IPL 2025: Warning before the playoffs, Marsh-Puan’s stormy batting and O’Rurke’s fire, Lucknow defeated Gujarat by 33 runs in his house
IPL 2025 GT vs LSG Highlights: Lucknow Super Gynts performed vigorously in the 64th match of IPL 2025 by defeating Gujarat Titans by 33 runs at his home ground Ahmedabad. Mitchell Marsh’s 117 runs and Nicholas Puran’s unbeaten 56 in 27 balls took Lucknow to a huge score of 235. In response, Gujarat’s team could reach only by 202 despite Shah Rukh Khan’s 57 runs. In bowling, William O’Rurke overturned the match dice with 3 wickets for 27 runs in 4 overs.
Batting first after losing the toss at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, Lucknow Super Giants hit 235 runs losing just two wickets in 20 overs. Mitchell Marsh played a stormy innings of 117 runs in 56 balls, including 10 fours and 8 sixes. He completed his century in the 17th over and became the first foreign player to score a century this season.
Marsh was supported by Nicholas Puran, who hit 56 not out in 27 balls. He completed the fifty in 23 balls. In the end, Rishabh Pant also added 16 runs in 6 balls to reach the team’s score 235. From Gujarat, only Sai Kishore and Arshad Khan got one wicket each, but both proved to be very expensive.
Chasing a huge target of 236 runs, the Gujarat Titans started well, but the wickets kept falling continuously. In the powerplay, the team scored 67 runs for one wicket. Shubman Gill scored 35 runs, Jose Butler scored 33 runs, and Sai Sudarshan scored 21 runs.
In the middle, Shah Rukh Khan and Sherfen Rutherford raised the hope of a comeback. There was a half -century partnership between the two, but in the 17th over, William O’Rurke first broke the partnership by dismissing Rutherford (38) and then Rahul Teotia (2).
In the 18th over, Shahbaz Ahmed dismissed Arshad Khan, and then in the final over, Ayush Badoni took two wickets by dismissing Rabada and Sai Kishore. The entire team could score 202 runs in 20 overs and the match lost by 33 runs.
This season of Gujarat was a second defeat against Lucknow. However, she has already reached the playoffs and will currently remain on top in the table with 18 points. This was the sixth win in Lucknow’s 13th match, which is going to boost the morale of the team.
