LSG vs GT, IPL 2025 Highlights: Lucknow ignore captain Pant's continued flop show to beat Gujarat by 6 wickets

LSG vs GT, IPL 2025 Highlights: Lucknow Super Giants beat Gujarat Titans.

LSG vs GT, IPL 2025 Highlights: The Rishabh Pant flop show continued, but Lucknow Super Giants managed to ignore their new captain’s poor form on Saturday, at the Ekana Cricket Stadium. LSG made it a hat-trick of wins in the ongoing IPL 2025 campaign and climbed to third position in the standings, behind Gujarat Titans, whom they beat by six wickets. Chasing 181 runs, LSG reached 186/4 in 19.3 overs, courtesy of some big-hitting from Nicholas Pooran and Aiden Markram. Markram got off to an early start, attacking GT pacers in the powerplay. Rishabh Pant, who was opening in the absence of Mitchell Marsh, played the support role and didn’t really get going. Pant was eventually dismissed in the seventh over, falling to Prasidh Krishna. He managed to register 21 off 18 balls. But Markram kept going and stitched together a partnership with Pooran. Markram lost his wicket in the 12th over, after smacking 58 off 31 balls, packed with nine fours and a six. Meanwhile, Pooran was dismissed by Rashid Khan in the 16th over, after hammering 61 off 34 balls, clattering a four and seven sixes in the process. Impact Player Ayush Badoni (28*) hit the match-winning six in the final over as LSG won by six wickets.

The match began with LSG captain Rishabh Pant winning the toss and opting to bowl. GT raced off the starting blocks as Gill, Sudharsan punished LSG bowlers with ease. The pair got half-century, but after their dismissals, it all went downhill for GT. Avesh Khan struck in the 13th over to remove Gill, who registered 60 off 38 balls. Meanwhile, Ravi Bishnoi removed Sudharsan (56) in the next over, as GT reached 122/2 in 13.1 overs. But then they began to lose wickets quickly as Shardul Thakur picked two wickets in the final over, with GT posting 180/6 in 20 overs.

Key highlights of LSG vs GT IPL 2025 cricket match-

• LSG reach 186/4 in 19.3 overs, win by six wickets | Target - 181
• Nicholas Pooran registers half-century off 23 balls, LSG reach 140/2 in 13 overs | Target - 181
• Aiden Markram registers 26-ball fifty, LSG reach 102/1 in 9.4 overs | Target - 181
• GT post 180/6 in 20 overs, set 181-run target
• Sai Sudharsan registers 32-ball half-century, GT reach 109/0 in 11 overs
• Shubman Gill gets 31-ball fifty, GT reach 87/0 in 8.5 overs
• GT Playing XI - Sai Sudharsan, Shubman Gill(c), Jos Buttler(w), Washington Sundar, Sherfane Rutherford, Shahrukh Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Arshad Khan, Rashid Khan, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Mohammed Siraj
• LSG Playing XI - Aiden Markram, Nicholas Pooran, Rishabh Pant(w/c), Himmat Singh, David Miller, Abdul Samad, Shardul Thakur, Akash Deep, Digvesh Singh Rathi, Avesh Khan, Ravi Bishnoi
• LSG captain Rishabh Pant wins the toss and opts to bowl