MUMBAI, Mar 28:
Rahul Tewatia blasted an impactful 40 off 24 balls after Mohammad Shami’s sensational new ball spell to set up a five-wicket win for Gujarat Titans against Lucknow Super Giants in the battle of IPL debutants here on Monday.
Deepak Hooda (55 off 41 balls) and Ayush Badoni (54 off 41 balls) smashed quick-fire half centuries to help Super Giants recover to a respectable 158/6 after Shami (3/25) blew away their top-order.
Needing 68 off the last 30 balls, Titans were up against it but Tewatia (40 not out), David Miller (30 off 21) and IPL debutant Abhinav Manohar (15 not out off 7) pulled off a memorable win for their team with two balls to spare.
In pursuit of 159, Gujarat were down and out at 78/4 before Miller and Tewatia forged a match-winning 60 run-stand off just 34 balls.
They were brutal on Deepak Hooda, as they fetched 22 runs in the 16th over, with each hitting one six and one four. And then Tewatia hammered a six and two fours in the next over, where Gujarat amassed 17 runs, to bring down the equation to 29 from 18 balls.
Avesh removed Miller in the 18th over to raise his side’s hopes, but Manohar and Tewatia, who hit five boundaries and two maximums, saw the team home.
Skipper Hardik Pandya (33) and Matthew Wade (30) forged 57 runs for the third wicket to take the innings forward after two early losses.
Earlier, Hooda and IPL debutant Badoni, who had endured plenty of struggles in the past three years, took Super Giants to a respectable score after Shami reduced them to 29 for four.
But then Hooda (55) and Badoni (54), took the onus on themselves and resurrected the Lucknow innings with an 87-run-stand off 68 balls.
Hooda struck six fours and two sixes in his 41-ball knock while Badoni hammered four boundaries and three maximums in his 41 ball innings.
After Hooda was trapped in front of the wicket by Rashid Khan (1/27) in the 16th over, Badoni, who is a product despite the system, upped the ante and played shots at will. Badoni hit the likes of Rashid Khan and Lockie Ferguson for a six and that should stay in his memory for life.
Lucknow lost captain KL Rahul (0) on the first ball of the game as Shami had him caught behind with a beauty. PTI Shami then cleaned up Quinton De Kock (7), who missed a drive, in the third over as Lucknow was reeling at 13/2. (PTI)
Scoreboard
Lucknow Super Giants:
KL Rahul c Wade b Shami 0
Quinton de Kock b Shami 7
Evin Lewis c Shubman Gill b Aaron 10
Manish Pandey b Shami 6
Deepak Hooda lbw b Rashid Khan 55
Ayush Badonic Hardik Pandya
b Aaron 54
Krunal Pandya not out 21
Dushmantha Chameera not out 1
Extras: (W-4) 4
Total: (For six wickets in 20 overs) 158
Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-13, 3-20, 4-29, 5-116, 6-156.
Bowling: Mohammed Shami 4-0-25-3, Varun Aaron 4-0-45-2, Lockie Ferguson 4-0-24-0, Hardik Pandya 4-0-37-0, Rashid Khan 4-0-27-1.
Gujarat Titans
Shubman Gill c Deepak Hooda
b Chameera 0
Matthew Wade b Deepak Hooda 30
Vijay Shankar b Chameera 4
Hardik Pandya c Manish b
Krunal Pandya 33
David Miller c Rahul b Avesh Khan 30
Rahul Tewatia not out 40
Abhinav Manohar not out 15
Extras: (lb 6, w 3,) 9
Total: (5 wkts, 19.4 Ov) 161
Fall of Wickets: 4-1,15-2, 72-3, 78-4, 138-5
Bowling: Dushmantha Chameera 3-0-22-2, Avesh Khan 3.4-0-33-1, Mohsin Khan 2-0-18-0, Ravi Bishnoi 4-0-34-0, Krunal Pandya 4-0-17-1, Deepak Hooda 3-0-31-1.
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