IPL 2022 Final: Gujarat win IPL title in fairytale debut season

The IPL 2022 Final held at the Narendra Modi Stadium witnessed a well-packaged closing ceremony ahead of the big final between Rajasthan and Gujarat. Ravi Shastri, AR Rahman and Ranveer Singh highlighted the stunning show.

Bollywood actor Ranveer Singh put on quite a show during the final of the Indian Premier League 2022 (IPL season 15) between the Gujarat Titans and the Rajasthan Royals, at the Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad. (Sportzpics/PTI Photo)

Music composer AR Rahman was accompanied by some of the close musicians, including Mohit Chouhan, Neeti Mohan, Blaaze, Sivamani, Sasha Tripathi and Shweta Mohan. (Sportzpics/PTI Photo)

Sanju Samson of Rajasthan Royals and Hardik Pandya of Gujarat Titans at the toss during the final of the Indian Premier League 2022 (IPL season 15) between the Gujarat Titans and the Rajasthan Royals. (Sportzpics/PTI Photo)

Rajasthan Royals opted to bat against Gujarat Titans in the Indian Premier League final on Sunday. While Royals did not make changes to their playing XI, Gujarat replaced Alzari Joseph with Lockie Ferguson.

Jos Buttler, the tournament’s highest scorer, made only 39 off 35 balls, and skipper Sanju Samson scored 14, before both fell to Pandya in the middle overs.(Sportzpics/PTI Photo)

Afghanistan leg-spinner Rashid Khan took 1-18 as Gujarat successfully thwarted Rajasthan’s bid to post a challenging total after Samson won the toss and chose to bat.(Sportzpics/PTI Photo)

Hardik Pandya picked up three key wickets as Gujarat Titans restricted Rajasthan Royals to 130-9 in the final of the Indian Premier League on Sunday. (IPLT20)

Fans cheered loudly as Gujarat and Rajasthan locked horns at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.

Chasing a paltry target of 131, Gujarat lost Wriddhiman Saha early.

GT lost two early wickets, with Chahal picking up one of them, but eventually chased down the target of 131 with 11 balls to spare. (iplt20.com)

The IPL final had quite a few high profile guests with Bollywood actors Akshay Kumar and Ranveer Singh among them. (iplt20.com)

Gujarat Titans, the new team, the new entrant managed to lift the trophy in the first year itself. It was truly an outstanding display from them. It was also the third time in the tournament that they managed to beat Rajasthan. (iplt20.com)