'Just a poor…': Gill's blunt take after defeat against LSG

NEW DELHI: Chasing 164 runs was never expected to be a herculean task but Lucknow Super Giants' bowlers have consistently shown their ability to defend totals, especially when their batters manage to post scores exceeding 160.
LSG bowlers again came to the team's rescue and handed them their third consecutive victory in the

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after bowling out Gujarat Titans for 130 in their pursuit of 164.

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Gujarat skipper

Shubman Gill

minced no words in accepting the batters' failure on a good batting wicket as they failed to recover from the middle overs collapse.

"I think it was a good wicket to bat on. Just a poor batting performance by us. We got off to a decent start but we lost it in the middle overs and were never able to recover from that," Gill said at the post-match presentation.
Gill, however, lauded his bowlers' effort to restrict LSG to below par total. He also rued missing David Miller due to an injury but made it clear that the total was achievable.

"I think our bowlers were exceptional to restrict them to that score. We were looking at 170-180 but to restrict them, it was a tremendous effort. (On Miller) He is a player who can change the game at any time. We had a couple of injuries but irrespective, this total was gettable," he added.

Gill also discussed the factors that led to his dismissal during the last over of the powerplay.
"It was the last over of the powerplay and I just wanted to capitalise. Everyone was up on the off side, I wanted to give himself room. The ball I got out to, I was trying to play it too square and missed it," Gill further said.
Talking about the match, all-rounder

Marcus Stoinis

' fine half-century was complimented brilliantly by pacer

Yash Thakur

's fifer as they guided LSG to a comfortable 33-run win over Gujarat.

Opting to bat, LSG rode on Stoinis' 58 off 43 balls and his 73-run stand off 62 balls with skipper KL Rahul (33 off 31) for the third wicket to score 163 for 5.
Nicholas Pooran made 32 off 22 balls to give the LSG innings the final flourish.
It was a torrid chase for GT with Thakur (5/30) and Krunal Pandya (3/11) sharing eight wickets between them, and they were bowled out for 130 in 18.5 overs.