After losing by 33 runs to Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in the Indian Premier League (IPL), Gujarat Titans (GT) skipper Shubman Gill said his team was in a batting-friendly format Chasing an easy total score in the game, but poor batting performance is a disadvantage. Yash Thakur’s Yash Thakur gave Lucknow Supergiants a 33-run win in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 at the Ekana Cricket Stadium on Sunday. The pace shocked the Gujarat Titans. After losing the match, Gill said in his post-match speech: “It was a good wicket but our batting was poor. We had a good start but we lost wickets in the middle Wicket, couldn’t recover from that. “Our bowlers were very good and they restricted the over to around 160, it was just our batsmen who let us down.

Speaking about the absence of David Miller due to injury, Gill said: “Miller is a player who can change the game in a few possessions because I think that total is very easy for us to get. (About He was dismissed) I thought it was the last one on the power play and I was just trying to make the most of it, I just missed that ball because I was trying to bowl it a little too square. It was great to watch our bowlers bowl, We’re looking forward to limiting them 160-165.”

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 moderate score of 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 the hard work of Rahul Tewatia (30 off 25 balls, including two fours and two sixes), GT was bowled out for 130 in 18.5 overs, Lost by 33 points.

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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