Nicholas Pooran's counter-attacking knock against Gujarat Titans handed the Lucknow Super Giants a six-wicket win at home in match 26 of IPL 2025. More importantly, this was their second win on the bounce, which took them to 8 points on the points table. This is the second-highest successful run-chase in all T20s at this venue, after RR’s 197 against GT last year.
Chasing 181 to win, Nicholas Pooran scored his fourth IPL fifty to set up the win for the Super Giants. He scored 61 runs off 34 balls at a strike rate of almost 180 to get the job done for his side. Once he was dismissed, the lower-order of the Super Giants kept a cool head to take their team over the line. Meanwhile, Pooran is back at the top of the Orange Cap list with 349 runs from seven innings at a strike rate of 215.43. He has hit 31 sixes in the season so far, the most by any batter.
After Pooran was dismissed in the 16th over, Ayush Badoni (28 runs off 20 balls and stayed unbeaten in the final over to take his team home. LSG lost Pooran and David Miller (7 runs off 11 balls) in the middle-overs but the lower-order did not panic in the run-chase.
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Nicholas Pooran's Masterclass Sets Up Dominant Win For LSG Over GT
Alongside Pooran's fireworks, the opening stand between Aiden Markram (58 runs off 31 balls) and Rishabh Pant (21 off 18 balls) gave the Super Giants a good start in the run-chase. The duo added 65 for the first wicket. Just when Pant was looking well set, he was dismissed by Prasidh Krishna.
The Titans bowlers then had the tough task of keeping Nicholas Pooran under control. However, Pooran had the better of the bowlers as he scored his fourth fifty of the season hitting one four and just seven sixes. He was dismissed with LSG on the brink of victory. Badoni then ensured that he took his team over the line.
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The GT bowlers had a tough time on the park, especially when Pooran was batting. Mohammed Siraj went for 50 runs off his four overs as the southpaw took a liking to his bowling. Rashid Khan went for 35 runs off hs four overs and eventually dismissed the southpaw. Before getting out, he scored 24 runs off Sai Kishore's first over to give LSG a huge lead in the chase. Sai was brought back for in the final over by skipper Shubman Gill to defend six whcih he failed to do.
Earlier in the game, Gujarat Titans scored 180 runs losing six wickets on the back of a 100-run stand between Shubman Gill and Sai Sudharsan, both of whom scored fifties. However, the target was a little too easy for LSG on their home turf. LSG's win at home against GT ended a four-match winning streak for the Shubman Gill-led team.
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