IPL 2026, Lucknow Super Giants vs Gujarat Titans Live Cricket Score: Lucknow Super Giants take on Gujarat Titans. IPL 2026, LSG vs GT Live Cricket Score Updates: With half centuries from Shubman Gill (56 off 40 balls) and Jos Buttler (60 off 37 balls), Gujarat Titans defeated Lucknow Super Giants by seven wickets, chasing down 165 against the Lucknow Super Giants with eight balls left. Gujarat Titans had won the toss and Shubman Gill had asked LSG to bat first in a day game of the Indian Premier League 2026 at the Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow on Sunday. IN the first innings, Aiden Markram (30 off 21 balls) was the top scorer for the LSG. Meanwhile, Prasidh Krishna picked up four wickets to take the Purple Cap.
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Lucknow, although they have won two of the three games this season, have looked scratchy in both games. In the game against Sunrisers Hyderabad, Rishabh Pant’s half-century saved the blushes in a game which was slipping away, while Mukul Choudhary played a blinder of an innings at Eden to take them over the line against Kolkata Knight Riders.
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As per Titans, all three games they have played have been close encounters. They have lost a game against Rajasthan Royals from a winning position, and the game against Delhi Capitals ended in a pleasant surprise, as for the majority of that chase, Delhi were in control until they were not.
A seven-wicket victory for the Gujarat Titans at the Ekana Stadium. They reach the target of 165 with eight balls left.
Shubman Gill (56 off 40 balls) and Jos Buttler (60 off 37 balls) were the stars of the chase for Gujarat.
The two new batters, Washington Sundar and Rahul Tewatia, are now in charge of Gujarat Titans chase of 165 after both half centurions depart in quick succession.
Three more overs left, and these two batters have spent the previous over in second gear, unlike Jos Buttler who lost his wicket accelerating.
Anther half centurion departs! Jos Buttler, looking to end the game quickly, heaves the ball but is caught by long on fielder Aiden Markram, who leaps high in the air and brings the ball down. Without the fielder, would have flown for a six.
Buttler had hit the previous ball for a boundary in a chase where they no longer have too much pressure of hte scoreboard.
Jos Buttler c Markram b Mohammed Shami 60 (37b 11x4 0x6) SR: 162.16
Gujarat have scored seven runs and lost two wickets in the last 10 balls. Gujarat Titans need 30 runs now off 16 balls
Shubman Gill is sent back by Prince Yadav, who bowls a 138kph bouncer at the Gujarat captain. Gill tries to hook the ball away, but ends up gloving the ball to Rishabh Pant.
Shubman Gill c †Pant b Prince Yadav 56 (40b 6x4 1x6) SR: 140
Gujarat Titans are 129/2
Jos Buttler has his 50 off just 29 balls! This is his 100th score of 50 in T20 cricket! there are also eight 100s there.
After right after he's back on strike after a couple of singles, Buttler goes down on one knee to slap the ball away from a boundary.
Gujarat Titans need 37 off 36 balls
After he gives away a single on the second ball of his fourth over, captain Rishabh Pant has a little rebuke for his young bowler Digvesh Rathi.
"Jo baat hui hai chup chap ab woh karo," Pant can be heard telling him over the stump mic. Rathi bowls a wide. And then is hit over the cover fielder for a boundary by Buttler!
Buttler's really starting to turn it on now. He's on 49 (off 26 balls) at the end of the 13th over.
Gujarat need 44 runs in 42 balls.
Another IPL game, another IPL fifty for Shubman Gill as he reaches the milestone with a single. Just 34 balls for captain Gill to get to his 50.
And after he gets past the 50, he stands back at the non-striker's end to watch a Jos Buttler masterpiece: the England star hits three fours in a row against Avesh Khan.
Buttler hits a ball from Rathi in the air at midwicket. Rathi himself chases after the ball as do two of his teammates. There is almost a collision, and the ball is not caught. In the meanwhile, Buttler and Gill scamper for two runs. On the next ball, Buttler drives the ball to the ropes.
