Hardik Pandya hugs Mohit Sharma after GT returns to LSG (IPL Twitter)
Mohit Sharma took the wickets of KL Rahul and Marcus Stoinis in the final over, followed by 2 run outs, which marked a sensational comeback by Gujarat Titans.
Mohit Sharma’s unreal final over against Lucknow Super Giants helped Gujarat Titans pull off a thrilling last-over win over KL Rahul’s team as the defending IPL champions registered a 7-run win. LSG host Hardik Pandya’s side to go on top of the IPL 2023 standings, they almost reached the top but Mohit and Gujarat had other ideas.
Gujarat Titans captain Hardik Pandya won the toss and elected to bat first, but his decision proved to backfire as they could manage only 135 on a difficult track with Pandya hitting 66 to take his side to a respectable total.
LSG vs GT Highlights, IPL 2023: Gujarat Titans beat LSG by 7 runs after Mohit Sharma heroics
It looked like Rahul’s men were chasing the target as they dominated the powerplay and the skipper shared a 55-run partnership with Kyle Mayers, but the game turned upside down in the middle overs.
Gujarat slowly but steadily put the brakes on LSG’s chase, until the game turned on its head in the last two overs.
Mohammed Shami kept Rahul calm in his final over of the innings, followed by a brilliant final over from Mohit, who successfully defended 12 runs in the last over, including two crucial wickets, including that of Rahul, who After scoring 68 runs, his team needed 10 runs. from 4 balls.
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Marcus Stoinis joined him before Ayush Badoni fell for a golden duck and Badoni was run out on the very next ball. Two balls were left, nine runs were needed before Deepak Hooda was run out, Gujarat got his team a hat-trick and this would prove to be the last nail in the coffin.
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Earlier, Wriddhiman Saha scored 47, followed by Pandya’s crucial 66 to help Gujarat reach a fightable total.
LSG started their chase with a bang, Rahul and Mayer both looked on their A-game, however Mayers was dismissed by Rashid Khan, Noor Ahmed got 2 wickets and scored just 18 runs to keep LSG in a bit of trouble Given.
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Lucknow were close to the required run-rate but once the death overs arrived, the pressure mounted on the LSG batsmen and Pandya’s men were able to hold their composure.
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