Spectacular all-round efficiency boosted Lucknow Tremendous Giants to a dominant 33-run win over inconsistent Gujarat Titans at Ekana Cricket Stadium on Sunday. After Marcus Stoinis’ 58-run knock, bowlers Yash Thakur and Krunal Pandya bowled brilliantly to assist LSG defend 163 runs within the twenty first match of the IPL 2024.
A win boosted Lucknow to their third successive win of the season and to the third place within the factors desk. Alternatively, Shubman Gill-led Gujarat Titans suffered their third defeat of the season.
Batters from each groups struggled for giant knocks however younger Indian pacer Yash Thakur proved the distinction between the 2 groups. Yash took 5 wickets for 30, together with a double-wicket maiden over, to provide the primary five-wicket haul within the IPL 2024.
KL Rahul received the toss and elected to bat first with no adjustments to Lucknow’s enjoying eleven whereas Gujarat handed a debut to wicketkeeper batter Sharath BR and recalled fit-again Spencer Johnson.
Umesh Yadav dismissed in-form Quinton de Kock within the very first over after which took the dear wicket of Devdutt Padikkal to offer the Titans a flying begin. KL Rahul and Marcus Stoinis then produced a 73-run stand for the third wicket.
Rahu scored 33 runs off 31 balls as he misplaced his wicket whereas trying a giant shot off Darshan Nalkande. Stoinis managed to register his first fifty of the season by top-scoring with 58 off 43 balls earlier than dropping his wicket to Nalkande.
In-form Pooran remained unbeaten on 32 off 22 as Lucknow posted a preventing complete of 163/5 in 20 overs. Nalkande and Umesh claimed two wickets every whereas Rashid Khan picked one for the Tremendous Giants.
Gujarat loved a promising begin with opener Shubman Gill and Sai Sudharsan including 54 runs for the primary wicket however Lucknow made a surprising comeback via Thakur. The proper-arm pacer eliminated Gill within the sixth over to offer Lucknow a breakthrough after which Gujarat didn’t discover a manner again into the sport.
Krunal Pandya additionally contributed with an excellent spell as he dismissed Sudharsan and debutant Sharath within the ninth over. Thakur additionally bowled a double-wicket maiden over which accomplished the ended Lucknow’s slim hopes for a comeback.
Thakur completed the sport with one other double-wicket over to register his first-ever five-wicket haul within the IPL and LSG’s second. Thakur claimed the Participant of the Match award forward of Stoinis and Krunal for his sensible bowling figures of 5/30.
Lucknow Tremendous Giants Taking part in XI: Quinton de Kock, KL Rahul (c & wk), Devdutt Padikkal, Marcus Stoinis (substituted by Manimaran Siddharth), Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Krunal Pandya, Ravi Bishnoi, Yash Thakur, Naveen-ul-Haq, Mayank Yadav.
Gujarat Titans Taking part in XI: Shubman Gill (c), Sharath BR (wk), Sai Sudharsan, Vijay Shankar, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Noor Ahmad, Umesh Yadav, Spencer Johnson, Darshan Nalkande, Mohit Sharma (substituted by Kane Williamson).
