Akash Deep to Shubman Gill, 1 run, 138.4kph, back of a length, Gill pats it towards point and keeps the strike with a single
Akash Deep to Shubman Gill, no run, 141kph, fuller ball, driven back to the bowler
Akash Deep to Shubman Gill, FOUR, shot! 139.3kph, length ball, Shubman Gill shimmies down the track, moves leg-side in the process and punches it firmly through extra cover. Reaches the fence in a jiffy
A slip in place for Shubman Gill
Akash Deep to Sai Sudharsan, 1 run, slip taken out, it's a length ball around off, dropped in front of point with soft hands for a quick single
Akash Deep to Sai Sudharsan, FOUR, 140kph, Akash Deep stays over the wicket and overpitches, Sai Sudharsan gets half-forward and offers the maker's name to play a sumptuous straight drive. No need to run for that
Akash Deep to Shubman Gill, 3 runs, 138.5kph, short of a good length ball wide of off, Gill punch-drives through the covers. Miller gives the chase and slides forward to flick it back just in time to save a run
Akash Deep, right-arm fast medium, comes into the attack
Thakur to Sai Sudharsan, no run, appeal for caught behind from Shardul, nothing from Pant who smiles. Banged in short by the bowler, Sai Sudharsan arches back to periscope it over the keeper and fails to make contact
Thakur to Shubman Gill, 1 run, 128.8kph, Gill walks forward, knocks this short of a good length ball towards mid-on and sets off for a risky single. Luckily for Gill, Pooran doesn't find the target. A direct-hit would have been curtains for the GT captain
Thakur to Shubman Gill, no run, 135.2kph, gentle outswinger on off from a good length, Gill taps it to short cover off the front foot
Thakur to Sai Sudharsan, 1 run, 133.9kph, hint of shape into the left-hander, off-stump line and Sai Sudharsan pushes it between the bowler and the non-striker. A quick single taken
Thakur to Sai Sudharsan, no run, 134.6kph, length ball on off, Sai Sudharsan defends it back to the bowler
Thakur to Sai Sudharsan, FOUR, 132.3kph, the in-form batter gets off the mark straightaway! With two deep fielders on the on-side, Shardul offers width on a short of length. Sai Sudharsan hops and punches it to the right of backward point. Superb timing!
Sai Sudharsan and Shubman Gill are at the crease. Sai Sudharsan is on strike. Thakur will open the attack
The LSG players are in a team huddle with Pant doing all the talking. Mitch Marsh is a big miss for them and it'll be interesting to see who comes in as the impact sub (Badoni or Breetzke). For now, the focus will be on their bowling. Shardul Thakur has the new ball in his hand. Two class batters at the top of the order for GT. One slip in place and off we go...
Shardul Thakur: As a team, we are focussing on process and that's what we talk about each and every day and results will take care of itself. We don't want to spread that mentality where individual performances are necessary. Yes, an individual performing is always blissful to watch but at the end of the day, those performances should be a contribution towards the team's results. It's just my passion about the game and what motivated me as a kid also, I made a promise to myself that I want to play this game of sport for the longest years and that's what keeps me going. Each and every day, it's a learning process, I take something or the other out of the game and try to apply it in the next game whenever I am playing. I keep trusting my processes and my hard work that I do off the field. (Home conditions) there's so much speculation about the pitches being prepared here. Home team are literally not able to dictate what kind of pitches we want to play on. But, yes, we know the ground dimensions, we know how the pitch behaves. We are expecting everyone to give their best shot at it and hopefully take the game on from there. (On Pant) He's in a good state of mind, he's coming from the Champions Trophy win in Dubai and straightaway coming here, he was willing to help all the players, share his experiences whatever he's had with Indian team and also with his previous franchisee. We know how intense he is whenever he steps onto the field. He's trying to reflect his intensity on his game performances also. Unfortunately, he didn't have a big performance but we are hopeful that today he has that big inning and settles down in the team.
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Here are the Impact substitutes for both the teams:
Gujarat Titans Impact Subs: Prasidh Krishna, Mahipal Lomror, Nishant Sindhu, Anuj Rawat, Jayant Yadav