Lucknow Super Giants, captained by Rishabh Pant, defeated the Gujarat Titans captained by Shubman Gill by 6 wickets. Aden Markram (58) and Nicholas Puran (61) made Lucknow’s victory unilaterally by playing explosive innings, but the match became exciting in the final moments.
Lucknow needed 6 runs to win in the last over. Abdul Samad gave a strike to Ayush Badoni with a run off the first ball. Badoni made the score equal by putting a brilliant four off the second ball. Badoni won Lucknow by 6 wickets by hitting a six off the third ball.
Pant scored 21 runs.
Chasing the target of 181 runs, captain Rishabh Pant and Aiden Markram started the innings on behalf of Lucknow Super Giants. Both gave a fast start, but it also contributed to Gujarat’s poor fielding. Pant and Markram scored 61 runs in Powerplay without losing any wickets. Pant was caught out in an attempt to put a big shot on the second ball of the 7th over. He scored 21 runs off 18 balls.
Eden Markram’s explosive innings
Even after this, Eden Markram continued his explosive innings and when he was out, Lucknow Super Giants were in a very strong position. Markram was caught out on the first ball of the 12th over after scoring 58 runs off 31 balls. He hit 1 six and 9 fours in this innings. When Markram was out, Lucknow needed 58 runs off 53 balls to win.
Nicholas Puran’s explosive innings made the match unilateral.
Nicholas Puran, who came to bat at number three, also attacked the bowlers of Gujarat Titans. He completed his half -century in 23 balls by hitting a four off the fourth ball of the 13th over. With this, he also got his orange cap back, which went to Sai Sudarshan after the first innings.
Nicholas Puran played a brilliant innings of 61 runs off 34 balls, in this innings he hit 7 sixes and 1 four. He was caught out on the second ball of the 16th over thrown by Rashid Khan, at this time the team’s score was 155/3 and 26 runs were needed to win.
Gill-Saini’s century partnership went in vain
The Gujarat Titans scored 180 runs while batting first, but the way Shubman Gill and Sai Sudarshan started, the score should have reached at least 210. Gill (60) and Sudarshan (56) added 120 runs for the first wicket. The middle order of Gujarat failed and the Gujarat team could score only 60 runs in the last 8 overs.
Shardul Thakur and Ravi Bishnoi took 2-2 wickets. Shardul completed 200 wickets in his T20 career. Digvesh Singh was the most affordable bowler among the bowlers who have completed 4 overs, who took 1 wicket for 30 runs in 4 overs.
