IPL 2023, GT vs SRH: Hardik Pandya after GT confirm top two finish – ‘We’ve rightly earned our spot’

The Gujarat Titans on Monday became the first team to qualify for the playoffs of the 2023 Indian Premier League with a comfortable win against the Sunrisers Hyderabad. The Hardik Pandya-led side have gone from strength to strength since winning the title last season and have laid down the gauntlet for the other teams in the league by guaranteeing a top-two finish for the second year in a row.

“Very proud of the boys. Two in two,” Pandya said in the post-match presentation. “Last year was a different year for us. We knew there’d be a lot of challenges this year. The way the boys have shown their character and put hands up in many difficult situations, I think we’ve rightly earned the spot in the qualifiers.”

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Last season, GT won the IPL in their debut as a franchise. They got the better of established teams and serial winners on the way to the title. Coming into the 2023 season, expectations were high on the Ahmedabad-based side and they have delivered on them so far.

“Obviously that was one of the challenges,” Pandya said...

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