New Delhi: Gujarat Titans skipper Shubman Gill offered a hat-tip to his team’s bowlers for setting up their seven-wicket win over Lucknow Super Giants in IPL 2026 on Sunday.
GT won the toss and opted to ball, restricting LSG to 164 for eight in 20 overs with Prasidh Krishna picking up four wickets for 28 runs.
Gill then struck 56 off 40 balls and Jos Buttler score 60 as they won with eight balls to spare for their second win in four matches.
“The way we bowled in the powerplay was very impressive and how we kept up the pressure in the middle overs was tremendous,” Gill said after their win.
He mentioned Rashid Khan (0/25) and Kagiso Rabada (1/54) for keeping at it even when they couldn’t claim many wickets.
“Makes my life very easy, the way Rashid is bowling at the moment. Getting us back in the game every time another bowler is under pressure,” Gill said.
“I think in the first six overs it’s very difficult to do the simple things so it’s important to come back and think what are the simple things I can do in the moment and I think in this match he did that really well. That got us back in the game, the way (Mohammed) Siraj bowled.
“And even KG (Kagiso Rabada), he went for runs but he was spot on with the lengths.”
Asked about the pitch, which offered a bit of turn and was on the slower side, he said, “Yeah it wasn’t easy to bat on. I feel we gave a few extra runs towards the end but we would have taken that score.”
‘Not enough runs’
LSG skipper Rishabh Pant rued their inability to score enough runs while batting first.
“See, definitely not enough runs. There’s nothing taking away from the fact that they bowled well. I think in a wicket like this, a score like 170 to 180 is a really good score. But, you know, the wicket kept on falling and they put enough pressure on us to get those wickets going,” he said.
“I wouldn’t say I’m a hard guy… There were opportunities in the game. We just couldn’t grab it enough.”
Asked to comment on the batting line-up, he said, “Definitely it’s a great lineup. But the tournament has just started here, you know. We’re not putting pressure on players because especially the senior guys, they know what to do.”