Virat Kohli was astonished by Rashid’s effort and hailed the latter for a similar.© Twitter
Asked to chase an enormous complete of 228 by Gujarat Titans, Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) have been fast to get out of the blocks in match 51 of IPL 2023 on Sunday. With captain KL Rahul out of the match on account of an harm, Quinton de Kock, enjoying his first sport of the season, opened the batting alonside the in-form Kyle Mayers. De Kock and Mayers took the assault to the GT bowlers, and added 88 runs for the primary wicket in 8.2 overs. While LSG appeared to be accountable for the proceedings, Rashid Khan’s gorgeous catch to dismiss Mayers haulted their progress.
Mayers tried to drag Mohit Sharma’s supply however solely acquired a prime edge. Rashid, who was deployed at deep superb, made a darting run, and plucked the ball. He appeared to have misplaced management at one level, however did nicely to seize the ball.
Exceptional seize
The @gujarat_titans wanted a particular effort to interrupt the opening partnership & @rashidkhan_19 does precisely that #TATAIPL | #GTvLSG pic.twitter.com/ldRQ5OUae8
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) May 7, 2023
RCB batter Virat Kohli was astonished by Rashid’s effort and hailed the latter for a similar.
“One of the very best catches i’ve ever seen. Brilliant @rashid.khan19,” Kohlli captioned a photograph on his Instagram story.
Earlier, Shubman Gill smashed an unbeaten 94 and Wriddhiman Saha a brutal 81 as Gujarat Titans piled up 227 for 2.
Saha and Gill went hammer and tongs from the phrase go so as to add 142 runs for the primary wicket in solely 12.1 overs, setting the franchise file for highest partnership for any wicket, as LSG had no respite regardless of deploying eight bowlers into the assault.
It was additionally the second-best stand for any group for any wicket on this IPL, and for Gujarat Titans, the full was their highest-ever in IPL since their debut final season.
(With PTI Inputs)
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