IPL 2022, Gujarat Titans vs Lucknow Super Giants Highlights: All-round Gujarat win thriller against Lucknow in battle of debutants

Gujarat Titans defeated fellow IPL newcomers Lucknow Super Giants by five wickets in a thrilling clash here at Wankhede Stadium on Monday. Rahul Tewatia 40*, Matthew Wade 30, Hardik Pandya 33, and David Miller 30 played inspiring knocks for Gujarat as they chased the target of 159 with two balls to spare in the battle of debutants against Lucknow. As it happened | Scorecard | Points TableEarlier, fighting knocks from Deepak Hooda and Ayush Badoni guided Lucknow Super Giants to 158/6 in their assigned 20 overs. Lucknow who were at a spot of bother with 29/4 at one time were powered up by Deepak Hooda (55) and youngster Ayush Badoni who scored 54 on his debut. Mohammed Shami was a man on fire for Gujarat Titans as it was his sensational opening spell that yielded three wickets and left LSG in tatters. Chasing 159, the Titans had a bad start as Dushmantha Chameera removed Shubman Gill in the first over. Chameera bowled an outside off stump delivery which Gill stepped down and looked to loft on the off-side, but it got off the bottom of the bat and went high in the air as Hooda took a well-judged catch.

Chameera struck again in his second over to remove Vijay Shankar. This time Sri Lankan pacer did the trick with a yorker on off stump at 145 KPH, Vijay Shankar was late to bring his bat down and got the bottom edge to rattle the stumps. After the first six overs, the Titans' score read 44/2 with Matthew Wade and Hardik Pandya on the crease. Both batters then started rebuilding as runs kept clocking for Gujarat. With the partnership between Gujarat batters going strong, Krunal Pandya removed his brother Hardik in the 11th over. Krunal bowled on the middle stump as Hardik swung but didn't get it on the middle of the bat, and