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LSG vs GT Highlights, IPL 2025: Lucknow Super Giants beat Gujarat Titans by 6-wickets in last over thriller

THE TIMES OF INDIA | Apr 12, 2025, 20:14:13 IST

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LSG vs GT Highlights, IPL 2025: Lucknow Super Giants beat Gujarat Titans by 6-wickets in last over thriller

LSG vs GT Live Score, IPL 2025: In a battle of top-orders, Lucknow Super Giants' delivered the goods versus Gujarat Titans in IPL 2025 at the Ekana Cricket Stadium. Nicholas Pooran and Aiden Markram slammed fifties that trumped the half centuries in the first innings by Shubman Gill and Sai Sudharsan. LSG went on to win by 6-wickets in the final over of the contest.

In the process LSG collected their third straight win while disrupting GT's four match winning streak. Subsequently, LSG moved to third in the points table while GT dropped one place to second with Delhi Capitals taking top spot.

LSG were without Mitchell Marsh, their second-highest run-scorer in IPL 2025, who ranks third overall, behind Pooran and Sudharsan. Marsh's absence is due to his daughter being unwell, said Pant. In his place, LSG included Himmat Singh, a batter from Delhi, who is listed at No. 4 on the team sheet.

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GT also made one change, bringing back off-spin all-rounder Washington Sundar to replace left-arm pacer Kulwant Khejroliya. Washington strengthens a spin attack that includes his Tamil Nadu teammate Sai Kishore and Afghanistan's star spinner Rashid Khan.

LSG came into the contest on the back of two straight wins - versus Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders.

On the other side are Gujarat Titans who have quietly gone about their job and were sitting top of the IPL points table coming into it. Ever since their defeat against Punjab Kings to open the tournament, GT have romped to four straight wins - vs MI, Royal Challengers Bengaluru, Sunrisers Hyderabad and most recently against Rajasthan Royals.

LSG XI: 1 Aiden Markram, 2 Nicholas Pooran, 3 Rishabh Pant(capt, wk), 4 Himmat Singh 5, David Miller, 6 Abdul Samad, 7 Shardul Thakur, 8 Akash Deep, 9 Digvesh Singh Rathi, 10 Avesh Khan, 11 Ravi Bishnoi

Impact subs: Ayush Badoni, Prince Yadav, Shahbaz Ahmed, Matthew Breetzke, Shamar Joseph

GT XI: 1 B Sai Sudharsan, 2 Shubman Gill(capt), 3 Jos Buttler(wk), 4 Washington Sundar, 5 Sherfane Rutherford, 6 M Shahrukh Khan, 7 Rahul Tewatia, 8 Arshad Khan, 9 Rashid Khan, 10 R Sai Kishore, 11 Mohammed Siraj

Impact subs: Prasidh Krishna, Mahipal Lomror, Nishant Sindhu, Anuj Rawat, Jayant Yadav

15:11 (IST) Apr 12

LSG vs GT Live Score, IPL 2025: Playing XIs

Lucknow Super Giants Playing XI: Aiden Markram, Nicholas Pooran, Rishabh Pant(w/c), Himmat Singh, David Miller, Abdul Samad, Shardul Thakur, Akash Deep, Digvesh Singh Rathi, Avesh Khan, Ravi Bishnoi

Gujarat Titans Playing XI: Sai Sudharsan, Shubman Gill(c), Jos Buttler(w), Washington Sundar, Sherfane Rutherford, Shahrukh Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Arshad Khan, Rashid Khan, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Mohammed Siraj

15:05 (IST) Apr 12

LSG vs GT Live Score, IPL 2025: Captain's speak

LSG captain Rishabh Pant has decided to field. GT skipper Shubman Gill says he would have done the same.

Pant: "We are going to bowl first. The wicket looks good, Happy to win the last two matches. As a team, we talk about the process and the team is responding well now. Bowlers have done a really good job, we have to give credit to them. Instead of Mitchell Marsh, Himmat Singh comes in. His daughter is not well."

