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A serious batting collapse saw an unlucky Lucknow Super Giants losing 4 wickets in the penultimate overs as Gujarat Titans won the match by a simple 7 runs.
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Lucknow Super Giants caught their 3rd defeat in IPL 2023 as Gujarat Titans signed up a dazzling return success at the Ekana Stadium in Lucknow. Batting initially, Gujarat published a moderate 135 in 20 overs and offered LSG’s current kind, they were expected to relieve their method to the target. A serious batting collapse saw an unlucky Lucknow losing 4 wickets in the penultimate over as Gujarat won the match by 7 runs.
Venkatesh Prasad strikes out at Lucknow Super Giants following dreadful run chase
Social network emerged after Lucknow made a mess of their run chase and previous Indian quick bowler Venkatesh Prasad too took a jibe at the franchise. He tweeted, “Bottling a run chase when 30 required of 35 balls with 9 wickets in hand needs some confusing batting. Occurred with Punjab in 2020 on couple of ocassions losing video games they ought to have won quickly. As fantastic as Guj were with ball & & Hardik wise with his captaincy, brainless from Lko.”
Bottling a run chase when 30 required of 35 balls with 9 wickets in hand needs some complicated batting. Occurred with Punjab in 2020 on couple of ocassions losing video games they need to have won quickly. As fantastic as Guj were with ball & & Hardik clever with his captaincy, brainless from Lko
— Venkatesh Prasad (@venkateshprasad) April 22, 2023
KL Rahul could not actually fathom the loss and was at a loss of words in the post-match discussion. “I do not understand how it has actually taken place. It occurred too quickly. I can’t put a finger on where we let the video game slip, which remained in our pocket. We were rather fantastic with the ball and in the field. 135 is most likely par or 10 under par. We utilized the conditions well.
“We began quite well with the bat too. I still can’t state what took place. At the end of the day it is simply a video game, we still have 4 wins in 7, however this is going to sting for a while. We were well ahead in the video game, I wasn’t attempting to bat actually deep, I was still attempting to take the bowlers on that I expensive.
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“They bowled 3 great overs in between Noor and Jayant. Most likely ought to have taken a couple more possibilities. Not a simple wicket for brand-new batters to come in. Set batters require to end up the video game. We missed out on some limit chances in the end. We ought to have got it done.”
Lucknow will next deal with Punjab Kings in IPL 2023 on April 28.