GT vs LSG: Highlights , Mark sheet
Chasing a target of 136 on a sluggish pitch, LSG were 105 for 1 after 14 overs, requiring 31 off 36 balls, but were dismissed for 128 for 7 at the end of 20 overs .
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IPL 2023: Gujarat Titans beat Lucknow Supergiants by 7 runs
The experienced Mohit (2/17 in 3 overs) needed to defend only 12 runs in the final over and removed rival skipper Rahul (68 off 61 balls) hitting the length of the blockhole for only five in the end. Gave runs and lost three wickets. in the process.
But all the blame falls on the skipper, who scored 50 off 33 balls and then consumed 28 balls for his 18 runs. There were two 50 plus stands from Kyle Mayers (24 off 19 balls) and Krunal Pandya (23 off 23 balls) but in the end even the biggest of Titans fans would agree that 136 was difficult to defend.
Left-arm wrist spinner Noor Ahmed bowled two brilliant overs to return with figures of 4-0-18-2, while Mohammed Shami’s international experience saw him concede just 5 runs in the final over, giving Mohit a tough task. Left with which he accomplished efficiently.
LSG lost the game in the last five overs, with Noor keeping Rahul in check.
With the win, GT moved to the fourth spot in the IPL with 8 points, while LSG remained second with the same number of points but a better net run rate.
Defending the total, Shami started the first over but he missed his second over and was hit for 14 runs by KL Rahul for three consecutive fours.
Mayer also swung into action and dismissed Rashid Khan for 16 runs with the help of a four and a six one after the other. LSG scored 53 runs for zero in the first six overs.
However, Rashid hit a sharp delivery on his stumps to break the partnership in the 7th over.
Krunal Pandya, who survived an LBW call and was then dropped by Rashid off Abhinav Manohar, forged a good partnership with the duo finding boundaries once in every over as they chased down the target.
However, after wrist-spinner Noor Ahmed struck twice, dismissing Krunal Pandya (23) and Nicholas Pooran (1) and a string of dot balls, things got tighter for LSG.
Needing 23 off 18, Badoni joined Rahul but Mohit Sharma and Shami conceded just 5 runs in the next two overs as LSG failed to get 13 off the last six balls.
Earlier, the pitch was a bit slow, with spinner Krunal Pandya emerging as Lucknow’s best bowler, taking two wickets for just 16 runs after coming on to bowl in the second over.
Pacers Naveen-ul-Haq (1/19) and Marcus Stoinis (2/20) also did their bit as Lucknow restricted Gujarat to 135 for six.
In fact, it could have been worse, but Ravi Bishnoi played a forgettable innings, conceding 49 runs in his quota of four overs. 19 runs given by the spinner in the 18th over lifted GT in the end.
When GT batted, Wriddhiman Saha scored 47 off 37 balls to lay the foundation, but Hardik could not get going, though he compensated for the slow batting with some big hits towards the end.
Krunal drew first blood, dismissing Shubman Gill for a duck in his second delivery, dismissing opener Ravi Bishnoi at long-off.
Saha was successful in hitting boundaries against every bowler, especially Bishnoi, who was punished twice on the off side as GT reached 40 for 1 in the powerplay overs.
Hardik finally broke free, sent Bishnoi over extra cover to bring up the 50-run partnership and then deposited him at long-off to score 14 runs in the 9th over.
After going 12 for 1 in his first three overs, Krunal returned to deceive the well-set Saha with his flight and the opener was caught by Deepak Hooda.
Soon it was 77/3 as Amit Mishra trapped Abhinav Manohar (3) with a crazy ball outside off and Naveen-ul-Haq took a brilliant catch at deep cover with a full stretch dive.
Pandya and newcomer Vijay Shankar could not take the score further and Naveen-ul-Haq later returned to clean up as GT were 92 for 4 in 15 overs and scored 43 runs in the last five overs.
(With inputs from PTI)