Gill: "I would have bowled first as well. I don't think the wicket is going to change much. Everyone is contributing, that's been one of the hallmarks for us, Washi comes in for Kulwant."

15:02 (IST) Apr 12

LSG vs GT Live Score, IPL 2025: TOSS!

Rishabh Pant has won the toss and LSG have decided to field vs GT at the Ekana Cricket Stadium

14:59 (IST) Apr 12

LSG vs GT Live Score, IPL 2025: Pitch report

Murali Karthik and Shane Watson are pitch-side. "It's pretty warm. Dimensions - 63m and 70m square boundaries, 73m straight down the ground. Coming back to the surface, it's pitch no. 6 which was used previously. It was relaid in 2023, it has settled down nicely, the scores are going up and this is a black soil pitch. This is a really nice surface as we saw in the previous game as well - 203 runs scored by LSG. Just coming down to have a look at the surface, it's a little bit patchy, there's a decent amount of grass cover. But one thing you do notice is it's shiny, it's got a nice sheen on it. It's going to be a really nice surface. The one thing we do know from the previous game was the pacers used the pitch, they bowled into the surface - five out of ten ten wickets were taken from bowling short into the pitch. Hardik Pandya, in particular, used that change of pace very nicely to effect. For the pacers, that's going to be the order of the day. Don't be surprised if it's another high-scoring game. The bowlers need to use those big square boundaries."

14:43 (IST) Apr 12

LSG vs GT Live Score, IPL 2025: Purple Cap

In the bowling department, Sai Kishore is second in the Purple Cap standings. The Gujarat Titans bowler has taken 10 wickets so far from five matches. He is level with teammate Mohammed Siraj.

Also in the top-10 from LSG and GT are Shardul Thakur (9 wickets) and Prasidh Krishna (8 wickets).

14:23 (IST) Apr 12

LSG vs GT Live Score, IPL 2025: Orange Cap

Nicholas Pooran sits top of the Orange Cap standings with 288 runs from five matches. He's scored at an average of 72.00 and strike rate of 225.00 this season, collecting 49 boundaries (25 fours and 24 sixes)

Other players from LSG and GT in the top-10 are: Sai Sudharsan (273 runs), Mitchell Marsh (265 runs), Jos Buttler (202 runs)

13:55 (IST) Apr 12

LSG vs GT Live Score, IPL 2025: GT results this season

Gujarat Titans results in IPL 2025

GT vs PBKS: PBKS won by 11 runs

GT vs MI: GT won by 36 runs

RCB vs GT: GT won by 8 wickets

SRH vs GT: GT won by 7 wickets

GT vs RR: GT won by 58 runs

13:51 (IST) Apr 12

LSG vs GT Live Score, IPL 2025: LSG results this season

Lucknow Super Giants results in IPL 2025:

DC vs LSG: DC won by 1 wicket

SRH vs LSG: LSG won by 5 wickets

LSG vs PBKS: PBKS won by 8 wickets

LSG vs MI: LSG won by 12 runs

KKR vs LSG: LSG won by 4 runs

13:48 (IST) Apr 12

LSG vs GT Live Score, IPL 2025: Matches in Lucknow so far

Lucknow Super Giants have hosted two matches in IPL 2025 and lost one, won one. They were second best to Punjab Kings on April 1 before beating Mumbai Indians on April 4.

LSG vs PBKS: PBKS won by 8 wickets

LSG vs MI: LSG won by 12 runs

13:47 (IST) Apr 12

LSG vs GT Live Score, IPL 2025: Points table

Gujarat Titans are top of the IPL points table with four wins out of five matches played. Their eight points has them level with Delhi Capitals who are unbeaten in IPL 2025.

Lucknow Super Giants are sixth in the table with three wins out of five played. A win today and they would leapfrog into the playoff spots, potentially reaching third spot.

