IPL 2022: Poor shot-selection didn't help, KL Rahul rues Lucknow's batting failure against Gujarat

Lucknow Super Giants' (LSG) skipper KL Rahul said Tuesday's humiliating 62-run defeat to Gujarat Titans (GT), in which his team got all out of 82, was a good learning experience for his batters, whose poor shot-selection meant the team slumped to a big defeat in a low-scoring encounter. Rahul had termed the pitch tricky at the toss itself and was not sure how it would play. However, there were rewards for batters who played with caution and stayed at the wicket. Gujarat opener Shubman Gill proved that with his fighting unbeaten 63 that helped his team reach 144/4 in 20 overs.

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Rashid Khan took 4-24 as Gujarat Titans beat Lucknow Super Giants by 62 runs and became the first team to qualify for the IPL playoffs. Khan's burst in 3.5 overs helped bowl out Lucknow for a paltry 82 runs (13.5 overs) after Gujarat had scored 144/4 (20 overs). Shubman Gill's fourth half-century

While defending that total, GT leg-spinner Rashid Khan claimed 4/24 to lead a clinical bowling performance as Gujarat won handsomely. Rahul blamed his batters for the defeat and said they were guilty of poor shot-selection, adding that it was a learning experience for his team. "We should have batted a lot better. Some poor shot-selection and a run-out didn't help. Some good learning from this for us hopefully ... sometimes you need a little reminder to keep turning up every game and keep doing our best," he said at the post-match presentation on Tuesday. Rahul said the trick here was for him and fellow-opener Quinton de Kock to take the team through the powerplay overs with something like 30-40 runs on the board.

"With these low totals, you