GT vs LSG: “Whose decision was that?” Virender Sehwag Questions the Decision of Sending Deepak Hooda at No. 3

Gujarat Titans defeated Lucknow Super Giants in a high-scoring thriller in Ahmedabad on May 7. After the GT vs LSG game, former Indian batter Virender Sehwag questioned their decision of sending Deepak Hooda at the number 3 position as he believes some in-form batter should have been sent at that position.

Lucknow Super Giants were oncer cruising towards the Gujarat Titans’ total courtesy of a brilliant opening partnership between Kyle Mayers and Quinton de Kock. However, after the dismissal of Mayers they could not carry on with the momentum and eventually lost the game with a big margin of 56 runs.

After that first wicket, an in-form batter should’ve come: Virender Sehwag

“They were 102/1 after 10 overs. They shouldn’t have lost with this much of a margin after that. After that first wicket, I believe an in-form batter should’ve come; it could be Pooran, Stoinis, Krunal Pandya himself, or Ayush Badoni, who scored some very quick runs in the previous game against Chennai. And who came? Hooda?” Virender Sehwag said on Cricbuzz.

“Ayush Badoni scored 21 off 11 balls. If he had arrived at the time, he could’ve increased the pace of scoring as well. Whose decision was that? Captain? Coach? or the management? Who sent Hooda at 3? It should’ve been an in-form batter there,” the former opener questioned the decision of sending Hooda at 3 in the GT vs LSG game.

Gujarat Titans posted a mammoth total of 227-2 in their 20 overs courtesy of brilliant knocks by Wriddhiman Saha and Shubman Gill. The LSG side gave them an early scare as they raced to 102-1 in the first 10 years.

Kyle Mayers was dismissed in the 9th over after playing a brutal knock of 48 runs off just 32 deliveries. Deepak Hooda was then sent in at the number 3 position despite the batter being out of form right from the beginning of IPL 2023 having scored only 53 runs in the first 9 games.

Deepak Hooda scored a run-a-ball 11 as LSG completely lost the momentum in the GT vs LSG game. Aggressive batters like Nicholas Pooran, Marcus Stoinis and Ayush Badoni got an opportunity to bat when the required run rate went beyond their reach and they eventually fell short by 56 runs.