GT 94/1 after 11 overs, Gujarat need 71 runs from 54 balls
Four, single, four in the first three balls of that Linde over. But he ends up with three dot balls.
Once again, Shubman Gill and Jos Buttler hitting boundaries and then rotating strike. Very effective strategy from the pair.
After nine overs, Gujarat Titans are 78/1
After getting the rub of the green by picking up a wicket on the first ball of his first over (with a rank-bad delivery), Digvesh Rathi has karma knocking on his door as a splendid ball to Buttler nicks the bat's edge and Pant sticks out his thigh. The ball flies high in the air and Pant cannot spot the ball in the air above him and it falls just behind him.
That will go down as a drop, as difficult as that was to catch for Pant.
Rathi deserved a wicket off that ball.
Five runs from that 8th over.
After we return from the drinks break, the Impact Sub George Linde is handed the ball for the first time in the IPL.
And Linde is hit for two boundaries, once by Gill and another by Buttler, who started off slowly but assuredly.
After 7 overs, GT are 64/1. Gujarat need 101 runs from 78 balls
Spin is in with Digvesh Rathi being called in for the 5th over. And he has an instant impact with a wicket on his first ball! It was a loose ball, and Sai Sudharsan sends it straight down deep fine leg fielder's throat! A gift of a wicket!
Sai Sudharsan c Avesh Khan b Rathi 15 (14b 3x4 0x6) SR: 107.14
Gujarat Titans lose their first wicket of the day with 45 runs on board.
After giving away just 10 runs from his first two overs, Shami is tonked for 20 runs in the third over from him as Shubman Gill goes after the veteran.
The final four balls of that Shami over: Four, Six, Four, Four
And Prince Yadav is now injured! Shubman Gill drills a ball straight back to the bowler and Yadav tries to grab it, in the process catching the ball on his left palm. And LSG physio Patrick Farhart has to come rushing out to ice it.
The pacer is getting some icing. He's okay to continue. After giving away just two runs in the first five balls of that over, the last ball is whipped away to the ropes on the off side by Sai Sudharsan.
After 4 overs, LSG are 25/0 | Current run rate is 6.25, but the required rate is over 8 now.
Just two singles off the over. Shami seems to be heading off the field for some medical attention. He was signalling to LSG physio Patrick Farhart after the fourth ball of the over. But continued with his final two balls.
After three overs, Gujarat Titans are 20/0
So the Prince of Indian cricket, Shubman Gill, gets to face his first ball of the LSG vs GT game, and bowling to him is Prince Yadav. On the first ball, Gill hits an uppish shot that could have gone to the fielder if Lady Luck was not in the mood. But after three balls of the Prince Yadav over, the pacer strays on his pads and Shubman just flicks the ball to the ropes with effortless ease.
On the next ball, Gill thought he should have muscled another ball to the ropes on the leg side but missed. We heard his exasperated shriek on the stump mic. LSG have a deep backward square than a conventional deep fine leg and the ball goes to him.
After 2 overs, Gujarat Titans are 17/0
Shami starts off with an eight-run over. Two boundaries, both creamed through the off side by Sai Sudharsan.
A crowded off-side field for Sai by LSG, which mostly does the trick by fielding three shots. But two sneak past them to the ropes.
A good start for Gujarat.
After one over, GT are 8/0
Here we go, as Gujarat Titans send out Sai Sudharsan and Shubman Gill for their chase of 165. Meanwhile, the old warhorse Mohd Shami is handed the ball by Rishabh Pant.
An entertaining final over from Ashok Sharma who gives away 18 runs and picks up one wicket in the final over.
There are a couple of run out chances, a wide decision that GT are not happy with, a six and two fours in that over.
165-run target seems very chaseable for Gujarat Titans, with their top order.
Prasidh Krishna take a bow! He claims his fourth wicket of the day and in the process takes the Purple Cap! He gets rid of the dangerous Mukul Choudhary, fresh from a match-winning knock in their last IPL clash.
