2024-04-10 10:28:42
Mayank Yadav created a storm of speed in this season of the Indian Premier League (IPL). However, against the Gujarat Titans, they opened their arms and gave runs in the face of the team’s challenge. But Lucknow Super Giant took the victory right away from the fear of loss. They won the match by Yash Thakur’s great bowling by 33 runs.
On Monday (April 7), Gujarat’s batsmen stormed the batsmen in reply to Lucknow’s 164 at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Stadium. Sai Sudarshan-Shubman Gillra scored 47 runs in five overs. Then the disaster began.
After the dismissal of skipper Gill in the last ball of the sixth over, Gujarat could not find a way forward. They lost wickets one after another at regular intervals and finally collapsed for 130 runs in 18.5 overs. With this win, Lucknow has moved up to third in the points table with 6 points from four matches. On the other hand, Gujarat has 4 points in 5 matches.
Yash Tagore is the hero of Lucknow victory in this match. He first bowled Gill who scored 19 runs off 20 balls. Kane Williamson, who came down as an impact player, left after 8 balls. Sudarshan, who scored 31 runs off 23 balls, was caught at deep mid-wicket by Krunal Pandya after a while.
Then Rahul Tewatia worked to reduce the gap for Gujarat who lost wickets at regular intervals. Tewatia, who scored 30 off 25 balls, returned as the ninth batsman in the third ball of the 19th over. The last batsman, Noor Ahmed, got the chance to see the fifth wicket. He took 5 wickets at the cost of 30 runs in 4 overs.
Earlier, Lucknow scored 163 runs for 5 wickets. Marcus Stoinis scored a maximum of 58 off 43 balls. Apart from this, captain Rahul was unbeaten with 33 off 31 balls and West Indian Nicholas Pooran was unbeaten on 32 off 22 balls.