Lucknow Super Giants Vs Gujarat Titans 30th Match 22 April 2023

30th T20 • Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium • Lucknow

Gujarat Titans

135/6 (20)

Lucknow Super Giants

128/7 (20)

GT won by 7 runs

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Player of the Match Mohit Sharma

2/17

Player of the Series Shubman Gill

LSG

Info

Gujarat Titans

135/6 (20)

Batters

Wriddhiman Saha

127.03

c Hooda b Pandya

Shubman Gill

0.00

c Bishnoi b Pandya

Hardik Pandya

132.00

c Rahul b Stoinis

Abhinav Manohar

60.00

c Haq b Mishra

Vijay Shankar

83.33

b Haq

David Miller

50.00

c Hooda b Stoinis

Rahul Tewatia

100.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 1, NB: 0, W: 0)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 6.75)

135/6

Did not Bat

Rashid Khan, Mohammad Shami, Noor Ahmad, Mohit Sharma, Jayant Yadav

Bowlers

EXT

Naveen ul Haq

4.75

Krunal Pandya

4.00

Avesh Khan

7.00

Ravi Bishnoi

12.25

Marcus Stoinis

6.67

Amit Mishra

4.50

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Shubman Gill

c Bishnoi b Pandya

1-4

1.2

Wriddhiman Saha

c Hooda b Pandya

2-72

10.3

Abhinav Manohar

c Haq b Mishra

3-77

11.4

Vijay Shankar

b Haq

4-92

14.6

Hardik Pandya

c Rahul b Stoinis

5-132

19.2

David Miller

c Hooda b Stoinis

6-135

19.6

Lucknow Super Giants

128/7 (20)

Batters

KL Rahul

111.48

c Yadav b Sharma

Kyle Mayers

126.32

b Khan

Krunal Pandya

100.00

st Saha b Ahmad

Nicholas Pooran

14.29

c Pandya b Ahmad

Ayush Badoni

133.33

runout (Sharma / Shankar)

Marcus Stoinis

0.00

c Miller b Sharma

Deepak Hooda

100.00

runout (Saha / Khan)

Prerak Mankad

0.00

Not out

Ravi Bishnoi

0.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 1, NB: 0, W: 1)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 6.4)

128/7

Did not Bat

Avesh Khan, Naveen ul Haq

Bowlers

EXT

Mohammad Shami

6.00

Jayant Yadav

6.50

Rashid Khan

8.25

Mohit Sharma

5.67

Noor Ahmad

4.50

Hardik Pandya

7.00

Rahul Tewatia

8.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Kyle Mayers

b Khan

1-55

6.3

Krunal Pandya

st Saha b Ahmad

2-106

14.3

Nicholas Pooran

c Pandya b Ahmad

3-110

16.5

KL Rahul

c Yadav b Sharma

4-126

19.2

Marcus Stoinis

c Miller b Sharma

5-126

19.3

Ayush Badoni

runout (Sharma / Shankar)

6-127

19.4

Deepak Hooda

runout (Saha / Khan)

7-128

19.5

Match Info

Date & Time

22 Apr, 03:30 PM IST

Venue

Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow

Match

30th T20,

Indian Premier League

Umpires

Akshay Totre(India), Rod Tucker(Australia), Jayaraman Madanagopal(India, TV)

Referee

Rajiv Seth(India)

Toss

Gujarat Titans elected to bat

0 0 1 0 W 3

Over 17

Runs: 4

1 1 1 1 1 1

Over 18

Runs: 6

1 1 1lb 1 0 1lb

Over 19

Runs: 5

2 W W W W 0

Over 20

Runs: 2

All Overs

Player of the Match Mohit Sharma

2/17

Player of the Series Shubman Gill

Commentary

The games keep on coming in thick and fast in the IPL. It's a double-header Saturday and the second game of the day between Mumbai Indians and Punjab Kings has already kicked off. You can switch tabs to catch all the live action from that one. That's all we have from the coverage of this mind-boggling game. This is Pratyush Rohra, signing off on behalf of my partner, Pradeep Somashekhar. Eid Mubarak to those celebrating. Goodbye!

The defending champions pick up a vital win to get back on track after a couple of odd outings. They now move level on 8 points with the Rajasthan Royals, Lucknow Super Giants, and Chennai Super Kings. As for the hosts, they'll need to show their mental fortitude to brush this result aside and get back to winning ways soon.

Who saw this Mohit Sharma resurgence coming this season? Not a single soul. Not even him perhaps. Who knows? That's the magic of the IPL though. If you're good enough, there's nothing that can keep you down for too long. That's his second player of the match performance in this tournament already. What an addition he has been to this Gujarat Titans team.

Mohit Sharma is the Player of the Match. Let's hear what he has to say: It's all normal. There is some consistency but it's in the process. That's the great thing about this team. You win or lose, you have to stick to the process off the field. When you do that, it helps on the field as well. There isn't a lot to do. You practice and focus on things that you can focus on and can control. Do that with honesty, and the rest will handle itself. There's no point focusing on things you can't control. (Belief in the team) We always believed. From the start of the second innings, right till the end, Hardik kept saying we'll win this match. Even Ashu bhai said the same thing during the timeouts. He kept saying we have to focus on doing the right things and the result will come. I was focusing on what I can execute and not thinking about too much else.

Hardik Pandya: The kind of two games we lost, we were in the front seat, god is telling us, I'm going to give something, tremendous and credit to the boys. End of the day, we're a champion side, the way guys believed at the end was special for us. One loss can break you, one win can boost your confidence with the long tournament like this. The way the wicket was playing, we were 10 runs short, it was slow and low. Lucknow bowlers made life tough for us and we wanted to the batters for long. I felt competitive and the kind of start they got, we were always chasing the game, we didn't let it go. When it was 30 balls 30 needed, they were still ahead and four overs 27 came, I thought we can put pressure back on us. I thought we can come back into the game and everyone contributed well in the end, I'm pleased to be a captain. The amount of cricket Mo has played, I don't need to interfere, it made my life easier and I told him to back yourself and execution was perfect. Shami was brilliant the over before, they were just tremendous as they pulled us back in the game.

