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 S🐠uper 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 ﷺin 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 ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ1 wicket each.
Here is how Twitter reacted:
A monumental turnar💜ound 🤯🤯 clinch a narrow 7-run victory to get b🎃ack to winning ways 🙌
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— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL)
Mohit Sharma wins it for Gujarat Titans:
— betvisa68.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 ocass𓆏ions 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 Sharmꦰa 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♋ THEꩲ 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 histo🌺ry 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 𒀰Sharma outstanding. So so happy for Mohit. Bowled slower one i🃏nto 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 wick🍃ets 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 Singh (@ImTanujSingh)
Our Mohit bhai wins the 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 award thanks to a 𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧�🌳�𝗧𝗔𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚 🗹performance with the ball! 💙💪 2023
— Gujarat Titans (@gujarat_titans)
