Lucknow Supergiants (LSG) pacer Yash Thakur follows his team’s 33-run win over Gujarat Titans (GT) in the Indian Premier League (IPL). Expressed happiness with his five wickets. Thakur’s pace saw Gu The Gilat Titans were shocked. Speaking after his team’s win, Yash said in his post-match speech: “I’m happy with the five-wicket win and the Man of the Match award. I had a plan against Gill and I stuck to my plan, KL Rahul advised me to do this and it paid off.

“Unfortunately, Mayank Yadav was injured, so KL said this is my day and asked me to make the most of it. We won the first match in IPL history against GT and are very happy about it. Really happy Love Gill’s wickets, the most memorable of them all.”

LSG won the toss and elected to bat first. The home team once reduced the score to 18/2. 73 between captain KL Rahul (33 off 31 balls, including 3 fours) and Marcus Stoinis (58 off 43 balls, 4 boundaries and 2 sixes) The split puts LSG in a good position again.

Later, the batting of Nicholas Pooran (32 off 22 balls, including 3 sixes) and Ayush Badoni (20 off 11 balls, 3 fours) helped LSG managed a modest 163/5 in 20 games.

Umesh Yadav (2/22) and Rashid Khan (1/28) were the wickets for GT.

Chasing 164, GT got off to a good start with captain Shubman Gill (19 off 21 balls, including 2 fours) and Sai Sudharsan (31 off 23 balls, with 4 boundaries) making up a 54-run opening, but with Speeder Yash Thakur’s 5-wicket haul (5/30) and Krunal Pandya’s economical 3/11 defeated GT. Despite a strong fight from Rahul Tewatia (30 off 25 balls, including two fours and two sixes), GT was bowled out for 130 in 18.5 overs, finishing with 33 Defeated by a margin of victory.

Thakur’s fingers earned him Man of the Match honors. LSG ranks third in the standings with 3 wins and 1 loss and 6 points. GT ranks seventh with two wins and three losses. They have a total of four points.

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