One Rahul Hero and the other Rahul Villain, taking advantage of KL's mistake, Tewatia turned the match

Gujarat Titans started their campaign in IPL with a win. Hardik Pandya's team defeated KL Rahul-led Lucknow by five wickets. In this match, first Mohammed Shami and then Rahul Tewatia showed a wonderful game for Gujarat. In the end, Abhinav Manohar gave his team victory by batting brilliantly.

This match changed many times. Lucknow came back from a poor start and made a good score. Then Gujarat also came back from a bad start, but their team fell behind as soon as Hardik was dismissed. After this Rahul Tewatia brought his team back and Manohar got the victory.

Rahul's poor captaincy

KL Rahul may be seen as the future captain of India, but his captaincy in this match has also been questioned. After getting out on zero as a batsman, Rahul also made a mistake in captaincy. He got the 16th over of the second innings from Deepak Hooda, while the fast bowlers had overs left. Due to the dew, the spin bowlers were having trouble bowling and taking advantage of this, Tewatia and Miller scored 22 runs in this over. From here the match got out of the hands of Punjab. After this, Rahul got the next over also from Ravi Bishnoi, in which 17 runs went.

Rahul Teotia snatched the match from Lucknow's fist

In this match, when Rahul Tewatia came out to bat, his team had lost four wickets at the score of 78 runs. His team needed 81 runs to win. Tewatia then put on a 50-run partnership with Miller and brought his team back into the match. He scored 36 runs in 23 balls. His innings included four fours and two sixes. After this, Abhinav Manohar scored 15 runs in seven balls to give victory to his team.

The pair of Krunal and Hooda made the return of Lucknow

After the half-century partnership between Hardik and Wade, Krunal Pandya and Deepak Hooda together got their team back. First, Krunal sent Hardik to the pavilion, then Hooda brought Lucknow back into the match by dismissing Matthew Wade on the set. Krunal sent the opposition captain to the pavilion for 17 runs in four overs.

Hardik and Wade took over Gujarat's innings

Chasing the target of 159 runs, Gujarat's start was also not special. Opener Shubman Gill returned to the pavilion without opening the account. At this time the team's score was just four runs. At the same time, Vijay Shankar also left the team on the score of 15 runs. He scored just four runs. After this, Hardik Pandya and Matthew Wade together handled the innings. There was a partnership of 57 runs between the two. Hardik became the victim of his elder brother Krunal Pandya by scoring 33 runs in 28 balls. Manish Pandey caught his catch. At the same time, Wade became the victim of Deepak Hooda after scoring 30 runs in 29 balls.

Lucknow's top order fails in front of Shami

Mohammad Shami of Gujarat gave his team a great start by dismissing opposition captain Lokesh Rahul on the very first ball of this match. Rahul could not open the account for the second time in his career. After this, Shami cleaned up Dekock and Manish Pandey and put the Lucknow team in trouble. Lucknow's top order failed completely in this match. The team's first four wickets fell in just 29 runs. Lewis scored the highest 10 runs in the first four batsmen of Lucknow.

Deepak Hooda and Ayush Badoni did wonders

After a poor start to Lucknow, Deepak Hooda and Ayush Badoni together handled the innings. There was a great partnership of 87 runs between the two and from here the team of Lucknow came back in the match. Hooda scored 55 runs in 41 balls with the help of six fours and two sixes. On the other hand, young Ayush Badoni scored 54 runs in 41 balls with the help of four fours and three sixes. Thanks to the excellent innings of both of them, Lucknow scored 158 runs for the loss of six wickets. 22-year-old Badoni scored the best half-century in his first IPL match.

Aaron proved to be expensive

All the bowlers did brilliantly for Gujarat, but Varun Aaron proved to be very expensive. He conceded 45 runs in his four overs. However, he also took two wickets but he could never be able to stop the run. Because of this, the team of Lucknow was able to score more than 150.