13:43 (IST) Apr 12

LSG vs GT Live Score, IPL 2025: Head-to-head

Gujarat Titans have won four of five matches against Lucknow Super Giants. Lucknow's only win over Gujarat came at this venue last year when they successfully defended 163/5

13:42 (IST) Apr 12

LSG vs GT Live Score, IPL 2025: Squads

Lucknow Super Giants squad: Nicholas Pooran, Ravi Bishnoi, Mayank Yadav, Ayush Badoni, Rishabh Pant, David Miller, Aiden Markram, Mitchell Marsh, Avesh Khan, Abdul Samad, Aryan Juyal, Akash Deep, Himmat Singh, Manimaran Siddharth, Digvesh Singh, Shahbaz Ahmed, Akash Singh, Shamar Joseph, Prince Yadav, Yuvraj Chaudhary, RS Hangargekar, Arshin Kulkarni, Matthew Breetzke, Mohsin Khan.

Gujarat Titans squad: Sai Sudharsan, Shubman Gill(c), Jos Buttler(w), Sherfane Rutherford, Shahrukh Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Washington Sundar, Rashid Khan, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Ishant Sharma, Glenn Phillips, Anuj Rawat, Mahipal Lomror, Arshad Khan, Gerald Coetzee, Kagiso Rabada, Karim Janat, Kulwant Khejroliya, Manav Suthar, Nishant Sindhu, Gurnoor Brar, Kumar Kushagra, Jayant Yadav.

13:41 (IST) Apr 12

LSG vs GT Live Score, IPL 2025: Pre-match talk

Shahrukh Khan on the captain-coach dynamic at Gujarat Titans: "It is good to see the combination of both Ashish Nehra and Shubman, they work very well, it is like hand in glove, so it is good for the players around to see how things unfold."

LSG's David Miller: "My personal game... I feel like I'm in a good space, hitting the ball really well, obviously batting behind the top four or five batters that have been doing really, really well in the competition. So just trying to fulfill my role wherever I can and as best as I can."

13:40 (IST) Apr 12

LSG vs GT Live Score, IPL 2025: Match 26 of IPL

Hello and welcome to our continued live coverage of the Indian Premier League where we have a double header today. We start things off in Lucknow with Lucknow Super Giants hosting Gujarat Titans in Match 26.

In the evening, Sunrisers Hyderabad will host Punjab Kings with desperate attempt to push themselves out of the bottom of the points table.

Lucknow Super Giants vs Gujarat Titans Live Score, IPL 2025: Adapting to home conditions has proven challenging this IPL 2025, but on Saturday, the Lucknow Super Giants made the most of it when took down Gujarat Titans by 6-wickets at the Ekana Stadium.

Batting first, Gujarat Titans scored 180 runs with the help of fifties from Shubman Gill and Sai Sudharsan. In reply, Nicholas Pooran and Aiden Markram notched fifties of their own as LSG overhauled the target in the final over.

The win means LSG have now picked three triumphs in a row while stopping GT's run of four straight wins short. In the points table, LSG are third and GT are second.

LSG's season kicked off with drama following a loss to Punjab Kings, which prompted a pointed remark from Zaheer Khan. A switch from a red soil pitch to a black soil one resulted in a win in their second match, though perhaps not in the dominant manner they hoped.

Victories in Hyderabad and Kolkata have kept LSG in contention for the top four, even while they sit just outside the playoff spots.

As the tournament advances and more teams compete for better positions, LSG's bowling lineup could be tested. Their pricey Indian bowling attack has performed adequately in two of their three victories but has been lacklustre in both defeats. The batting has been carrying the team, but relying too heavily on it could lead to issues down the line.

On a similar note, the Gujarat Titans have leaned on their top three and impact substitute Sherfane Rutherford for most of their runs in earlier wins, until their last match. They almost fell victim to their own success, but Shahrukh Khan and Rahul Tewatia stepped up after a rare failure from the top order, helping them secure a winning total.

Coincidentally, GT also features an all-Indian pace unit in the absence of Kagiso Rabada, which has performed well in their four victories.

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LSG vs GT Highlights, IPL 2025: Lucknow Super Giants beat Gujarat Titans by 6-wickets in last over thriller

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Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow

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