23 May: IPL 2025: Lucknow Super Giants finally tasted victory. On Thursday, the team defeated table topper Gujarat Titans by 33 runs. However, more than this match, what happened between the two captains after the match has become a topic of discussion. Actually, after the match, Lucknow captain Rishabh Pant and Gujarat captain Shubman Gill shook hands, but watching the video it seemed that Gill ignored Pant and moved ahead.
Then Pant was saying something to him, but Gill did not stop for that and moved ahead. After Rohit Sharma’s retirement from Tests, both these players are also contenders for India’s captaincy in the longest format. In such a situation, whatever happened between the two, whether it was a dispute over captaincy or something else, fans are commenting fiercely on social media. They have criticized Gill’s behavior.
Did Gill ignore Pant?
Lucknow has already been eliminated from the playoff race, while Gujarat has qualified. In such a situation, fans are not able to tolerate Gill ignoring Pant. Both Gill and Pant are the main players of the Indian Test team. It is believed that one of them will become the captain and the other will become the vice-captain. This will also be announced on Saturday, May 24. Also, the team will also be announced for the England tour. This is India’s first Test series after Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli retired from Tests. It is believed that selection committee chairman Ajit Agarkar is all set to announce the team, which will have 16 or 17 members.
What happened in the match?
Talking about the match between Gujarat and Lucknow, opener Mitchell Marsh’s first IPL century and his century partnership with Nicholas Pooran helped Lucknow Super Giants post a huge score of 235 runs for two wickets. Marsh played the best innings of his career, scoring 117 runs in 64 balls with eight sixes and 10 fours. Also, he shared a 121-run partnership for the second wicket with Pooran (56 not out, 27 balls, five sixes, four fours). Apart from this, Marsh gave the team a great start by adding 91 runs for the first wicket with Aiden Markram (36).
Will O’Rourke (three wickets for 27 runs), Ayush Badoni (two wickets for four runs) and Avesh Khan (two wickets for 51 runs) bowled well for Gujarat. Chasing the target of 236 runs, the Titans team could only score 202 runs for nine wickets despite a partnership of 86 runs in 40 balls for the fourth wicket between Shahrukh Khan (57 runs, 29 balls, five fours, three sixes) and Sherfane Rutherford (38 runs, 22 balls, one four, three sixes).
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