Ahmedabad. The presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah and his wife Sonal Shah during the IPL 2022 final match doubled the enthusiasm of the fans. Gujarat Titans, captained by Hardik Pandya, defeated Rajasthan Royals by 7 wickets while entering the IPL for the first time. The attitude of the match and the fans enjoyed a lot in the presence of Amit Shah. Apart from Amit Shah and his wife, all the board officials including BCCI Chief Sourav Ganguly were present in the stadium to watch the match. The special thing is that Amit Shah and his wife enjoyed the match sitting in the midst of the general audience.
During the match, the camera turned around and Amit Shah and Sonal appeared. This scene was shown on the screens of the stadium. Amit Shah showed the sign of Victory smiling on it. On this gesture of his, the audience started raising slogans of Modi-Modi. The match was happening in Gujarat and Amit Shah and Modi are very popular leaders in their state. The enthusiasm of the people was also doubled in the home ground and that too seeing the Gujarat team marching towards victory. Amit Shah’s son Jay Shah was also at the spot. He is the secretary of BCCI.
In this match, batting first, Rajasthan team could only hang 130 runs on the score board for the loss of 9 wickets. Jos Buttler scored 39 runs. Whereas, even a strong batsman like Sanju Samson could only score 14 runs. Hetmyer went on after scoring 11 runs. Hardik Pandya showed the way to the pavilion for all three. Chasing such a low score, the Gujarat team did not even play the full 20 overs. He easily won the match in just 18 overs, thanks to Shubman Gill’s unbeaten 45 not out, Hardik Pandya’s 34 and David Miller’s 32.