Follow UsGujarat Titans (GT) skipper Shubman Gill admitted his team gave away 20 runs extra and that cost them the game against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in Ahmedabad on May 22 (Thursday). The Titans lost their fourth game of the IPL 2025 but are still at the top of the points table.
Chasing a target of 236, GT could only get to 202/9 in their 20 overs. Sai Sudharsan, Gill and Jos Buttler got out for scores of 35 or less, but Sherfane Rutherford (38 off 22) and Shahrukh Khan (57 off 29) kept GT in the game till 16 overs. GT were 182/4 at the end of 16 overs but lost five wickets in the last four overs and could only score 20 runs.
“We gave 15-20 extra. If we'd stopped them at 210-220 it would've been better, that was a huge difference. (Was bowling first just to test things out before the playoffs?) No, honestly. We bowled well in the powerplay, yes, we didn't get wickets. But they scored 180 in the next 14 overs which was a lot. We were right in the game till the 17th over. Shahrukh and Rutherford batted well,” said Gill.
Meanwhile, the Super Giants have won six games and still have a game to go. All they needed was one more win to keep them alive in the race for the playoffs. “We talk about playing good cricket, we've shown on occasion we can do that. There were times in the tournament where we had our chances (but didn't make it), but it's part and parcel of the game,” said Rishabh Pant.