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Gujarat Titans defeated Lucknow Super Giants by 56 runs in Ahmedabad in match number 51 of IPL 2023, with the help of a stunning opening partnership between Wriddhiman Saha and Shubman Gill, which helped them to post a total of 227/2 in 20 overs.
Lucknow Super Giants also had a brilliant 88-run opening partnership between Kyle Mayers and Quinton de Kock, but after that, the lower-order batters couldn't maintain the same momentum as the opening pair, and they fell short of the target by a fifty-plus run margin in the end.
Numbers and stats from GT vs LSG game:
2 - For the second time, Mohit Sharma recorded a four-wicket haul in his IPL career.
Mohit Sharma's best bowling figures in the IPL:
4/14 vs MI in Dubai, 2014
4/29 vs LSG in Ahmedabad, 2 023
3/10 vs DC in Delhi, 2013
7 - Shubman Gill smashed seven sixes in this match.
Most sixes by a GT batsman in an IPL inning:
Shubman Gill - 7 vs LSG in Ahmedabad, 2023
David Miller - 6 vs CSK in Pune, 2022
David Miller - 5 vs RR in Kolkata, 2022 - (QF 1)
Vijay Shankar - 5 vs KKR in Ahmedabad, 2023
Vijay Shankar - 5 vs KKR in Kolkata, 2023
20 - Wriddhiman Saha smashed the fastest fifty for GT in IPL history which came from just 20 balls.
Fastest fifty for GT in IPL by balls faced:
Wriddhiman Saha - 20 vs LSG in Ahmedabad, 2023
Vijay Shankar - 21 vs KKR in Ahmedabad, 2023
Vijay Shankar - 24 vs KKR in Kolkata, 2023
56 - GT defeated LSG by 56 runs in this match.
Biggest margin of win for GT in IPL:
by 62 runs vs LSG in Pune, 2022
by 56 runs vs LSG in Ahmedabad, 2023
by 55 runs vs MI in Ahmedabad, 2023
81 - Wriddhiman Saha ended up scoring 81 runs in this match.
Highest score for Wriddhiman Saha in IPL:
115* vs KKR in Bengaluru, 2014
93* vs MI in Mumbai (Wankhede Stadium), 2017
87 vs DC in Dubai, 2020
81 vs LSG in Ahmedabad, 2023
68 vs SRH in Mumbai (Wankhede Stadium) , 2022
94 - Shubman Gill has scored an unbeaten 94 from 51 balls in this game.
Highest score for GT in IPL:
Shubman Gill - 96 vs PBKS in Mumbai (Brabourne Stadium), 2022
David Miller - 94* vs CSK in Pune, 2022
Shubman Gill - 94* vs LSG in Ahmedabad, 2023
142 - Wriddhiman Saha and Shubman Gill has recorded a 142-run opening partnership.
Highest opening partnership for GT in IPL:
Wriddhiman Saha-Shubman Gill: 142 vs LSG in Ahmedabad, 2023
Wriddhiman Saha-Shubman Gill: 106 vs MI in Mumbai (Brabourne Stadium) , 2022
David Miller-Hardik Pandya: 106* vs RR in Kolkata, 2022
Shubman Gill-Sai Sudharsan: 101 vs PBKS in Mumbai (Brabourne Stadium) , 2022
227 - GT recorded their highest-ever total of 227/2 in IPL.
Highest total for GT in the IPL:
227/2 vs LSG in Ahmedabad, 2023
207/6 vs MI in Ahmedabad, 2023
204/4 vs KKR in Ahmedabad, 2023
