IPL 2022, Gujarat Titans beat LSG: Records broken
Lucknow Super Giants were beaten by fellow new Indian Premier League (IPL) team Gujarat Titans in match number four at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. The KL Rahul-led LSG side was in trouble after being reduced to 29/4. However, they made a sound recovery and posted 158/6. In response, GT (161/5) lost two early wickets before working their way through and pulling things off.
The Super Giants lost skipper KL Rahul (0) off the very first ball before Quinton de Kock (7), Evin Lewis (10), and Manish Pandey (6) all departed quickly. Deepak Hooda (55) and Ayush Badoni (54) added a crucial 87-run stand for the fifth wicket. Krunal Pandya (21*) also chipped in late on. For GT, Mohammed Shami (3/25) was the chief architect.
The Titans suffered early blows as well, losing Shubman Gill (0) and Vijay Shankar early on. However, Matthew Wade and Hardik Pandya rescued the ship with a crucial 50-plus partnership for the third wicket (57). However, in the 11th over, Krunal got Hardik (33) before Hooda dismissed Wade (30). LSG tied the screws around but David Miller and Rahul Tewatia piled useful runs.
Rahul departed for a golden duck, being dismissed by Shami by a ball that had late movement. This was Rahul's second duck in the IPL. As per Cricketpedia, Rahul last recorded a golden duck in 2016 (vs Gujarat Lions, Bangalore). Meanwhile, Shami picked three wickets in the powerplay overs for the first time. Shami has raced to 82 IPL wickets, matching Imran Tahir's tally.
Hooda slammed a 41-ball 55 for LSG, hammering six fours and two sixes. This was Hooda's fourth IPL fifty as he raced to 840 runs. As per Cricketpedia, this was Hooda's second IPL fifty in the last four innings at Wankhede. 22-year-old Badoni slammed a 41-ball 54 on his IPL debut. He hit four fours and three sixes.
Shubman Gill recorded his second duck in the IPL. Vijay Shankar (4) continued his rough patch. As per Cricketpedia, his last five IPL innings read: 4, 8, 8, 28, and 3. Only the second time in 13 IPL innings Hardik has touched the 20-plus run mark. Miller (30) has gone past the 2,000-run mark in the IPL (2,004). He surpassed Michael Hussey (1,977).
Rashid Khan (1/27) bowled well, claiming the vital scalp of Hooda. Notably, this was the third instance in which Rashid dismissed Hooda in the IPL. The Afghan wrist-spinner has raced to 94 wickets in the IPL at 20.62.
Tewatia was the star of the show for GT. He came in at a crucial stage and added a superb 60-run stand alongside Miller. He applied the mega shots in the end, finishing with 40* from 24 balls. He slammed five fours and two sixes.
