Mohammed Shami and Mohit Sharma produced among the finest death-bowling performances in T20 cricket, as Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) skipper KL Rahul‘s half-century went in useless with Gujarat Titans (GT) clinching a seven-run win over the hosts of their Indian Premier League (IPL) match in Lucknow. Chasing 136 runs, KL Rahul began off by enjoying one other maiden over. But he went on a rampage from the third over, smashing Mohammed Shami for 3 successive fours and Rashid Khan for 2 straight boundaries within the fifth over. Kyle Mayers was the anchor on the opposite finish, with KL appearing as an accelerator. LSG crossed the 50-run mark in 5.3 overs.

At the tip of the powerplay, LSG was at 53/0 in six overs, with Rahul (30*) and Mayers (23*) unbeaten on the crease. Rashid Khan gave GT the breakthrough, dismissing Mayers for twenty-four off 19 balls, with two fours and a six. LSG was at 55/1.

Rahul continued to speed up properly from the opposite hand, whereas Krunal Pandya took a while to settle. Halfway by the innings, LSG was at 80/1, with Krunal (14*) and Hardik (42*) unbeaten on the crease.

Rahul introduced up his thirty third IPL fifty in 38 balls. LSG crossed the 100-run mark in 13.1 overs. The duo introduced up their fifty-run stand.

Noor Ahmed ended the 51-run stand between Rahul-Krunal, dismissing the latter for 23 off 23 balls, consisting of two fours and 6. LSG was at 106/2 in 14.3 overs.

At the tip of 15 overs, LSG was at 106/2, with Rahul (58*) and Nicholas Pooran (0*) unbeaten on the crease.

At the tip of 16 overs, LSG was at 109/2 and wanted 26 runs within the last 4 overs.

Following some nice scores, Pooran acquired his second single-digit rating as he was dismissed for only one run by Noor Ahmed, who acquired his second wicket. Skipper Hardik Pandya caught him, leaving LSG at 110/3 in 16.5 overs.

Mohit Sharma gave away six runs within the 18th over, leaving LSG to attain 17 runs within the last two.

However, together with his subsequent over, Mohammed Shami gave away solely 5 runs, leaving the hosts to get 12 within the last over.

Rahul misplaced his wicket to Mohit Sharma whereas making an attempt to clear the boundary, caught by Jayant Yadav. Rahul was dismissed for 68 off 61 balls with eight boundaries. LSG was at 126/4 in 19.2 overs and wanted 10 within the last 4 balls. Mohit acquired Marcus Stoinism on the very subsequent ball for a golden duck. LSG was diminished to 126/5 with ten runs to get in three balls.

Badoni was run out on the subsequent ball for simply eight runs, finishing a staff hat-trick. LSG sunk to 126/6 in 19.4 overs, needing 9 runs in two balls. Deepak Hooda was additionally run out for only one run, leaving LSG with eight runs to get on the ultimate ball. The staff acquired 4 wickets in 4 balls.

LSG completed their innings at 128/7 of their 20 overs, with Prerak Mankad and Ravi Bishnoi unbeaten at 0 every.

Clearly, Rahul was disenchanted and Pandya was elated.

Kisi ki haar, kisi ki jeet #LSG‘s agony and #Titans‘ ecstasy in a single #LSGvGT #IPLonJioCinema #TATAIPL #IPL2023 pic.twitter.com/84T3VLxlGa

— JioCinema (@JioCinema) April 22, 2023