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Half-Centuries from Shubman Gill and Jos Buttler Power Gujarat Titans to Comfortable Win Over Lucknow Super Giants
Lucknow Super Giants vs Gujarat Titans, IPL 2026 LSG vs GT: Shubman Gill and Jos Buttler scored half-centuries as Gujarat Titans defeated Lucknow Super Giants by seven wickets. Batting first, Lucknow scored 164 for eight in 20 overs. In reply, Gujarat won the match by scoring 165 for three in 18.4 overs.
Match 19 of IPL 2026 between Lucknow Super Giants and Gujarat Titans occurred at Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow. Gujarat Titans won the match with seven wickets due to half-century contributions by their captain Shubman Gill and wicketkeeper-batsman Jos Buttler.
Gujarat Titans' second victory in four games this season placed them fifth in the points table. Lucknow Super Giants, meanwhile, remained sixth in the points table after losing two out of four matches played so far. Lucknow Super Giants won the toss and decided to bat first but could score only 164 for eight wickets with Mitchell Marsh dismissed for 11 runs at 14. From there, Aiden Markram added 31 runs in 16 balls for the second wicket with captain Rishabh Pant.
Pant made 18 runs in 11 balls with three boundaries before being dismissed. Markram then added 24 runs for the third wicket with Ayush Badoni. Badoni made nine runs, while Markram made 30 runs in 21 balls before being dismissed. Nicholas Pooran added 35 runs in 37 balls for the fifth wicket with Abdul Samad. Pooran contributed 19 runs to the team's account, while Samad and Mukul Chaudhary scored 18 runs each.
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For the opposition, Prasidh Krishna took 4 wickets for 28 runs, while Ashok Sharma took 2 wickets. Kagiso Rabada and Mohammed Siraj took 1 wicket each. In reply, Gujarat Titans won the match in 18.4 overs. Opening the innings, Sai Sudarshan and captain Shubman Gill shared a 45-run partnership for the first wicket.
Sudarshan made 15 runs off 14 balls before being dismissed by Jos Buttler. Gill added 84 runs for the second wicket in 58 balls. Gill was dismissed for 56 runs off 40 balls with 1 six and 6 fours, while Buttler scored 60 runs off 37 balls with 11 fours.
The team had lost three wickets at 135. From there, Washington Sundar (21 not out) and Rahul Tewatia (10 not out) added 30 runs in 18 balls for the fourth wicket, securing the victory with eight balls to spare. Mohammed Siraj, Prince Yadav, and Digvesh Rathi took one wicket each for the opposition.
