In the Indian Premier League match that took place on Sunday, the defending champion Gujarat Titans defeated the Lucknow Super Giants by a score of 56 runs. Hardik Pandya was victorious against his older brother, Krunal.
Krunal, captain of the Lucknow side, won the toss and decided to play in the world’s largest cricket stadium in Ahmedabad during the first ever encounter in the Indian Premier League to feature two teams led by brothers.
At the beginning, the brothers laughed and hugged each other, but things quickly became serious after Gujarat’s Wriddhiman Saha (81) and Shubman Gill (94 not out), who combined for a destructive opening partnership of 142 runs that drove Gujarat to their best ever IPL total of 227-2.
Although Lucknow made a valiant effort to respond, with Kyle Mayers (48) and Quinton de Kock (70) leading the way, they were only able to score 171-7, which allowed Gujarat to maintain their position as the best team in the 10-team standings.
Saha, a tiny wicketkeeper and batsman for Gujarat, laid the stage for Gujarat’s dominance with sixes and fours to achieve his fifty before he was out to Avesh Khan. Saha had reached his fifty in only 20 balls.
The onslaught of the batting continued to be prolonged by Hardik, 29, and Gill, but the younger Pandya was dismissed when Krunal, 32, got his catch. He had a score of 25 with only 15 balls.
Another scorching stand was put on by the in-form Gill, who hit his fourth fifty of the season, and South Africa’s David Miller, who slammed 21, as Gujarat concluded the year with the fourth highest team total.
Left-handed Mayers got off to a terrific start in the chase by hitting Hardik for a hat-trick of four-run boundaries and then facing up against Mohammed Shami in an over that was for 19 runs.
Mohit Sharma, a fast bowler for India, was responsible for sending back Mayers, which broke an opening partnership of 88 runs, and he subsequently grabbed the wicket of dangerous Australian batter Marcus Stoinis, which dented the pursuit.
Left-handed wicketkeeper and batsman De Kock scored his fifty during his debut outing in the Indian Premier League this season. However, he was bowled by Afghanistan spin maestro Rashid Khan as the Lucknow chase went off the rails. Mohit, who finished with figures of 4-29, had Krunal out for a duck off the first ball he bowled.