Noor Ahmad: In crucial situation we wanted to attack and that's what we did. In first over, I lost control but got the rhythm later on and pitched in right areas. Didn't make any change, kept it simple and the only thing I wanted to do was to pitch it in right areas.

KL Rahul: I don't know how this has happened, happened so fast and that's cricket and it reminds us of that the game is not over till the last ball, and we let the game slip which was in our pocket. Quite brilliant with the ball, 135 probably 10 under par, the bowlers were very clear with the plan and we started well with the bat and can't believe what has happened at the end, these things happen and will try and come back strong. We were well ahead of the game, I wasn't really bat really deep and was playing the shots, they bowled quite bowl at the death between Noor and Jayant, should've taken some chance but it wasn't easy for the new batters to come in and go straight away. The pressure got to us and that's where we went wrong in those 40 overs.

Gujarat Titans won by 7 runs!

Hardik Pandya - 66 (50) | Noor Ahmad - 2/18
KL Rahul - 68 (61) | Krunal Pandya - 2/16

And breathe. Cricket, you frustratingly beautiful game. It was an underwhelming contest for most parts on a surface that didn't allow the usual crash, bang, and wallop approach to come to the fore. Instead, we witnessed a low-scoring thriller in this humdinger of a contest that saw the Gujarat Titans pull off an absolute heist.

If you thought they had no right to win the game after scoring only 135, the game seemed done and dusted when KL Rahul and Kyle Mayers put up a 55-run opening stand at a good rate. The captain looked like a million dollars on a tricky surface and was keeping the scoreboard ticking alongside Krunal Pandya, who played his part to make sure the equation stays in check.

In the last 10 overs, LSG were cruising along, only needing a run-a-ball and even below that for the most part. A couple of dropped catches made it seem like it was not going to be Gujarat's day, but the defining moment came once Krunal was dismissed in the 15th over. The Afghan spinner dotted up Pooran before getting the better of him too, getting his side right back into this contest.

In some bizarre decision-making, the LSG team management sent in Badoni ahead of Stoinis and Hooda, and the youngster couldn't make the impact he'd wanted either. With GT holding on, Shami bowled a peach of an over with 17 needed off the final two overs, keeping 12 runs in the bank for the final over.

Enter - Mohit Sharma. The former CSK bowler bowled like an absolute dream, delivering two incredible overs at the backend of the innings. He got the better of Rahul and Stoinis on consecutive deliveries to completely turn the tide in the final over that saw Lucknow losing four wickets in four balls. The two dismissals from Mohit were followed by a couple of runouts, as Lucknow's castle of glass came tumbling down.

This is a game they had in their bag. This is a game they could have finished off to give their NRR a bit of a boost and also move to the top of the table. But alas. They'll be scratching their head and wondering how that isn't the case. Eager to hear what the captains have to say? Stick around for the presentations while we catch our breath.

Someone needs to call the cops because Gujarat Titans have pulled off one of the all-time heists of the Indian Premier League. We've seen another mind-boggling game in this campaign that continues to amaze us. Gujarat Titans had no right to win that game. Lucknow Super Giants will wonder how they've let it happen. Unbelievable! Simply unbelievable!

overs

128 /7 score

runs

Ravi Bishnoi *

0 (1)

Prerak Mankad

0 (0)

Mohit Sharma

4 /17

19.6 Mohit Sharma to Ravi Bishnoi, GUJARAT TITANS GOT OUT OF THE JAIL! Mohit Sharma take a bow! How did Gujarat win this? Stupendous stuff from Titans this, Lucknow have plenty to ponder on how they left it so late to win. Change of pace on the fourth stump. Bishnoi swings across the line and misses, through to the keeper.

Ravi Bishnoi, RHB, comes to the crease

Who the man? Well, it's not Deepak Hooda. He's on his way back into the dugout. We've seen 4 wickets in 4 balls. Bizarre brainfade this from the hosts. They've handed this game back to the defending champions.

19.5 Mohit Sharma to Deepak Hooda, RUN-OUT! Superb stuff from Mohit Sharma. Nails the yorker on the stumps. Hooda whips it into the on-side and there's another run-out may be as Hooda looks to come back but looks to be short here. Replays confirmed that Hooda is well short and Lucknow are falling like a pack of cards here. Hooda walks back!

Deepak Hooda run out (Rashid Khan/Wriddhiman Saha) 2 (2b, 0x4, 0x6)

Prerak Mankad, RHB, comes to the crease. He won't be on strike though.

Badoni is walking already. Disbelief amongst the LSG fans at the Ekana Cricket Stadium. They've let this one slip miserably.

19.4 Mohit Sharma to Deepak Hooda, RUN-OUT! Badon is walking already, how has this game turned on it's head here. Full toss on the stumps. Hooda smacked it back to Mohit, ricochets off his legs to long-off and they decide to scamper back but the throw comes to Mohit who did the rest. Badoni is well short as confirmed by the TV umpire!

Ayush Badoni run out (Vijay Shankar/Mohit Sharma) 8 (6b, 0x4, 0x6)

Hat-trick ball....

Deepak Hooda, RHB, comes to the crease

Two in two for Mohit Sharma! He didn't get the final over last time out, but he's doing the job this time around. David Miller, that is right out of the top drawer under such pressure. How has it come to this? How have LSG let it come to this? 10 off 3 now...

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