


Gujarat Titans v Lucknow Super Giants - scorecard.It was the first time brothers had captained opposing sides in the IPL. Hardik Pandya's Titans beat brother Krunal's Super Giants Hardik and Krunal Pandya are the first brothers to captain opposing sides in an IPL gameĮarlier, Hardik Pandya led defending champions Gujarat Titans to a 56-run win over brother Krunal's Lucknow Super Giants. Needing four to win, Samad then drove Sandeep Sharma over the boundary. Sunrisers needed 17 off the final over and Samad was dropped off the first ball, then caught on the sixth delivery, but a no ball was called. Sharma was caught off the bowling of Ravichandran Ashwin, who, with Chahal, had put Royals in control.īut New Zealand batter Phillips changed the game with three sixes and a four to reach 25 off seven balls before Samad's decisive hit. Sunrisers started their chase steadily with Abhishek Sharma (55) and Rahul Tripathi (47) anchoring the innings.
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He fell with nine deliveries remaining but with only two wickets falling for the hosts, Root was not called upon to bat. Royals openers Buttler and Yashasvi Jaiswal put on 50 inside five overs before the England man enjoyed a 138-run partnership with captain Sanju Samson (66). Yuzvendra Chahal's four-wicket haul looked to have limited Sunrisers and give Root a victory on debut.īut four boundaries in seven balls from Glenn Phillips and a six off the final ball from Abdul Samad guided Sunrisers to 217-6 and victory.
