On a night when the express pace of Mayank Yadav lasted just the solitary over, it was another young Indian pacer in Yash Thakur who led the Lucknow Super Giants to their first-ever win over the Gujarat Titans in Indian Premier League history.
Chasing 164 runs at Lucknow’s Ekana Stadium on Sunday, Thakur’s five-wicket haul and a miserly spell from Krunal Pandya saw the Titans bundled out for 130 to help the Super Giants to a 33-run win.
Having opted to bat first, captain KL Rahul (33) and Marcus Stoinis (58) laboured to score runs in their respective innings after Umesh Yadav had reduced Lucknow to 18/2 in the third over.
Rahul and Stoinis put up 73 runs off 62 balls before handy cameos from Nicolas Pooran (32) and Ayush Badoni (20) took the home side to 163/5.
The Titans started strongly in their chase with captain Shubman Gill and Sai Sudharsan took them past 50 in the powerplay.
However, Thakur got rid of Gill off the last ball of the powerplay before Krunal Pandya and Ravi Bishnoi reduced the Titans to 61/4. Pandya finished his quota of four overs after picking up three wickets while giving away just 11 runs.
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