LSG vs GT Highlights, IPL 2023: Gujarat Titans win by 7 runs as Lucknow lose 4 wickets in final over in 136 chase

Avesh Khan returns to the attack and concedes seven runs in his over, which include a boundary by Vijay Shankar. GT: 85/3 (13 overs)

Amit Mishra picks his first wicket in his second over as Abhinav Manohar goes for the big hit. He gets the elevation, some distance as well but a fine fielding effort by Naveen-ul-Haq at deep ends his stay in the middle. Manohar falls for 3(5). GT: 78/3 (12 overs)

Amit Mishra is introduced in the attack and he starts with a six-run over. 

Krunal Pandya then comes to bowl his final over and starts with a dot against his brother Hardik, who rotates the strike in the next ball.

Wriddhiman Saha then tries to take the aerial route in the third ball but finds Deepak Hooda at long-on. He falls for 47(37).

Four runs and a wicket come off his over. GT: 75/2 (11 overs) | Krunal Pandya: 4-0-16-2

After staying quiet, Hardik Pandya finally breaks the shackles. He hits Ravi Bishnoi for a boundary and follows it up with a SIX as 14 runs come off the over. GT: 65/1 (9 overs)

Marcus Stoinis has been introduced in the attack and he does an exceptional job until the fifth delivery, following which Wriddhiman Saha hits the medium pacer for a boundary. Seven runs come off the over as GT reach 51/1 in 8 overs.

An excellent over by Krunal Pandya, who concedes just four runs in his third over. Meanwhile, GT reach 44/1 after 7 overs.

Ravi Bishnoi comes to bowl the final powerplay over and he is hit for consecutive boundaries by Wriddhiman Saha. 11 runs come from it as GT reach 40/1 in 6 overs.

Avesh Khan is introduced in the attack and he is welcomed with a double by Wriddhiman Saha, who does the same in the next ball, before hitting the pacer for a boundary in the third ball.

Meanwhile, the pyshio comes out in the middle and takes a look at the wicketkeeper-batter, who seems to be troubled by his forearm. He continues after recieving some treatment. 

Meanwhile, nine runs come from the over. GT: 29/1 (5 overs)

Wriddhiman Saha hits another four, this time against Krunal Pandya. The spinner tosses it up and connects the ball from the middle of the blade, which results in a boundary towards the extra cover region.

Seven runs come off the over. GT: 20/1 (4 overs)

Naveen-ul-Haq bowls a length delivery, which angles towards Wriddhiman Saha and the batter just guides it past the short thirdman fielder for a boundary.

Eight runs come off the over as GT reach 13/1 in 3 overs.

Krunal Pandya comes to bowl the next over and gets rid of Shubman Gill in the second ball. The batter tried to make use of the field restrictions but ends up mistiming the ball, which is caught by Ravi Bishnoi at long-off. He falls for 0(2).

Hardik Pandya is the new batter in. GT: 5/1 (2 overs)

Wriddhiman Saha and Shubman Gill kick-off proceedings as Naveen-ul-Haq leads Lucknow Super Giants' attack. He starts on a decent note and concedes four runs in his over. GT: 4/0 (1 over) 

Lucknow Super Giants: Jaydev Unadkat, Krishnappa Gowtham, Daniel Sams, Prerak Mankad, Karan Sharma

Gujarat Titans: Joshua Little, Jayant Yadav, Shivam Mavi, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Srikar Bharat

Gujarat Titans: Wriddhiman Saha(w), Shubman Gill, Hardik Pandya(c), Vijay Shankar, Abhinav Manohar, David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Mohammed Shami, Noor Ahmad, Mohit Sharma

Lucknow Super Giants: KL Rahul(c), Kyle Mayers, Deepak Hooda, Marcus Stoinis, Krunal Pandya, Nicholas Pooran(w), Ayush Badoni, Naveen-ul-Haq, Amit Mishra, Avesh Khan, Ravi Bishnoi

Gujarat Titans skipper Hardik Pandya wins toss, opts to bat.

Ravi Bishnoi, Amit Mishra are doing well for LSG and the management will hope them to continue the fine run. 

Krunal Pandya has also put in match-winning performance.

The biggest concern for Lucknow is Deepak Hooda's form. The India star has failed to replicate the show he put last year and has accumulated just 39 runs from the last six outings at an average of 6.50.

Lucknow have no dearth of power in their batting. They have some big hitters in the form of Kyle Mayers, Nicholas Pooran and Marcus Stoinis capable of pulverising any opposition. 

Mayers had smashed a half-century in the previous encounter, while Pooran and Stoinis have done some good heavylifting in the middle-order.

One area where Gujarat look pretty much sorted is their batting department. Shubman Gill, David Miller, Sai Sudarshan have been striking the ball well and the management will hope for a good show from the trio yet again.

Rashid Khan has spearheaded Gujarat's spin department and completed a hattrick too earlier this season. However, against Rajasthan Royals, the Afghanistan spinner was taken to the cleaners by Sanju Samson.

The spin wizard, however, will aim for a better outcome today.

One bowler who has been impressive from the Gujarat camp is pacer Mohit Sharma. The pacer has made two appearances so far in which he bowled six overs, conceded runs at an economy of just above four and has picked two wickets. 

Will Gujarat be tempted to use Mohit's immense experience against LSG?

Gujarat have struggled to defend totals in this edition, an area where they would hope to improve. 

Mohammed Shami has been among the wickets but the management would be hoping Alzarri Joseph and Josh Little to shoulder the responsiblity and deliver match-winning performances.

Hardik Pandya too has not made an impact with the ball, having picked only one wicket so far.

As we head into yet another exciting contest, Hardik Pandya's Gujarat Titans will take the opportunity to return to winning ways, while KL Rahul's Lucknow Super Giants will look to build on the impressive win against Rajasthan Royals, which they secured earlier this week.

A win will take Gujarat to 8 points and could also see them rise to the number two, if they manage to secure a big win. 

A win for Lucknow, on the other, will help them climb to pole position. However, a defeat could also see them drop two spots and settle at number 4.

Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Shubman Gill, Sai Sudharsan, Vijay Shankar, Hardik Pandya (cap), David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Mohammed Shami, Alzarri Joseph, Shivam Mavi          

Complete squad: Hardik Pandya (c), Srikar Bharat, Alzarri Joseph, Josh Little, Abhinav Manohar, David Miller, Mohammed Shami, Darshan Nalkande, Noor Ahmad, Urvil Patel, Rashid Khan, Wriddhiman Saha, R Sai Kishore, Sai Sudharsan, Pradeep Sangwan, Dasun Shanaka, Vijay Shankar, Mohit Sharma, Shivam Mavi, Shubman Gill, Odean Smith, Rahul Tewatia, Matthew Wade, Jayant Yadav, Yash Dayal

KL Rahul (cap), Quinton de Kock, Krunal Pandya, Marcus Stoinis, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Ayush Badoni, Krishnappa Gowtham, Mark Wood, Ravi Bishnoi, Yudhvir Charak, Amit Mishra

Complete squad: KL Rahul (c), Kyle Mayers, Deepak Hooda, Krunal Pandya, Amit Mishra, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Naveen ul Haq, Ayush Badoni, Avesh Khan, Karan Sharma, Yudhvir Charak, Yash Thakur, Romario Shepherd, Mark Wood, Swapnil Singh, Manan Vohra, Daniel Sams, Prerak Mankad, Krishnappa Gowtham, Jaydev Unadkat, Marcus Stoinis, Ravi Bishnoi and Mayank Yadav