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Yash Thakur was the player of the match.
Lucknow Supergiants defeated Gujarat Titans by 33 runs in the 21st match of Indian Premier League-2024. This is Lucknow’s third consecutive win in the current season, while Gujarat suffered its second consecutive defeat. Titans have lost 3 out of their 5 games.
On Sunday at the Ekana Stadium, LSG won the toss and elected to bat first scoring 163 runs for 5 wickets in 20 overs. In response, the GT team were all out after scoring 130 runs in 18.5 overs. Yash Thakur was the player of the match. He took 5 wickets for 30 runs.
interesting fact
- Lucknow has defeated Gujarat for the first time in IPL.
- KL Rahul has completed a thousand runs for Lucknow.
- Lucknow have defended a score of 160+ for the 13th time in the league. The team has not lost so far after scoring more than 160 runs.
Player Performance: 8th IPL 50 Stoinis, Yash took 5 wickets
Marcus Stoinis scored 58 runs for LSG. At the same time, Nicholas Pooran contributed an unbeaten 32 runs and KL Rahul contributed 33 runs. Umesh Yadav and Darshan Nalkande took 2-2 wickets.
In reply, GT’s Sai Sudarshan top scored by 31 runs. Rahul Tewatia contributed 30 runs and captain Shubman Gill contributed 19 runs. Yash Thakur took 5 wickets from LSG, while Krunal Pandya got three wickets.Performance of game winners in graphics…
Reasons for defeating Gujarat…
- Bowlers could not build pressure after 18/2: Lucknow had lost two wickets on the score of 18 runs. In such a situation, the Gujarat bowlers could not create pressure in the powerplay and middle overs. The pair of KL Rahul and Marcus Stonis managed to handle the innings by making a partnership of 73 runs.
- Gave 65 runs in last 6 overs: Even in the last 6 overs, the Gujarat bowlers failed to stop the runs. After 14 overs, Lucknow’s score was 98/3, but the Supergiants batsmen managed to take the score to 163 by scoring 65 runs in the last over.
- Wickets of Gill and Williamson: Captain Shubhman Gill and Sai Sudarshan gave Gujarat a strong start in the race. The two had put on an opening partnership of 54 runs, but Yash Thakur broke the partnership by bowling Gill on the last ball of the last over of the powerplay. Then in the 8th over, Ravi Bishnai took an incredible catch from Kane Williamson and sent him back to the pavilion for 1 run. From here the Gujarat batsmen came under pressure.
- Lost 7 wickets while scoring 39 runs: Gujarat batsmen looked under pressure in the middle overs. Team Gujarat lost its first wicket since 54 runs. Then wickets started falling continuously. The team’s score became 93/7 in the 15th over. That means Gujarat lost 7 wickets while scoring 39 runs.
- Yash-Krunal bowling: Lucknow’s Yash Thakur and Krunal Pandya, who came to defend the score, took wickets at important moments. Krunal took two wickets in the 9th over, Yash Thakur in the 15th and 19th over.
Corresponding report from here…
Fifty partnership of Rahul-Stoinis
After winning the toss and electing to bat, Lucknow got off to a poor start. The team had lost two wickets for 18 runs. In such a situation, KL Rahul and Marcus Stonis took over the innings by making a partnership of 73 runs on 62 balls. Later, Nicholas Puran and Ayush Badoni took the score to 163.
KL Rahul and Marcus Stoinis made a partnership of 73 runs.
Gill-Sudarshan opening partnership
Gave Gujarat a great start in chasing the target of 164 runs. The two made a partnership of 54 runs on 39 balls. But after Gill’s dismissal, there was no partnership in the middle order and the team was all out for 130 runs.
Gill and Sai Sudarshan made an opening partnership of 54 runs.
Points Table: Lucknow came third, Gujarat remained 7th.
After the third consecutive win, the Lucknow team has come to the third position in the points table of the current season, while Gujarat remains in the 7th position despite two consecutive defeats. Lucknow has won 3 out of 4 matches and secured 6 points. Gujarat, who have lost 3 out of 5 matches in the second over, have 4 points in their tally.
Cap race…
Orange Cap: Sai Sudarshan comes second, Puran included in top 5
Virat Kohli (316 runs) leads the race for Orange Cap. Sai Sudarshan (191 runs), who scored the highest 31 runs for Gujarat in this match, has reached number 2. While captain Shubhman Gill (183 runs) has become fourth after scoring 19 runs. Also, by scoring an unbeaten 32 runs for Lucknow, Nicholas Puran (178 runs) has included himself in the top 5 of this race.
Purple Cap: Mohit Sharma remains at number-3
Mohit Sharma (7 wickets) took no wickets in the match. In such a situation, he has become number 3 in the race for the Purple Cap, while Khalil Ahmed (7 wickets) from Delhi has reached the second position. Yuzvendra Chahal (8 wickets) of Rajasthan leads in this race.
Both teams play under 11
Lucknow Super Giants: KL Rahul (Captain and Wicketkeeper), Quinton de Kock, Devdutt Padikkal, Nicholas Pooran, Marcus Stonis, Ayush Badoni, Krunal Pandya, Ravi Bishnoi, Yash Thakur, Mayank Yadav and Naveen-ul-Haq.
Impact Player: Manimarn Siddhartha.
Gujarat Titans: Shubman Gill (captain), BR Sharath (wicketkeeper), Sai Sudarshan, Vijay Shankar, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Noor Ahmed, Spencer Johnson, Mohit Sharma, Umesh Yadav and Darshan Nalkande.
Impact Player: Kane Williamson.
