LSG vs GT IPL 2022 Highlights: GT thrash LSG by 62 runs to become first team to qualify for playoffs

This should be an interesting battle. We have a well-set Shubman Gill in the middle and Hardik Pandya, who likes to attack the spinners. But trust Krunal to be ready with the answers.

Chameera to Gill: FOUR! Wondeful from Gill. Nothing too wrong with that length delivery from Chameera, Gill just stands and uses his famous short arm pull shot to collect a boundary. 

Avesh Khan to Matthew Wade: OUT! You live by the sword, you also die by it. Matthew Wade loves to play the ramp shot over fine-leg but this time he gets a faint tickle to the keeper. Avesh Khan is over the moon. 

GT 24/2 after 4.2 overs

Back-to-back boundaries for Matthew Wade. Good start from the Australian left-hander, Chameera won't be happy. He let the pressure go off easily.

Mohsin to Saha: OUT! Second time lucky for Mohsin Khan. He deceives Saha with a slower one. The right-hander just chips it to mid-on. An important wicket for LSG. Saha has been giving GT some brisk starts.

GT 8/1 after 2.4 overs

Chameera to Saha: FOUR! An old-fashioned slog from Saha and it pays off. A length delivery fron Chameera and Saha went at it with hard hands, got good e nough connection to get the first boundary of the match

Short and wide from Mohsin, Shubman Gill just hangs his bat and gets an outside edge. The ball flies off his bat and lands straight to the third man fielder, who was slughtly late to react but in the put in the dive to catch the ball on the half volley.

GT 2/0 after 1 over

Wriddhiman Saha and Shubman Gill have walked out to open the batting for Gujarat Titans. They will be up against Avesh Khan and Mohsin Khan.

• 5: Shubman Gill needs 5 more sixes to complete 50 IPL sixes

• 6: Mohammad Shami needs 6 more wickets to complete 100 IPL wickets

• 4: Hardik Pandya needs 4 more wickets to complete 50 IPL wickets

• 1: Krunal Pandya needs 1 more six to complete 50 IPL sixes.

• 6: Quinton de Kock needs 6 more sixes to complete 100 IPL sixes.

• 2: Dushmantha Chameera needs two more wickets to complete 100 T20 wickets.

We would have wanted to bowl first. Not sure about how this wicket will play, so want to give our bowlers the best shot at using it first. I do think chasing is the perfect game for us, but we have won well after batting first as well: LSG captain KL Rahul.

Want to put up some runs, the wicket looks alright for the entire duration of the game. The wicket has played some role, batting first here - teams have won plenty of games. We want to get a score on the board. We have won some 5 games we were looking like losing, we need to forget the last couple of losses, learn from those things, the tournament isn't over as yet: GT captain Hardik Pandya at the toss

Quinton de Kock(w), KL Rahul(c), Deepak Hooda, Krunal Pandya, Ayush Badoni, Marcus Stoinis, Jason Holder, Karan Sharma, Dushmantha Chameera, Avesh Khan, Mohsin Khan

Wriddhiman Saha(w), Shubman Gill, Matthew Wade, Hardik Pandya(c), David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Alzarri Joseph, Yash Dayal, Mohammed Shami

Gujarat Titans captain Hardik Pandya wins toss and opts to bat first.

Karn Sharma has been handed his cap by LSG and  R Sai Kishore makes his debut for GT.

The last time (also the first time ever in top-level cricket) brothers Krunal Pandya and Hardik Pandya faced each other, the former dismissed the younger brother. This time, the GT captain would look to get the better of Krunal. 

At least twice in this edition of the IPL, Rahul Tewatia has won a match for GT out of nowhere. And once David  Miller has done the job and once even Rashid Khan with the bat. While it speaks volumes about the depth and belief in the side, GT would want to close out matches early at the business end of the tournament.

Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar and Harbhajan Singh put their weight firmly behind Gujarat Titans to beat LSG today and become the first team to qualify for the playoff in IPL 2022.

Mohsin Khan has managed to make an impact in the pace heavy Lucknow’s bowling attack. He has bowled tight lines upfront in the powerplay and has bowled two maiden overs so far both have been the first over of the innings that too while defending a target.

Mohsin’s economy rate of 5.35 is the best among all the pacers who have bowled minimum 10 overs in IPL 2022.

The LSG vs GT will take place at the MCA stadium in Pune, which has offered pretty good pitches so far in the tournament.

Apart from the incentive of rising to the top of the table, today's LSG vs GT IPL 2022 match is also likely to give us the first team to ensure qualification for the playoffs. Both LSG and GT are tied at 16 points apiece and whoever wins today's big-ticket encounter will confirm a top four finish and also a spot in the playoffs. 

With 451 runs in so far in IPL 2022, LSG captain KL Rahul is on the second spot of IPL orange cap list awarded to the top run-getter of the season. Rahul, however, must be wary of Mohammed Shami, who had got him out for a golden duck the last time these two teams met at the start of the tournament.

Hardik Pandya with 333 runs is the leading run getter for GT and 70% of these runs have come while batting first (236/333).

There is huge difference between his numbers in chases compared to setting up the total. Hardik’s average of 19.40 is the 5th lowest among all the batters who have batted minimum of 5 innings in chases in 2022.

The Lucknow Super Giants come into this encounter with a hat-trick of wins behind their back. Gujarat Titans, on the other hand, have lost two on the bounce. 

Gujarat Titans and Lucknow Super Giants started their IPL journey by taking on each other towards the end of March. In that sew-saw encounter, Rahul Tewatia's brilliant inning snatched the victory for Gujarat in the last over.