Gujarat Titans (GT) suffered a 33-run defeat within the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 conflict in opposition to Lucknow Tremendous Giants (LSG) on the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Thursday, Might 22.
Chasing a 236-run goal, Gujarat misplaced their famed troika of Shubman Gill, Sai Sudharsan, and Jos Buttler by the tenth over. The onus was on Sherfane Rutherford and Shahrukh Khan to take Gujarat to what would have been a spectacular win. They cast an 86-run stand off 40 balls to offer Lucknow a scare nevertheless it was not sufficient in the long run. In the meantime, the partnership may have been damaged a lot sooner had Abdul Samad scored a direct hit within the eleventh over of the chase.
Rutherford, batting on six off 5 at the moment, hit a William O’Rourke supply straight to Samad at mid-off. The Caribbean batter scampered in the direction of the non-striker’s finish however O’Rourke noticed him charging in the identical path. The pacer tried to sway away to offer Rutherford some house, nevertheless, the batter bumped proper into the bowler as each of them fell to the bottom. Rutherford would have been run out by miles had Samad hit the stumps, though he did not.
Sherfane Rutherford and Will O’ROURKE at Ahmedabad.!!!🤣
11:13 PM · Might 22, 2025
Rutherford was finally dismissed by O’Rourke within the seventeenth over after he had scored 38 off 22 balls. Shahrukh continued the struggle however stored shedding wickets on the different finish. Finally, he was dismissed for a 29-ball 57. O’Rourke was the decide of the bowlers as he completed with figures of three/27 in 4 overs.
Earlier within the match, Mitchell Marsh scored his maiden IPL ton, smashing 117 off 64 balls with the assistance of 10 fours and eight sixes. Nicholas Pooran additionally chipped in with an unbeaten 56 off 27 balls.