New Delhi, March 12: Gujarat Titans captain Hardik Pandya has issued a warning for the opposing teams ahead of the start of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022.
The fifteenth season of the cash league will kick off on March 26 at Wankhede Stadium with a blockbuster clash between Chennai Super Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders.
The upcoming IPL season will feature Gujarat Titans and Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) as the two new teams.
And Hardik Pandya, who will manage the Titans, has urged everyone not to take the Gujarat-based franchise in the cash-rich league for granted.
Hardik Pandya was seen in a new avatar in the IPL 2022 promotional video that went viral on the KOO app on Saturday.
In the video, Hardik Pandya is shown as a bomb expert, who is seen giving the guru’s mantra to his bomb-diffusing squad, “Never underestimate a new person” as the bomb squad gets confused and cuts off the two new live wires resulting in the explosion.
To which Hardik Pandya replies “Naya jab bhi katega, 100 taka fategaa”.
The ‘new’ in this video refers to the two new franchises (Gujarat Titans and Lucknow Super Giants), which will be appearing at IPL 2022 for the first time.
Meanwhile, all teams are preparing for IPL 2022, which will see a total of 70 league games and four Playoff games in 65 days.
The final match of the league phase will be played between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Punjab Kings on May 22 at Wankhede Stadium.
The schedule for the IPL 2022 Playoffs and Final to be played on May 29 will be announced at a later date.