Impressive all-round efficiency boosted Lucknow Super Giants to a dominant 33-run win over inconsistent Gujarat Titans at Ekana Cricket Stadium on Sunday. After Marcus Stoinis‘ 58-run knock, bowlers Yash Thakur and Krunal Pandya bowled brilliantly to assist LSG defend 163 runs within the twenty first match of the IPL 2024.
A win boosted Lucknow to their third successive win of the season and to the third place within the factors desk. On the opposite hand, Shubman Gill-led Gujarat Titans suffered their third defeat of the season.
Batters from each groups struggled for giant knocks however younger Indian pacer Yash Thakur proved the distinction between the 2 groups. Yash took 5 wickets for 30, together with a double-wicket maiden over, to produce the primary five-wicket haul within the IPL 2024.
KL Rahul received the toss and elected to bat first with no modifications to Lucknow’s taking part in eleven whereas Gujarat handed a debut to wicketkeeper batter Sharath BR and recalled fit-again Spencer Johnson.Â
Umesh Yadav dismissed in-form Quinton de Kock within the very first over after which took the dear wicket of Devdutt Padikkal to give the Titans a flying begin. KL Rahul and Marcus Stoinis then produced a 73-run stand for the third wicket.Â
Rahu scored 33 runs off 31 balls as he misplaced his wicket whereas trying an enormous shot off Darshan Nalkande. Stoinis managed to register his first fifty of the season by top-scoring with 58 off 43 balls earlier than dropping his wicket to Nalkande.
In-form Pooran remained unbeaten on 32 off 22 as Lucknow posted a preventing whole of 163/5 in 20 overs. Nalkande and Umesh claimed two wickets every whereas Rashid Khan picked one for the Super Giants.
Gujarat loved a promising begin with opener Shubman Gill and Sai Sudharsan including 54 runs for the primary wicket however Lucknow made a surprising comeback via Thakur. The right-arm pacer eliminated Gill within the sixth over to give Lucknow a breakthrough after which Gujarat failed to discover a method again into the sport.
Krunal Pandya additionally contributed with an excellent spell as he dismissed Sudharsan and debutant Sharath within the ninth over. Thakur additionally bowled a double-wicket maiden over which accomplished the ended Lucknow’s slim hopes for a comeback.Â
Thakur completed the sport with one other double-wicket over to register his first-ever five-wicket haul within the IPL and LSG’s second. Thakur claimed the Player of the Match award forward of Stoinis and Krunal for his sensible bowling figures of 5/30.
Lucknow Super Giants Playing XI: Quinton de Kock, KL Rahul (c & wk), Devdutt Padikkal, Marcus Stoinis (substituted by Manimaran Siddharth), Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Krunal Pandya, Ravi Bishnoi, Yash Thakur, Naveen-ul-Haq, Mayank Yadav.
Gujarat Titans Playing XI: Shubman Gill (c), Sharath BR (wk), Sai Sudharsan, Vijay Shankar, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Noor Ahmad, Umesh Yadav, Spencer Johnson, Darshan Nalkande, Mohit Sharma (substituted by Kane Williamson).
