Gujarat Titans, which had a bad start in IPL 2026, seems to be back on track. Gujarat Titans have started their winning journey as soon as captain Shubman Gill and star batsman Jos Buttler returned to form. After defeating Delhi Capitals by 1 run, Gujarat has now achieved its second consecutive win. In their fourth match, Gujarat defeated Lucknow Super Giants by 7 wickets in a close match. The hero of Gujarat’s victory was fast bowler Prasidh Krishna, who took 4 wickets.
Prasidh wreaks havoc on LSG
There was no spectacular batting in the match played at Ekana Stadium in Lucknow. On the contrary, this match witnessed the powerful bowling of Prasidh Krishna. Prasidh (4/28), who took the most wickets in the last season, Lucknow Played an important role in preventing India from scoring big. Before Prasidh, Kagiso Rabada and Mohammad Siraj gave initial shocks to Lucknow. Then Prasidh took the wickets of Aiden Markram, Ayush Badoni, Nicholas Pooran and the star of the previous match Mukul Chaudhary.
Lucknow somehow scored 164 runs in 20 overs. The condition of his batting was such that except Markram, no other batsman could even touch the 20-run mark. Markram scored the maximum 30 runs. Apart from the famous, young pacer Ashok Sharma (2/32) also impressed for Gujarat, while Siraj (1/19) bowled very economically.
Gill-Butler’s powerful fifty
This time, captain Shubman Gill made a strong start for Gujarat as soon as he came and hit boundaries in the second over of star fast bowler Mohammed Shami. But Sai Sudarshan was out early this time. This did not affect Gujarat because like Gill (56), veteran batsman Jos Buttler (60), who returned to form, also showed aggressive attitude. Together they made a strong partnership of 86 runs in 58 balls and also completed their half-centuries.
Lucknow raised hopes of a comeback by dismissing Gill and Butler within 5 balls but it was not enough. Washington Sundar (21) and Rahul Tewatia (10) together took Gujarat to the target without any problem. Together they made a partnership of 30 runs and the team won in just 18.4 overs. This is Gujarat’s second win in 4 matches, while Lucknow has its second defeat in as many matches.