not far from a century of sixes. If he hits two more sixes against the Lucknow team, then he will make a record in his name. In this way, Hardik will be included in the list of players who hit 100 sixes in IPL.
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record so far
So far in IPL history, there are 25 players who have scored a century for sixes. These include 15 Indians. Hardik will be the 16th Indian and 26th overall to score a six. Chris Gayle of West Indies holds the record for most sixes in IPL. He has hit 357 sixes in 142 matches. Rohit Sharma is at the forefront of Indians, who has hit 229 sixes in 214 matches so far.
century of fours
Hardik Pandya has a chance to make another record. Apart from sixes, he can also hit a century of fours. Hardik Pandya has played 92 matches in IPL so far, during which Hardik has so far scored 97 fours in IPL. In such a situation, if he hits three fours against Lucknow, then he also has a chance to score a century of fours. Let us tell you that till this time, Hardik used to play for Mumbai Indians, but the Ahmedabad franchise has made him the captain of the team by signing him for Rs 15 crores.