KL Rahul pulled his Gujarat Titans counterpart Hardik Pandya’s leg at the toss on Tuesday. After electing to bat, GT scored 144/4 in the first innings. In response, Lucknow Super Giants were dismissed for 82 in 13.5 overs. 

Gujarat skipper Pandya, who called heads, won the toss. Rahul, suddenly, started celebrating. “Tails bola hai na?” the LSG skipper playfully said. Match referee Narayanan Kutty clarified that the call was indeed headsas Hardik Pandya, laughing, announced his decision. 

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In the game, KL Rahul and co put up a very ordinary show with the bat, as they lost by 62 runs. After doing a decent job with the ball to restrict GT to 144 for 4, LSG were bowled out for 82 in 13.5 overs.

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Rashid Khan (4/24) starred with the ball for GT, while Yash Dayal (2/24) and R Sai Kishore (2/7) picked up two wickets each.

In the first innings, Gujarat opener Shubman Gill hit a fine half-century. The 22-year-old remained not out on 63 off 49 balls with the help of seven fours but lacked support from the other end. He was left stranded as GT’s next highest scorer was David Miller (26).

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Avesh Khan (2/26) picked up two wickets for LSG, while Mohsin Khan (1/18) and Jason Holder (1/44) scalped one apiece.

GT sealed their play-off berth, reaching 18 points from 12 games. The defeat snapped LSG’s five-match winning streak but they are still comfortably placed in the second spot with 16 points and need just a win to book their last-four berth.