Wednesday's match between Gujarat Titans and Sunrisers Hyderabad proved to be a great match-up in more ways than one.
It was a clash between the two most impressive and consistent teams of IPL 2022 – Gujarat had won six out of seven matches and Hyderabad five in a row heading into the game at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
Also, it was a face-off between the fastest bowlers in the competition – Umran Malik of Hyderabad and Lockie Ferguson of Gujarat.
Both fast bowlers had hurled the ball at over 150 kph in the competition, with Ferguson nudging ahead with a fastest ball of 153.9 kph compared to Malik's best at 153.3 kph.
A straight shoot-out between the two was always going to be explosive and it was the Indian quick who came out on top.
Malik not only bowled the fastest delivery of the match at 152.8 kph, he also snared five wickets to outbowl his Kiwi counterpart. In fact, Gujarat's Caribbean pacer Alzarri Joseph (150.4kph) was quicker than Ferguson (149.4 kph) on the night, with the latter also proving expensive (0-52).
Gujarat seemed to be cruising in their chase of Hyderabad's total of 195-6, with Wriddhiman Saha (68 off 38 balls) in unforgiving mood.
But the introduction of Malik changed the course of the match. He rattled the stumps of opener Shubman Gill, got captain Hardik Pandya out off a short ball, castled Saha with the quickest ball of the match, and then clean bowled David Miller and Abhinav Manohar to finish with 5-25, which are this seasons's best figures.
However, his hard work went in vain as left-arm seamer Marco Jansen was carted for four sixes in the final over with 22 needed for victory.
Rahul Tewatia (40 from 21 balls) and Rashid Khan (31 off 11) took the chase into the last over and targeted the weakest bowler of the evening.
Tewatia first smashed Jansen over mid-wicket to bring the equation down to 16 from five before Khan sent the seamer over the ropes down the ground as the Titans needed three from the last ball.
A bouncer off the final ball was duly sent over the fine leg boundary to seal a stunning win. Jansen finished with forgettable figures of 0-63.
Earlier, Abhishek Sharma and Aiden Markram hit fifties before debutant Shashank Singh smashed 25 from six balls to take Hyderabad to 195.
Timeline
2012-2015
The company offers payments/bribes to win key contracts in the Middle East
May 2017
The UK SFO officially opens investigation into Petrofac’s use of agents, corruption, and potential bribery to secure contracts
September 2021
Petrofac pleads guilty to seven counts of failing to prevent bribery under the UK Bribery Act
October 2021
Court fines Petrofac £77 million for bribery. Former executive receives a two-year suspended sentence
December 2024
Petrofac enters into comprehensive restructuring to strengthen the financial position of the group
May 2025
The High Court of England and Wales approves the company’s restructuring plan
July 2025
The Court of Appeal issues a judgment challenging parts of the restructuring plan
August 2025
Petrofac issues a business update to execute the restructuring and confirms it will appeal the Court of Appeal decision
October 2025
Petrofac loses a major TenneT offshore wind contract worth €13 billion. Holding company files for administration in the UK. Petrofac delisted from the London Stock Exchange
November 2025
180 Petrofac employees laid off in the UAE
Key findings of Jenkins report
- Founder of the Muslim Brotherhood, Hassan al Banna, "accepted the political utility of violence"
- Views of key Muslim Brotherhood ideologue, Sayyid Qutb, have “consistently been understood” as permitting “the use of extreme violence in the pursuit of the perfect Islamic society” and “never been institutionally disowned” by the movement.
- Muslim Brotherhood at all levels has repeatedly defended Hamas attacks against Israel, including the use of suicide bombers and the killing of civilians.
- Laying out the report in the House of Commons, David Cameron told MPs: "The main findings of the review support the conclusion that membership of, association with, or influence by the Muslim Brotherhood should be considered as a possible indicator of extremism."
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France has organised a delegation of leading businesses to travel to Syria. The group was led by French shipping giant CMA CGM, which struck a 30-year contract in May with the Syrian government to develop and run Latakia port. Also present were water and waste management company Suez, defence multinational Thales, and Ellipse Group, which is currently looking into rehabilitating Syrian hospitals.
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The President's Cake
Director: Hasan Hadi
Starring: Baneen Ahmad Nayyef, Waheed Thabet Khreibat, Sajad Mohamad Qasem
Rating: 4/5
