IPL 2022, GT vs LSG Highlights: Gujarat Titans beat Lucknow Super Giants by 5 wickets

Avesh Khan to Matthew Wade, Tap and run! Avesh starts with a length ball, around off. Matthew Wade defends it to the off side and takes a quick single. Wade is off the mark!

Avesh Khan will operate from the other end.

Dushmantha Chameera to Vijay Shankar, Shorter in length, outside off. Vijay Shankar punches it off the back foot past the mid off fielder for a brace. 7 runs and a wicket off the first over.

Dushmantha Chameera to Vijay Shankar, Chameera runs in and serves a well-directed bumper, around off. Vijay Shankar tries to pull at first and then looks to duck underneath. The ball zips past his blade.

Dushmantha Chameera to Vijay Shankar, Short of a length, around off. Vijay Shankar stays back and keeps it out.

Dushmantha Chameera to Vijay Shankar, Wide! A length ball, angling down leg. Vijay Shankar misses his flick and the umpire calls it wide.

Dushmantha Chameera to Shubman Gill, OUT! CAUGHT! The Sri Lankan strikes straightaway and Gujarat lose a wicket early on in the innings! Chameera bangs it into the deck, around off. Shubman Gill skips down the track and looks to go over extra cover. It goes off the top edge, in the air towards the point region. Deepak Hooda settles under it and takes a really good catch. Exactly the kind of start that Lucknow would have wanted!

Dushmantha Chameera to Shubman Gill, Back of a length, around middle. Shubman Gill tucks it to mid-wicket.

Dushmantha Chameera to Shubman Gill, FOUR LEG BYES! Chameera starts with a length ball, around leg. Gill tries to flick but he misses. The ball ricochets off his thigh pad and runs away to the fine leg fence. Gujarat are underway!

Vijay Shankar walks out to bat at No.3.

We are back for Gujarat's reply! The players make their way out in the middle and take their respective fielding positions. Shubman Gill and Matthew Wade are the openers for Gujarat. Dushmantha Chameera to start with the ball. Here we go...

Right then! That was some kind of a comeback from Lucknow and now Gujarat have 159 in front of their noses. The Wankhede pitch is a great one to bat on generally, so their batters won't feel much pressure. But will they rise to the occasion and chase it down? The answer lies on the other side of the story. Stay tuned to see how the chase unfolds. 

Gujarat's strength lies in its bowling attack and boy, Mohammed Shami just spit fire right from the word go and was all over Lucknow. So much that he provided his side with 3 of the 4 wickets inside the Powerplay. They were right on track in the first ten overs but then a few massive overs including Hardik Pandya's figures took a dent. Rashid Khan did get rid of Hooda but they leaked plenty of runs at the death. They allowed their opponents to recover and that would hurt them. 

... THE RUN CHASE ...

A tale of two halves! Lucknow's star-studded top order was rocked hard and how! The side were teetering at 32/4 in the Powerplay and then the onus fell on Hooda and Badoni to get them out of the rut. The duo managed to keep their wickets and did a terrific rescue job. Hooda turned the game on its head and Badoni then also joined the party. They added 87 runs for the fifth wicket before Hooda got out. But Badoni had other plans. He smashed boundaries for fun and played an excellent knock and Krunal Pandya played a good second fiddle. Lucknow have done well to put 158 on the board and would be pleased with it. 

Ayush Badoni is up for a chat. He says that he wasn't looking at the scoreboard and wanted to bat deep. Tells that he wasn't aware that he had got to his fifty. Mentions that he was nervous at the start of the innings but once he got his first boundary, he felt that he belonged here and that gave him a lot of confidence.

Varun Aaron to Krunal Pandya, Aaron hits the deck hard, around middle. Krunal Pandya drags it to deep mid-wicket and manages only a single. Lucknow end with 158/6.