This is the fifth time Rishabh Pant is opening in the IPL, the previous four instances came in his debut season in 2016. His scores as an opener: 69(40), 2(8), 32(26) and 1(2).
0.3
Siraj to Pant, 1 run, to short mid-wicket
0.2
Siraj to Pant, no run, full and wide outside off, Pant reaches for it to drive away from the body, misses, beaten on the bottom-edge
0.1
Siraj to Markram, 1 run, good length on middle and leg, Markram tucks it to deep square-leg and is off the mark
Markram and Pant are at the crease. Markram is on strike. Siraj will open the attack
Welcome back. GT in a huddle with Gill leading the talking. Meanwhile it is Markram and Pant the openers for LSG. The latter has not fired at all this season, is today the day?
Four of Shardul's 11 wickets this season have come off full-tosses, no other bowler has more than one.
Sai Sudharsan: The wicket was a bit difficult today, I felt it was not really coming on really well but me and Shubi had a really lovely six overs of powerplay. That gave us the momentum and that gave us a good platform to finish this good. First few overs, we actually didn't feel it that way, but after 3- 4 overs, once the shine went off, the wicket got a bit different. We had a conversation that the wicket might get a little bit slow but at the same time, we didn't want to reduce the strike rate. Change of pace and right areas are very difficult for the batters to get runs there. A lot of balls are going low as well.
17:22 Local Time, 11:52 GMT, 17:22 IST: LSG will be happy with this fightback. GT were 120/0 after 12 overs. So just 60 off the next 8 overs.
19.6
Thakur to Rashid Khan, 2 runs, to deep mid-wicket
19.5
Thakur to Rashid Khan, 2 runs, to long-off
Rashid Khan, right handed bat, comes to the crease
19.4
Thakur to Rahul Tewatia, out Caught by Markram!! Two in two for Thakur. Rahul Tewatia c Markram b Thakur 0(1)
Thakur to Rahul Tewatia, THATS OUT!! Caught!!
Rahul Tewatia, left handed bat, comes to the crease
19.3
Thakur to Rutherford, out Lbw!! That is plumb. Rutherford lbw b Thakur 22(19) [4s-3]
Thakur to Rutherford, THATS OUT!! Lbw!!
19.2
Thakur to Shahrukh Khan, 1 run, to deep mid-wicket
An over-rate penalty for LSG. Just 4 outside the circle.
19.1
Thakur to Shahrukh Khan, SIX, to backward square leg