IPL 2022 Gujarat Titans vs Lucknow Super Giants: Krunal Pandya and Deepak Hooda hug each other in the Indian Premier League (IPL) match against Gujarat Titans (GT) at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Monday, March 28, 2022. The incident happened when Dushmantha Chamira of Lucknow Super Giants showed opener Shubman Gill the way to the pavilion in the first over of Gujarat Titans.
Deepak Hooda caught Gill’s catch off Chamira’s ball. As Deepak Hooda took the catch, Krunal came running towards him and hugged him. Krunal Pandya and Deepak Hooda hugging each other like this left the cricket fans happy. Actually, Deepak Hooda was suspended from Baroda’s T20 team in January 2021.
However, then Deepak Hooda had complained about the then Baroda captain Krunal Pandya. Actually, there was a lot of controversy between the two during the 2020-21 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. Deepak Hooda had accused Hardik Pandya’s elder brother Krunal Pandya of abusing and threatening.
According to media reports, Deepak Hooda had written in his letter, ‘Krunal Pandya is trying to humiliate me all the time. He is threatening me that how I play for Baroda, I will see you.’ Incidentally, both the players were bought by Lucknow Super Giants in the IPL 2022 mega auction last month. You can watch the video of Deepak Hooda and Krunal Pandya hugging below.
Talking about the match between Gujarat Titans and Lucknow Super Giants, Hardik Pandya won the toss and elected to bowl. Batting first, Lucknow Super Giants scored 158 for 6 in 20 overs.
Gujarat Titans scored 161 runs for 5 wickets in 19.4 overs and won the match. Rahul Tewatia proved to be a game changer for Gujarat. He scored 40 not out off 24 balls with the help of 5 fours and 2 sixes. David Miller was dismissed for 30 runs in 21 balls. Click on this link to read the full match report.