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Gujarat Titans (GT) captain Hardik Pandya led from the front against KL Rahul’s Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) at the Ekana Stadium in Lucknow on Saturday, April 22. The right-handed batter scored 66 off 50 balls at a strike rate of 132, including four sixes and two boundaries.
At one point in time, the 29-year-old was batting at 41 off 42 balls but then shifted gears to ensure the defending champions posted a respectable total.
Pandya smashed three sixes and a boundary in the latter part of his knock before getting caught by KL Rahul at long-on off Marcus Stoinis’ bowling in the 20th over.
Fans on Twitter expressed mixed reactions to Hardik Pandya’s two-faced innings. One user tweeted:
"Hardik Pandya giving a tribute to KL Rahul."
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For the uninitiated, Pandya has so far failed to live up to expectations in terms of strike rate (121.05), having scored 115 runs in five games. He returned with figures of 8,5,8, and 28 in his first four innings with the bat in IPL 2023.
Hardik Pandya and Wriddhiman Saha help GT set a 136-run target for LSG
A clinical batting performance from Hardik Pandya and Wriddhiman Saha helped Gujarat Titans set a 136-run target against the Lucknow Super Giants on Saturday.
Saha, in particular, scored 47 runs off 37 deliveries, including six boundaries, to give the Titans a solid start. The remaining batters, though, failed to deliver with the bat, as Vijay Shankar was the only other batter to reach double figures.
For LSG, Krunal Pandya emerged as the pick of the bowlers, returning with figures of 2/16. Marcus Stoinis also starred with the ball, finishing with figures of 2/20. Meanwhile, Naveen-ul-Haq and Amit Mishra took one wicket apiece.
LSG playing XI: KL Rahul (c), Kyle Mayers, Deepak Hooda, Marcus Stoinis, Krunal Pandya, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Ayush Badoni, Naveen-ul-Haq, Amit Mishra, Avesh Khan, and Ravi Bishnoi.
GT playing XI: Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Shubman Gill, Hardik Pandya (c), Vijay Shankar, Abhinav Manohar, David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Mohammed Shami, Noor Ahmad, and Mohit Sharma.
Follow LSG vs GT live score updates here.
