Big win for Gujarat Titans over Lucknow, made it to the playoffs

Gujarat Titans has become the first team to reach the play-offs of IPL 2022. In the match played on Tuesday, Gujarat defeated Lucknow Super Giants by 62 runs. Batting first after winning the toss, Gujarat scored 144 runs for the loss of 4 wickets in 20 overs. Shubman Gill played the highest innings of 63 runs.

In reply, Lucknow's team was reduced to a score of 82 runs in 13.5 overs. Deepak Hooda top scored with 27 runs. Leg spinner Rashid Khan took 4 wickets. Yash Dayal and R Sai Kishore got 2 wickets each.

Gujarat did not start well. Wriddhiman Saha became the victim of Mohsin Khan by scoring 5 runs in 11 balls. Avesh Khan took the wicket of Matthew Wade (10). Avesh Khan also got the wicket of captain Hardik Pandya (11). David Miller scored 26 runs and was caught by Ayush Badoni off Jason Holder.

Before this match, both the new teams have stunned everyone with their performance in the season. LSG has played 11 matches and won 8 and has a net run rate of +0.703. GT has also won 8 out of 11 matches and has a net run rate of +0.120.

Playing-11 of both the teams

Lucknow: Quinton de Kock, KL Rahul (Captain), Deepak Hooda, Krunal Pandya, Ayush Badoni, Marcus Stoinis, Jason Holder, Dushmanta Chamira, Avesh Khan, Mohsin Khan, Karan Sharma.

Gujarat: Wriddhiman Saha, Shubman Gill, Hardik Pandya, Matthew Wade, David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Yash Dayal, R Sai Kishore, Alzarri Joseph, Mohammed Shami.

Lucknow has managed to silence critics with its strong performance

Lucknow Super Giants have been winning consecutive matches under the captaincy of KL Rahul. After facing defeat at the hands of Gujarat at the beginning of the season, it was being said that this team would prove to be the worst under Rahul's captaincy. However, defying the criticism, Lucknow has emerged as a fine playing unit. Young fast bowlers like Mohsin Khan and Avesh Khan are taking wickets while being economical in the power play and death overs.

The top order is consistently scoring runs in batting. In the last match, Rahul got run out without opening the account, but still the team was successful in winning the match. It states that if one batsman does not play in the playoff, then the other batsman can take his place.

Gujarat has lost 2 consecutive matches

Gujarat Titans has been the most consistent team of this season. However, after losing the last two matches, she has been seen in a bit of trouble. In front of Punjab, Hardik deliberately chose to bat first after winning the toss, so that he could check the balance of his team in difficult situations. Due to the disappointing performance of the GT batsmen, PBKS chased down the target in almost 16 overs.

Against Mumbai, the team decided to field first, but they lost the match by 5 runs. With Gujarat almost certain to play the playoffs, the team would like to raise the confidence level by winning a few matches. In the first match, Gujarat was heavy on Lucknow and in today's match also the team will try its best to register a win.