But not to be today as he departs for 18. And LSG bring in George Linde as an Impact Sub.
Mukul Choudhary c †Buttler b Prasidh Krishna 18 (14b 1x4 1x6) SR: 128.57
Krishna ends his over with 15 runs, thanks to three boundaries. But his evening ends with four wickets for 28 runs (15 coming from the final over).
Kagiso Rabada is handed the fourth over of his day and it seems like his bad day will continue after he is tonked for a first ball six by Mukul Choudhary. But then, he manages to rein in the batters giving away just five more runs in his five balls.
Rabada's evening ends with 54 runs against his name in his four overs.
After 18 overs, LSG are 131/6
Abdul Samad departs as speedster Ashok Sharma gets him to hole out at deep midwicket! The wicket comes right after Samad was hit on the helmet by a scoring 150 kmph ball from Ashok Sharma.
Abdul Samad c Phillips b Ashok Sharma 18 (22b 2x4 0x6) SR: 81.81
LSG are 118/6 after 16.2 overs
Mohammed Siraj's afternoon with the ball is done after another economical over where he gave away just seven runs.
Siraj may have taken just the one wicket today in his four overs, but he's managed to give away just 19 runs.
After 16 overs, LSG are 117/5
Pooran's IPL 2026 woes continue as he ends up giving an easy catch to Gill with an unconventional shot.
"Forehand down the line on a tennis court," calls the commentator.
Nicholas Pooran c Shubman Gill b Prasidh Krishna 19 (21b 0x4 2x6) SR: 90.47
After Pooran's departure, we have LSG's finisher-in-chief Mukul Choudhary walking out. They need another repeat of last-game's heroics from the bat from him.
Nicholas Pooran has not had the best of the IPL so far, but after scoring just 6 runs from 13 balls, he cuts loose against Rashid Khan. On the second ball of Rashid's final over of the day, he hits him for a maximum over the long-on fielder, who dives, but cannot slap the ball back inside. On the next ball, it looks like Pooran has again gotten an edge, but the ball flies over long off ropes. Rashid Khan conceded 12 runs in his first three overs. And over the space of three balls of his final over of the night, he's given 12 runs already.
On the final ball, there is a slight chance for a caught and bowled, but Rashid cannot cling on.
After 14 overs, LSG are 109/4
Ayush Badoni's stay in the middle is over after he holes out on the leg side. Short ball, and he tried to muscle it but gets caught by Glenn Phillips at deep square. Phillips almost lost the ball in the sun there. That would have been something, seeing the redoubtable Phillips drop two catches in a row. But he manages to cling on.
Ayush Badoni c Phillips b Prasidh Krishna 9 (11b 1x4 0x6) SR: 81.81
LSG slump to 74/4
Finally, Rashid Khan is handed the ball for the 8th over of the LSG innings. And he has a quiet over with five singles in the first five balls. Pooran joining Badoni in the middle. And LSG need a massive rebuild effort here.
After 8 overs, LSG are 74/3
Aiden Markram's luck runs out on the final ball of Prasidh Krishna's first over. He gave three chances on the final three balls, and was finally caught on the third time of asking.
On the first chance he gave, Markram hit the ball high and the flying Glenn Phillips chased after it, running in from deep backward square leg, but cannot hang on to it. The balls ran to the ropes. On the next ball, Markram hits it just over the cover fielder. A few inches lower and it would have been caught.
Finally, he gets caught at cow corner on the final ball of Krishna's first over.
Aiden Markram c Washington Sundar b Prasidh Krishna 30 (21b 5x4 1x6) SR: 142.85
After 7 overs, LSG are 69/3
Lucknow Super Giants end up scoring their best total in the powerplay after reaching 60/2 after 6 overs, thanks to the 12 runs they scored against Ashok Sharma. Six of those came from the bat of Aiden Markram, who smokes the second ball after the first ball was prevented from running away for four at backward point.
