LSG vs GT: Lucknow win by 33 runs curtesy of Yash Thakur’s maiden 5-wicket haul

Welcome to the live coverage of Match 21 of the IPL 2024 season between the Lucknow Super Giants and the Gujarat Titans.

Welcome to the live coverage of Match 21 of the IPL 2024 season between the Lucknow Super Giants and the Gujarat Titans.

A big day for Quinton de Kock

Lucknow Super Giant wins the toss and opts to bat first

Gujarat Titans Playing XI

Shubman Gill (c), BR Sharath (wk), Sai Sudharsan, Vijay Shankar, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Noor Ahmad, Umesh Yadav, Spencer Johnson, Darshan Nalkande, Mohit Sharma.

Lucknow Super Giants Playing XI

Quinton de Kock, KL Rahul (c & wk), Devdutt Padikkal, Marcus Stoinis, Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Krunal Pandya, Ravi Bishnoi, Yash Thakur, Naveen-ul-Haq, Mayank Yadav.

Impact Substitutes

Lucknow Super Giants: Manimaran Siddharth, Deepak Hooda, Amit Mishra, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Arshad Khan

Gujarat Titans: Kane Williamson, Abhinav Manohar, Matthew Wade, Manav Suthar, Jayant Yadav

Umesh Yadav with the new ball, here we go

Quinton de Kock departs for just 6 in his 100th IPL match

Umesh Yadav is breathing fire in Ekana!

After sending Quinton de Kock in his first over, the pacer traps another left-hander. He gets Devdutt Padikkal caught at first slip.

Stoinis & KL fight back

Marcus Stoinis and KL Rahul have stitched a neat 25-run stand from just 16 balls. LSG are 43/2 after 5.

50 up for LSG!

Marcus Stoinis and KL Rahul are chipping away nicely. LSG are 54/2 after 7.

We are at the half way mark

Marcus Stoinis and KL Rahul have stitched a 56-run knock in just 46 balls. LSG are 74/2 after 10.

The craze is real for KL Rahul

KL Rahul departs for scratchy 33

End of a poor knock by the Lucknow Super Giants skipper. Playing 31 balls, Rahul managed to score just 33 off them.

Marcus Stoinis bring up 50

After being given a life by Rashid Khan, Stoinis has brought his first fifty of the season.

LSG struggling

After Stoinis departed in the 15th over, LSG are struggling to get going. Nicholas Pooran has scored just 6 off 10 balls.

Ayush Badoni departs for a well-made 20

Badoni has aced the finisher role, scoring 20 off just 11 balls.

Gujarat Titans need 164 to win

Gill gets new partner

With no Wriddhiman Saha today, Sai Sudharsan is the new opening partner for Shubman Gill. They begin 164 chase

Steady start!

22 runs after 3 overs. Sai Sudharsan and Shubman Gill are off to a steady start. Not a blazing start but they are motoring along.

Take out the speedgun!

Mayank Yadav comes to bowl inside the powerplay. He is the fastest Indian in the IPL. But so far, he hasn’t clocked 140KPH in the match yet.

Siddharth turns into a no-ball machine

M Siddharth bowled three no balls in his third over. Luckily, the left-arm spinner went for just 12 runs despite bowling three extra balls.

Shubman Gill departs for 19

Bishnoi pulls off a screamer

Ravi Bishnoi might have taken the best catch of the IPL 2024. The leg spinner leaped into the air and snatched the ball with his right hand to send Kane Williamson for 1.

Gujarat Titans losing the plot

GT are falling down like a pack of cards. The side has lost three wickets in just 10 balls and gone from 56/1 to 61/4.

Krunal Pandya strikes

A third wicket for the older Pandya and LSG are on top now.

Yash Thakur strikes

Thakur has bowled a double-wicket maiden in the 15th over of the match and has nearly sealed the game for LSG.

Another one bites the dust

The Gujarat Titans have lost their eight wicket as Umesh Yadav departs for 2.

An empathic victory for Lucknow Super Giants, they move to the third spot on the points table