IPL 2023: Hardik Pandya joins GT teammates Rashid Khan, Noor Ahmad for Sehri
The players sat for the Sehri after beating Delhi Capitals by six wickets and Rashid Khan shared a picture of them with the food.
New Delhi: Gujarat Titans’ Afghan spinners Rashid Khan and Noor Ahmad Lakanwal were joined by captain Hardik Pandya for their Sehri during Ramadan. The players sat for the Sehri after beating Delhi Capitals by six wickets and Rashid Khan shared a picture of them with the food. Sharing the picture the leggie wrote, ” Sehri with skipper,” and expressed his gratitude for Pandya’s gesture.
In the picture, the GT players can be seen sitting around the food, on the floor in their hotel room. The picture was seemingly clicked after they had their Sehri.
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Hardik Pandya, who has gained a lot of appreciation on the field for leading GT to an IPL victory last season and leading India in several T20Is, also won many hearts off-the-field. Fans poured in comments and lauded the all-rounder for his gesture showing communal harmony. Netizens called it the ‘beauty of India’ as people from different religions and faith celebrate together.
As they played the match in Delhi, Rashid Khan also visited the Nizamuddin Dargah this morning. The spinner offered ‘Fajar’ prayers at the dargah at about 6 am in the morning.
In the game, Gujarat Titans restricted Delhi Capitals to 162/8 as Mohammed Shami and Alzarri Joseph used the conditions to swing and seam the ball and dismantled the top order. Shami was quick to strike while David Warner and Sarfaraz Khan laid a struggling partnership before Joseph bowled the skipper for 37(32). Joseph struck on the next delivery to dismiss Rilee Rossouw.
Shami picked three wickets while Joseph had two. Among the spinners, Rashid Khan picked three wickets for 31. Abhishek Porel and Axar Patel managed to score 20 off 11 and 36 off 22 respectively to lead DC to a respectable total.
While Anrick Nortje dismissed Wriddhiman Saha and Shubaman Gill after their attack, Sai Sudharsan was clinical in chasing the score. He scored 62* off 48 along with Vijay Shankar scoring 29 and David Miller hitting 31* off 16 to win the game comfortably.