Neither Butler nor Gill, this 30 year old Indian became the player of the match, Pant also praised

New Delhi. Gujarat Titans registered their second win of the season by defeating Lucknow Super Giants in the 19th match of IPL 2026. While chasing the target of 165 runs for Gujarat, captain Shubman Gill and Jos Buttler scored half-centuries. Gill scored 56 runs, while Butler played an inning of 60 runs. However, Prasidh Krishna was adjudged player of the match for his excellent bowling. This pacer played an important role in preventing Lucknow Super Giants from reaching a big score and contributed a lot to the team’s victory. Prasidh Krishna not only destroyed Lucknow’s batting order by taking 4 wickets, but also bowled very economically. He spent only 28 runs in his spell of four overs. After Mohammad Siraj and Rashid Khan, he was the most economical bowler for the team.

Powerful bowling of Prasidh Krishna
Bowling first, Kagiso Rabada and Mohammed Siraj gave a good start to Gujarat and reduced Lucknow’s score to 2 wickets for 45 runs. Rabada returned Mitchell Marsh, while Siraj showed the way to the pavilion to Rishabh Pant. After this, in the middle overs, the famous Krishna broke the back of Lucknow. He gave big shocks to Lucknow by taking three wickets one after the other at regular intervals. Prasidh hunted Aiden Markram on Lucknow’s team score of 69 runs. Only 5 more runs were added to the team’s account when Krishna dismissed Ayush Badoni also. Prasidh made Lucknow’s score 109/5 by dismissing Nicholas Pooran. From here Pant’s team could not succeed in reaching a huge total. Mukul Chaudhary, who single-handedly led Lucknow to victory in the last match, became the fourth victim of Prasidh.

Pant praised
After the sixth consecutive defeat at home, captain Rishabh Pant admitted that the team failed to capitalize on the opportunities it got in the match, due to which it had to suffer the consequences. Pant did not take the name of the famous Krishna, but he praised Gujarat’s bowling. The Lucknow captain said after the match, ‘Look, the runs were obviously not enough. There is no doubt that he bowled well. I think a score of 170 to 180 would have been a really good score on this kind of wicket. However, they put so much pressure on us that wickets kept falling. Look, like I said, a score of 170 to 180 would definitely have been a good score on this kind of wicket. However, you know that despite this you still have chances to make a comeback in the match. We just could not capitalize on those opportunities properly.

match account
Batting first after losing the toss, Lucknow Super Giants team scored 164 runs on the scoreboard after losing 8 wickets in 20 overs. Aidan Markram scored the maximum 30 runs for the team. LSG’s batting order did not appear to be in good form. Mitchell Marsh could score only 11 runs, while captain Rishabh Pant left after scoring 18 runs. Ayush Badoni could score only 9 runs. Nicholas Pooran became the victim of Prasidh Krishna after scoring 19 runs. Abdul Samad scored 18 runs, while Mukul Chaudhary also got out after scoring 18 runs.

Gujarat Titans achieved the target of 165 runs given by LSG in just 18.2 overs by losing 4 wickets. Shubhman Gill batted brilliantly and played a strong inning of 56 runs in 40 balls. Whereas, Jos Buttler scored 60 runs in 37 balls. Washington Sundar remained unbeaten on 21 and Rahul Tewatia remained unbeaten on 10 runs. Whereas, Sai Sudarshan contributed 15 runs.