After 6 overs, LSG are 60/2
Oh dear! Pant tries going after Siraj's bowling and cannot middle the ball. The ball flies high and the fielder comes in from mid off to pouch it! LSG lose their second wicket in five overs!
Rishabh Pant c Tewatia b Mohammed Siraj 16 (11b 3x4 0x6) SR: 145.45
This is the fifth time that Siraj has dismissed Pant in the IPL. Wily! He took 10 wickets for LSG in powerplay last IPL. maybe that's why Gill handed him a third over in this Lucknow heat.
Shubman Gill continuing with Rabada after a 19-run first over.
The first ball is on the pads and Pant cannot connect. But on the second ball, which is back of the length, pace off, Pant pulls it away in front of square. Flat bats it to the ropes for a four. Pant frustrated again on the next ball after being unable to dispatch the next ball to the ropes and settles for a single.
What Pant cannot do, Markram can as he dispatches two of the final three balls from Rabada to the leg-side boundary.
Rabada leaking runs, while Siraj has been at his parsimonious best.
After 4 overs, LSG are 45/1
Siraj comes back in for his second over, and is slapped for a four on the first ball by Pant, who's come out swinging for the fences. On the second ball, he tries to heave the ball --- a 138kmph ball from Siraj --- over short fine leg after stepping out on the off. Misses.
Two singles follow, and Siraj has managed to rein in the batters. Just three runs in the five balls after being hit for a first ball four.
After three overs, LSG are 30/1
What an exciting over this is. An all-or-nothing over! 19 runs and a wicket!
Rabada vs Mitch Marsh first up for three balls: First ball tonked over the bowler's head for a six with impeccable timing, second ball chopped on to the boundary behind the stumps, third ball gives an easy catch!
The ball was pitched up, and Mitch March cannot quite hit the ball from the middle and sends the ball straight to Gill at mid off.
Mitchell Marsh c Shubman Gill b Rabada 11 (4b 1x4 1x6) SR: 275
On the fourth ball, Pant steps down and smashes the ball to long off. Then almost sends the ball to another four, but it cut off at the ropes. On the final ball, Pant sends the ball to the ropes again for a four!
After 2 overs, LSG are 23/1
Siraj keeps Markram quiet in the first over with some impeccable bowling. Just the four runs in the first over for LSG.
After one over, LSG are 4/0
Mohd Siraj handed the ball, Aiden Markram and Mitchell Marsh at the crease for LSG.
here we go!
The head-to-head between the two sides might read 3-4 in favour of Gujarat Titans, but in the last three games, it's been Lucknow Super Giants all the way. The LSG team have dominated GT, winning all three of their last three clashes.
The key for the Gujarat Titans is the stability in the top order, thanks to players like captain Shubman Gill and Sai Sudharsan. Meanwhile, Lucknow Super Giants rely on their middle order, with players such as Nicholas Pooran and Mitchell Marsh capable of changing the game within a few overs.
Shubman Gill says that they will go with an unchanged XI in the game against LSG.
Rishabh Pant says they too will be playing with an unchanged XI.
Rishabh Pant spins the coin, heads calls Shubman Gill and it's heads. So Gujarat Titans win the toss and opt to bowl first
Pant says that they would have bowled first had he won the spin of the coin.
Shubman Gill celebrating winning the toss like he's picked up a wicket here.
As Michael Clarke points out this is not so much about the importance of toss in conditions like these since it's a day game and dew will not be a factor. "It's that he's won a toss."
Australian cricket stalwart Michael Clarke says about the 22-yard strip: "The pitch looks lot drier than it's going to be. Little bit of spin, tiny bit slow. Such a beautiful surface. As a batter, don;t mind batting on surfaces like this."
Anil Kumble adds: "If you win the toss, probably pick bat first and get a big score."
The GT vs LSG battle is also one where Gujarat captain will face off against Avesh Khan of the LSG. In eight battles between the two players, Avesh has dismissed Gill four times. meanwhile, the batter has managed to score 65 runs.
