Pune, May 10:
Gujarat Titans returned to winning ways after back-to-back losses and became the first team to seal their place in the play-offs by defeating Lucknow Super Giants by 62 runs in an Indian Premier League match here on Tuesday.
Even though LSG did a decent job with the ball to restrict GT to 144 for 4 after being asked to bowl, the KL Rahul-led side flopped with the bat as they were bowled out for 82 in 13.5 overs.
Rashid Khan (4/24) starred with the ball for GT, while Yash Dayal (2/24) and R Sai Kishore (2/7) picked up two wickets each.
Earlier, opening batter Shubman Gill hit a fine half-century but LSG produced a disciplined bowling effort to restrict GT to the modest score.
Gill remained not out on 63 off 49 balls with the help of seven fours but lacked support from the other end. He was left stranded as GT’s next highest scorer was David Miller (26).
Avesh Khan (2/26) picked up two wickets for LSG, while Mohsin Khan (1/18) and Jason Holder (1/44) scalped one apiece.
GT sealed their play-off berth, reaching 18 points from 12 games. The defeat snapped LSG’s five-match winning streak but they are still comfortably placed in the second spot with 16 points and need just a win to book their last-four berth.
LSG made a slow start to their chase and their problems were further compounded after they lost Quinton de Kock (11) and skipper KL Rahul (8) in consecutive overs to slump to 24 for 2 after four overs.
While Yash Dayal accounted for De Kock, Rahul top-edged a Mohammed Shami short delivery to Wriddhiman Saha behind the stumps.
Debutant Karan Sharma didn’t help his cause either, handing a catch to David Miller inside the circle to give Dayal his second scalp of the day.
Introduced into the attack in the eighth over, Rashid Khan struck with his third delivery, foxing Krunal Pandya with a googly and Saha was quick to whip off the bails.
With wickets falling in quick succession from the start, LSG never got any momentum to their chase, reaching 58 for 4 at the halfway stage. (PTI)
Scoreboard
Gujarat Titans
Wriddhiman Saha c Avesh b Mohsin 5
Shubman Gill not out 63
Matthew Wade c de Kock b Avesh 10
Hardik Pandya c de Kock b Avesh 11
David Miller c Badoni b Holder 26
Rahul Tewatia not out 22
Extras: (LB-1 W-6) 7
Total: (For 4 wickets in 20 overs) 144
Fall of wickets: 1/8 2/24 3/51 4/103
Bowling: Mohsin Khan 4-0-18-1, Dushmantha Chameera 4-0-34-0, Avesh Khan 4-0-26-2, Krunal Pandya 4-0-24-0, Jason Holder 4-0-41- 1.
Lucknow Super Giants
Quinton de Kock c Sai Kishore b Dayal 11
KL Rahul c Saha b Shami 8
Deepak Hooda c Shami b Rashid 27
Karan Sharma c Miller b Dayal 4
Krunal Pandya st Saha b Rashid 5
Ayush Badoni st Saha b Sai Kishore 8
Marcus Stoinis run out 2
Jason Holder lbw b Rashid 1
Mohsin Khan c Rashid b Sai Kishore 1
Dushmantha not out 0
Avesh Khan c Saha b Rashid 12
Extras: (W-3) 3
Total: (All out in 13.5 overs) 82
Fall of wickets: 1/19 2/24 3/33 4/45 5/61 6/65 7/67 8/70 9/70 10/82
Bowling: Mohammed Shami 3-0-5-1, Hardik Pandya 1-0-8-0, Yash Dayal 2-0-24-2, Alzarri Joseph 2-0-14-0, Rashid Khan 3.5-0-24- 4, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore 2-0-7-2.
Today’s fixture
Rajasthan Royals V/s Delhi Capitals – 7.30 pm
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