IPL 2022 final: Lockie replaced Alzarri as Gujarat take on unchanged RR

Gujarat Titans replaced Alzarri Joseph with Kiwi pacer Lockie Ferguson in the final of IPL 2022. Hardik Pandya and co lock horns with the Rajasthan Royals at the Narendra Modi Cricket Stadium, Ahmedabad on Sunday. 

Rajasthan Royals captain Sanju Samson won the toss and elected to bat. Announcing his decision, the 27-year-old said that the 2008 champions go unchanged. 

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“We will bat first. Looks like a good wicket, a bit dry and that’s why we’ll bat first, it’s a used wicket and might help our spinners in the second innings. We’re all positive and excited. Playing in front of this crowd is exciting. Same team for us,” RR skipper Sanju Samson said at the toss. 

Gujarat Titans captain Hardik Pandya, who is playing on his home turf, said that the team would like to put up their A game on Sunday. 

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“We would have bowled first. This is fantastic to see so may people coming to support us. We have the opportunity to be a hero and this is the time for us. It does help (qualifying early and having a break), calms your nerves down, we have focussed as a group, be as normal as possible and play our ‘A’ game. People of Gujarat are very loyal, very excited for it. We have one change – Lockie Ferguson comes in place of Alzarri Joseph,” GT skipper Pandya said at the toss. 

The two sides locked horns in Qualifier 1, which was won by the Gujarat Titans. 

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Teams:

Gujarat Titans (Playing XI): Wriddhiman Saha(w), Shubman Gill, Matthew Wade, Hardik Pandya(c), David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Lockie Ferguson, Yash Dayal, Mohammed Shami

Rajasthan Royals (Playing XI): Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson(w/c), Devdutt Padikkal, Shimron Hetmyer, Riyan Parag, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Prasidh Krishna, Obed McCoy, Yuzvendra Chahal