Here’s who Gujarat Titans will be playing in the next three games:
April 17: Kolkata Knight Riders, Ahmedabad
April 20: Mumbai Indians, Ahmedabad
April 24: Royal Challengers Bengaluru, Bengaluru
Here's who Lucknow Super Giants will be playing in the next three games:
April 15: Royal Challengers Bengaluru, Bengaluru
April 19: Punjab Kings, New Chandigarh
April 22: Rajasthan Royals, Lucknow
In a battle between two of the newest IPL teams in the leagues, the Lucknow take on fellow 2022 entrants Gujarat Titans.
The clash over the past three seasons has not seen either team take a healthy lead in the head-to-head, with Gujarat Titans winning four of their seven games and Lucknow winning the remaining three.
Lucknow Super Giants predicted XII: Mitchell Marsh, Aiden Markram, Rishabh Pant (c/wk), Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni Prince Yadav, Abdul Samad, M Siddharth, Mohammad Shami, Avesh Khan, Mukul Choudhary, Digvesh Rathi.
Gujarat Titans predicted XII: Shubman Gill (c), Jos Buttler, Sai Sudharsan, Rahul Tewatia, Glenn Phillips, Washington Sundar, Shahrukh Khan, Rashid Khan, Mohammed Siraj, Kagiso Rabada, Ashok Sharma, Prasidh Krishna
For the LSG, the bowling department has a bite this season, thanks to a rejuvenated Rashid Khan. As Sandip G writes in his piece, the magical turn the Afghan star is achieving was not in revolutions he is imparting, but in the hang-time he gives the ball, combined with fast arm-speed batsmen that batsmen don’t expect.
After the 2023 World Cup, Rashid realised that his own ambition has pushed his body to extremes. It was no machine. “I could barely walk.”
“Before the 2023 IPL, the doctor told me to undergo surgery. But I thought, theek hain I can play the IPL I went to the doctor again, and he said I need to do the surgery. I told him I wanna play in this World Cup. Doesn’t matter how it is, but I will think about it after. I pushed myself a lot in that World Cup,” he recounted.
But now, after a surgery for his back, and strengthening his core, Rashid is reviving Shane Warne’s wizardry with the ball, writes Sandip G
So far in the IPL, Jos Buttler has been the man on song for Gujarat Titans at the top of the order. In three IPL 2026matches, he has scored 116 runs at an average of 39 and a strike rate of 156. This includes a highest score of 52. So the first priority of LSG bowling today will be to get him back in the hut.
Both Lucknow Super Giants and Gujarat Titans come into the game after winning last-ball thrillers (GT against Delhi Capitals) and (LSG vs Kolkata Knight Riders).
IS that what we should expect in today's game?
IN LSG's previous game in the IPL, Mukul Choudhary became a overnight star with match-winning unbeaten 54 off 27 balls.
His knock for the Lucknow Super Giants not only rescued his team from a precarious 104/5 to defeat KKR at Eden Gardens but also fulfilled the lifelong ambition of his father, Dalip, writes Devendra Pandey.
Driven by a deep love for the game, Dalip had resolved before his children were even born to raise a cricketer, eventually pouring those aspirations into Mukul. Following the high-stakes performance that saw Mukul chase down the remaining 78 runs with clinical efficiency, the proud father has been inundated with celebratory calls recognizing his son's arrival on the big stage.
Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the IPL game between Lucknow Super Giants and Gujarat Titans. The game will be played at the Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow and will the first clash of a Sunday double header
Mukul Choudhary’s match-winning unbeaten 54 off 27 balls for the Lucknow Super Giants not only rescued his team from a precarious 104/5 to defeat KKR at Eden Gardens but also fulfilled the lifelong ambition of his father, Dalip. Driven by a deep love for the game, Dalip had resolved before his children were even born to raise a cricketer, eventually pouring those aspirations into Mukul. Following the high-stakes performance that saw Mukul chase down the remaining 78 runs with clinical efficiency, the proud father has been inundated with celebratory calls recognizing his son's arrival on the big stage. (Read more from Devendra Pandey)
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