After shedding to Gujarat Titans by an enormous margin of 56 runs, Lucknow Super Giants captain Krunal Pandya mentioned that the wicket was good for batting, and if they’d restricted the opponent to 200-210 runs, they’d an opportunity to win the match on the Narendra Modi Stadium on Sunday.
An explosive half-century by a returning Quinton de Kock and his 88-run opening stand with Kyle Mayers went in useless as a four-wicket-haul from Mohit Sharma helped Gujarat Titans (GT) clinch a 56-run win over Lucknow Super Giants of their Indian Premier League (IPL) match at Ahmedabad on Sunday.
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“We gave too many runs in the first innings. When it’s 227, you have to go hard every over. The surface played really well. The batters said it was a good wicket to bat on. Had we restricted them to 200-210, we would have had a chance,” Krunal mentioned on the post-match presentation. However, Krunal mentioned that his household can be proud as each the brothers had been main their groups and on the finish of the day, factors are coming house.
“God has been kind to us, our family is proud, Mom is happy. She said at the end of the day, two points will come home only. There is so much love between me and Hardik, there’s hardly any banter. I can tell him about that (the catch), definitely,” he added.
Put to bat first by LSG, GT had been off to a improbable begin, with openers Wriddhiman Saha and Shubman Gill hitting centuries for enjoyable.
Saha introduced up his half-century in 20 balls, the quickest by a GT batter. The sixth over went for 15 runs, together with a six every by each openers. At the top of the powerplay in six overs, GT was at 78/0. The gigantic 142-run opening stand was damaged by Avesh Khan, who dismissed Saha for 81 off 43 balls. His knock consisted of 10 fours and 4 sixes, with substitute Prerak Mankad taking a superb catch at deep sq. leg. GT was at 142/1 in 12.1 overs.
GT ended their innings at 227/2, with Gill unbeaten at 94 off 51 balls, consisting of two fours and 7 sixes and David Miller at 21* off 12 balls, consisting of two fours and a six. Avesh Khan (1/34) and Mohsin Khan (1/42) took a wicket every for LSG. In chase of 228 runs, LSG was off to an excellent begin due to an 88-run opening stand between a returning Quinton de Kock and Kyle Mayers (48 in 32 balls, seven fours and two sixes). But after Mayers’ dismissal, GT took management within the second half of the innings. In the ultimate 10 overs, GT gave away solely 71 runs and took six wickets. de Kock’s 71 off 42 balls, consisting of seven fours and three sixes went in useless.
Gill was given the ‘Player of the Match’ award for his knock. With this win, GT has strengthened its maintain on the prime spot, with eight wins, three losses and 16 factors. LSG then again is at third place with 5 wins, 5 losses and a complete of 11 factors.
Brief Scores: GT: 227/2 (Shubman Gill 94*, Wriddhiman Saha 81*, Avesh Khan 1/34) gained in opposition to LSG: 171/7 (Quinton de Kock 71, Kyle Mayers 48, Mohit Sharma 4/29).
