IPL 2024: Lucknow defeated Gujarat by 33 runs due to the brilliant game of Yash Thakur.

Lucknow (Uttam Hindu News): In the 21st match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) at the Ekana Cricket Stadium here, with the help of Yash Thakur’s 30 runs, five wickets and Krunal Pandya’s three wickets, Lucknow Super Giants defeated Gujarat Titans by 33 runs on Sunday. Defeated by.

Chasing 164 runs to win, Lucknow’s R Sai Sudarshan hit two fours off the balls of Naveen-ul-Haq. Mayank Yadav came to bowl the third over and after completing his first over, left the field due to side strain.

Shubman Gill leads the way with a ramp wide to deep third. Mayank’s speed barely crossed 140 kmph in the first over, as he walked off the field straight away after completing his first over.

The Titans captain was out on 19 when he tried to flick it across the line. At the end of the powerplay, Gill’s team was in a good position at 54 for 1.

M. Siddhartha struggled in bowling. He crossed the bowling line three times in his second and fifth overs of the innings, but managed to concede only 12 runs. After the end of the seventh over, Sudarshan looked in great form and scored 29 runs in 18 balls.

Ravi Bishnoi took a brilliant return catch to dismiss Kane Williamson of Titans.

Sai Sudarshan and BS Sharath were both out in the opening overs of Krunal Pandya, revolutionizing the game. Wicketkeeper Sharath, who came in for Wriddhiman Saha, top-edged a sweep to deep backward square, following which Bishnoi took another catch, this one a very simple one at the deep square boundary to remove Sudarshan. Sudarshan was out after scoring 31 runs in 23 balls and was the highest scorer of his team.

Krunal took his third wicket in the last over of the spell. He took three wickets for eleven runs.

With 72 runs needed from 36 balls, LSG with Yash Thakur’s golden arm were on pace to close the match. After dismissing Gill early in the innings, he returned for his second over and dismissed Rashid Khan (0) to cover the slower ball and had Vijay Shankar (17) caught swiping the short ball. Rahul Tewatia and Spencer Johnson added 24 runs in 17 balls for the ninth wicket, but Thakur bowled the last over of his spell, taking five wickets for 30 runs by dismissing Tewatia (30) and Noor Ahmed (0) in 3.5 overs.

This was his best IPL figures and also made him the first Indian and second only to Mark Wood to take a five-wicket haul for LSG.

Thanks to Thakur’s five wickets and Pandya’s three wickets, the game ended early and Lucknow defeated Gujarat by 33 runs. This was Lucknow’s first win in five matches.

Brief Scores: Lucknow Super Giants 163 for 5 in 20 overs (Marcus Stoinis 58, KL Rahul 33; Darshan Nalkande 2-21, Umesh Yadav 2-22) beat Gujarat Titans (Sai ​​Sudarshan 31, Rahul Tewatia 30, Yash Thakur 5-30, Krunal Pandya 3-11) by 33 runs.