Lucknow lost the match in the last over – Gujarat won by 7 runs

LSG vs GT: Defending champions Gujarat Titans registered a hat-trick of wins against Lucknow Supergiants in the Indian Premier League. The team won the thrilling match by 7 runs. Both the teams were face to face for the third time.

With this victory, the Gujarat team has come at number four.

Batting first after winning the toss, Gujarat scored 135 runs for 6 wickets in 20 overs at the Bharat Ratna Atal Vihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow. In reply, the Lucknow batsmen could manage only 128 runs for 7 wickets in 20 overs.

Today is again double header day. Day 2 match will be played between Mumbai and Punjab at Wankhede Stadium from 7:30 PM.

Lucknow's wickets fell like this...

First: Rashid Khan bowled Kyle Meyers on the third ball of the 7th over.

Second: On the third ball of the 15th over, Rahul Tewatia got Krunal Pandya stumped by Sah.

Third: Debutant Noor Ahmed caught the hands of captain Hardik Pandya on the 5th ball of the 17th over.

Rahul scored the second half-century of the season

Rahul has completed the 33rd half-century of his career. He scored his second half-century of the season. Rahul completed half century on 38 balls. He has become the fastest batsman to score 7000 runs in T20.

Rahul-Mayers's half-century partnership

Captain KL Rahul and Kyle Meyers made an opening partnership of 55 runs on 39 balls. This partnership got Lucknow off to a strong start. Rashid Khan broke this partnership. He bowled Meyers.

Brilliant start for Lucknow

Captain KL Rahul and Kyle Mayers gave Lucknow a brilliant start in the powerplay. In the first 6 overs, both the openers added 000 runs for the team. Rahul became the highest batsman to score 7000 runs in T20.

Captain Hardik Pandya scored 9th half-century, Titans scored 135 runs

Batting first after winning the toss, Gujarat scored 135 runs for 6 wickets in 20 overs at the Bharat Ratna Atal Vihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow. Captain Hardik Pandya played a half-century innings of 66 runs in 50 balls, while Wriddhiman Shah was dismissed after scoring 47 runs.

Krunal Pandya and Marcus Stoinis got two wickets each.

Hardik Pandya's 9th half-century

Hardik Pandya played a half-century innings. He played an inning of 66 runs on 50 balls. Pandya scored his 9th half-century in the league. Pandya scored his second half-century of the current season.

Gujarat's wickets fell like this...

First: Krunal Pandya got Shubman Gill caught by Ravi Bishnoi on the second ball of the second over.

Second: On the second ball of the 11th over, Krunal got Wriddhiman Shah caught by Deepak Hooda.

Third: On the fourth ball of the 12th over, Amit Mishra got Abhinav Manohar caught by Naveen-ul-Haq.

Fourth: On the last ball of the 15th over, Naveen-ul-Haq bowled Vijay Shankar.

Fifth: On the second ball of the 20th over, Stoinis got Hardik Pandya caught by Rahul.

Sixth: On the last ball of the 20th over, Stoinis got David Miller caught by Deepak Hooda.

Gujarat batsmen were slow in powerplay

The Gujarat batsmen got off to a slow start. The team scored 40 runs in 6 overs. Not only this, he also lost the important wicket of Shubman Gill. Krunal Pandya gave the first blow to Gujarat Titans, captained by his brother Hardik Pandya.

Noor Ahmed is debuting, Amit Mishra is back

Noor Ahmed is debuting. Rashid Khan has given him the debut cap. He has been included in the team in place of Alzarri Joseph. Amit Mishra has returned to the playing-11 in place of Yudhveer in Lucknow.

Playing-11 of both the teams...

Gujarat Titans: Hardik Pandya (captain), Shubman Gill, Wriddhiman Saha (wicketkeeper), Vijay Shankar, Abhinav Manohar, Rahul Tewatia, David Miller, Rashid Khan, Mohammed Shami, Mohit Sharma and Noor Ahmed.

Impact Players: KS Bharath, Jeshua Little, Jayant Yadav, Noor Ahmed and Dasun Shanaka.

Lucknow Super Giants: KL Rahul (captain), Kyle Mayers, Deepak Hooda, Marcus Stoinis, Krunal Pandya, Nicholas Pooran (wicketkeeper), Ayush Badoni, Naveen-ul-Haq, Amit Mishra, Avesh Khan and Ravi Bishnoi.

Impact Players: Krishnappa Gautam, Jaydev Unadkat, Daniel Symes, Prerak Mankad.