The 30th match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 turned out to be a nail-biting thriller where Gujarat Titans (GT) pulled off a miraculous win against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) at Ekana Stadium on Saturday.
Batting first, the Titans started their innings on a good note with Wriddhiman Saha scoring 47 runs off 37 balls, including 6 fours. However, Shubman Gill failed to score any runs, and it was left to Hardik Pandya to lead the charge with a brilliant 66 runs off 50 balls, which included 4 sixes as the Titans managed to put up a total of 135/6 in their 20 overs.
The Super Giants’ bowling attack was led by Krunal Pandya, who picked up 2 wickets for just 16 runs. Marcus Stoinis also chipped in with 2 scalps, while Naveen-ul-Haq and Amit Mishra picked up 1 wicket each.
In response, Lucknow began their innings on a positive note, with KL Rahul scoring a brilliant 68 runs off 61 balls, which included 8 fours. However, he didn’t get enough support from the other end, and the Super Giants fell short by 7 runs, scoring 128/7 in their 20 overs.
For the Titans, Noor Ahmad and Mohit Sharma picked up 2 wickets each, while Rashid Khan and Mohammed Shami bagged 1 wicket each.
Here is how Twitter reacted:
A monumental turnaround ?? clinch a narrow 7-run victory to get back to winning ways ?
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— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL)
Mohit Sharma wins it for Gujarat Titans:
— bet88visa.com (@CricketTimesHQ)
Bottling a run chase when 30 needed of 35 balls with 9 wickets in hand requires some baffling batting. Happened with Punjab in 2020 on few ocassions losing games they should have won easily. As brilliant as Guj were with ball & Hardik smart with his captaincy, brainless from Lko
— Venkatesh Prasad (@venkateshprasad)
Mohit Sharma wins his 2nd Player Of The Match award in IPL 2023.
– Playing his first season in 3 years and already made a huge impact. Mohit the hero of GT!
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra)
MOHIT SHARMA, THE HERO FOR GUJARAT.
HE DEFENDED 12 RUNS IN THE FINAL OVER: 2, W, W, 1+W, 1+W, 0
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns)
Went unsold.
Became net bowler.
Came back for GT.Bowled one of best overs in the history of IPL. Mohit Sharma redemption. ❤️
— ANSHUMAN? (@AvengerReturns)
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Just caught the tail end of this game. Death bowling from top class. Mohd Shami and especially, Mohit Sharma outstanding. So so happy for Mohit. Bowled slower one into the pitch, the yorker, the fuller slow ball and controlled them all.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha)
Gutted ?
— Lucknow Super Giants (@LucknowIPL)
LSG needs 17 runs in 2 overs & 7 wickets in hands and KL Rahul batting.
Shami in 19th over – 1,1,1,1,0,1L.
Mohit in 20th over – 2,W,W,W,W,0.Take a bow, Mohit Sharma and Mohammed Shami – The Heroes for Gujarat Titans. INCREDIBLE.
— Tanuj (@ImTanujSingh)
Our Mohit bhai wins the ?????? ?? ??? ????? award thanks to a ???????????? performance with the ball! ?? 2023
— Gujarat Titans (@gujarat_titans)
