
Match 30 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 will see Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) host Gujarat Titans (GT) in the Saturday doubleheader.
The defending champions, Gujarat Titans, have had a mixed season so far but they still have won 3 out of their 5 games.
Lucknow Super Giants, on the other hand, with a win here will take the hosts to the top of the table.
Quite a bowling effort from Mohit Sharma!
It wasn't an easy to pitch to bat on, and barring a couple of batters, none of them were able to get going.
But the bowlers did a wonderful job.
What a final over by Mohit Sharma. While Shami crubed things in the previous over, Mohit came and changed the momentum of the game.
On the 1st ball, LSG took two runs, but things changed post that. He got the better of KL Rahul first.
Rahul c Jayant Yadav b Mohit Sharma 68(61) [4s-8]
Then he sent back Stoinis for a DUCK. The batter tried to muscle it over long-on, but it goes flat and straight to the man in the deep.
Stoinis c Miller b Mohit Sharma 0(1)
Mohit Sharma later saw 1 run get completed but it was not enough as Shankar from long-off fires in a flat throw at the bowler's end, and the bails were dislodged.
Ayush Badoni run out (Shankar/Mohit Sharma) 8(6)
And finally, it was Deepak Hooda who also got run-out. It was a yorker length ball and Hooda whipped it along the turf to deep mid-wicket. But Rashid fires the ball back at the keeper's end but it was not enough for Hooda despite the dive.
Hooda run out (Rashid Khan/Saha) 2(2)
Krunal Pandya walked down the wicket to play, but the ball spun away sharply and beat the batter altogether.
The keeper made no mistakes as he dislodged the bails quick.
Krunal Pandya st Saha b Noor Ahmad 23(23) [4s-2 6s-1]
Fifty for Rahul!
The LSG captain is leading from the front.
It was a quicker one by Rashid Khan and the ball spun in sharply.
Mayers got beaten as he tried to go hard at it.
Mayers b Rashid Khan 24(19) [4s-2 6s-1]
GT finish with 135.
Miller came down the pitch and let Stoinis push the slower ball across him.
The toe-ended ball went down towards Hooda at long-on.
Miller c Hooda b Stoinis 6(12)
The Hardik show comes to an end!
Hardik backed away on the pull and hit it to the longer part of the ground.
He does not get enough power as the ball went flat and straight down KL's throat at long-on.
Hardik Pandya c Rahul b Stoinis 66(50) [4s-2 6s-4]
With a SIX, Hardik Pandya reaches his fifty.
1st IPL wicket for Naveen-ul-Haq!
Shankar went for an ambitious across-the-line hoick and lost his stumps.
The ball didn't bounce much and clattered into the middle-stump.
Shankar b Naveen-ul-Haq 10(12) [4s-1]
Brilliant take from Naveen-ul-Haq!
Amit Mishra bowls a loopy ball and Abhinav Manohar tries to hit it down the ground but ends up slicing it over extra cover.
Naveen runs to his right in the deep, covers and dives full length to take an outstanding catch.
Abhinav Manohar c Naveen-ul-Haq b Mishra 3(5)
Saha misses 50 by 3 runs!
Krunal Pandya gets his second wicket and the well-set Saha has to depart.
It was a smart piece of bowling from him which saw Saha using his feet and loft down the ground.
Hooda at long-on takes an easy catch,
Saha c Hooda b Krunal Pandya 47(37) [4s-6]
Big, big wicket, Gill departs for a duck!
It was a tossed up ball, drifting in and Shubman Gill used his feet, trying to chip it down the ground.
But he only managed to get it off the toe-end of the bat and Bishnoi at long-off takes a safe catch.
Shubman Gill c Ravi Bishnoi b Krunal Pandya 0(2)
Gujarat Titans have won the toss and have opted to bat.
Alzarri misses out and Noor Ahmad comes in.
Teams:
Gujarat Titans (Playing XI): Wriddhiman Saha(w), Shubman Gill, Hardik Pandya(c), Vijay Shankar, Abhinav Manohar, David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Mohammed Shami, Noor Ahmad, Mohit Sharma,
Lucknow Super Giants (Playing XI): KL Rahul(c), Kyle Mayers, Deepak Hooda, Marcus Stoinis, Krunal Pandya, Nicholas Pooran(w), Ayush Badoni, Naveen-ul-Haq, Amit Mishra, Avesh Khan, Ravi Bishnoi