GT chase down LSG

Gujarat Titans chased 165 with eight balls left on April 12, beating Lucknow Super Giants by seven wickets in Lucknow. (espncricinfo.com) Lucknow Super Giants made 164 for 8 after being sent in at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium. Gujarat Titans finished on 165 for 3 in 18.4 overs. (espncricinfo.com) Prasidh Krishna set up the chase with 4 for 28, removing Aiden Markram, Ayush Badoni, Nicholas Pooran and Mukul Choudhary. He was named player of the match. (espncricinfo.com) Lucknow’s innings never broke open after Mitchell Marsh fell for 11 in the second over and captain Rishabh Pant went for 18 in the fifth. Aiden Markram top-scored with 30, and no batter reached a half-century. (espncricinfo.com) Gujarat’s reply was built on a 120-run stand between Shubman Gill and Jos Buttler after Sai Sudharsan fell for 5. Gill made 61 off 38 balls, and Buttler made 60 off 37. (espncricinfo.com) Washington Sundar then finished unbeaten on 21 from 13 balls with Rahul Tewatia on 10 not out, closing out the target after Buttler fell in the 16th over. (espncricinfo.com) The result gave Gujarat Titans their second straight win, according to ESPNcricinfo’s live report from the match. The Indian Premier League’s official site called the chase “convincing” after Gujarat controlled both innings. (espncricinfo.com) (iplt20.com) Lucknow Super Giants, by contrast, left runs behind after slipping from 109 for 4 to 164 for 8 in their last 5.3 overs. Mohammed Shami’s late 12 not out off 5 pushed them past 160, but the total did not hold. (espncricinfo.com) For Gujarat Titans, the pattern was simple: restrict the middle order, then let Gill and Buttler flatten the chase. By the time Washington Sundar walked off unbeaten, 165 had looked short for several overs. (iplt20.com)