By Admin 
Lucknow Super Giant defeated Gujarat Titans by 33 runs here on Thursday in the Indian Premier League with opener Mitchell Marsh’s first IPL century and his century partnership with Nicholas Puran."Text-Align: justify;"> Marsh, playing the best innings of his career, shared a 121 -run partnership for the second wicket with Puran (56 runs, 27 balls, five sixes, four fours), besides scoring 117 runs in 64 balls, in addition to scoring eight sixes and 10 fours in 64 balls, making Super Gients scored a huge score of 235 runs for two wickets. Marsh gave the team a great start by adding 91 runs for the first wicket with Eden Markram (36).
In response, Titans team Will Verorke (three wickets for 27 runs), Ayush Badoni (two wickets for four) and Avesh Khan (two for 51) (two wickets for 51) in front of Shah Rukh Khan (57 runs, 29 balls, five fours, three sixes) and Sherfen Rutherford (38 runs, 22 balls, a four -ball, a four -ball, three balls) and the 86 wickets of the 86 wickets in the 40 -ball of 86 wicket Only 202 runs could be scored.
The team of Super Gients has already been out of the play -off race while the Titans team has ensured a place in the play -off and despite the defeat in this match, it is at the top with 18 points in 13 matches.
Captain Shubman Gill (35) and Sai Sudarshan (21), who brought Gujarat to the play -off with an victory of 10 wickets by making unwavering dual century partnership against Delhi Capitals, added 42 runs in four overs to give the team a fast start.
Verorke broke this partnership by catching Sudarshan at Markram at mid -off. Jose Butler scored 21 runs in the sixth over with two fours and two sixes on the charge. Titans scored 67 runs for one wicket in power play. Avesh gave Gill a second blow to Titans by catching Gill in the next over by Abdul Samad. Gill hit seven fours while facing 20 balls.
Akash Singh bowled Butler and scored 96 for three wickets. Butler faced 18 balls and hit three fours and two sixes. The century of Gujarat’s runs was completed in the 11th over.
Rutherford hit two sixes on Akash Deep amidst ever increasing run speed. In the next over of Shahbaz Ahmed, however, he got a life when wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant failed to catch his catch.
Shah Rukh took the team’s score in the 15th over with a six on Shahbaz, besides hitting two fours and a six on the charge. Titans needed 71 runs in the last five overs.
Shah Rukh scored 17 runs in the 16th over with two fours and a six on Akash Deep. He completed a half -century in 22 balls with one run off Verorke’s ball, but this fast bowler gave a double blow to Gujarat by dismissing Rutherford and Rahul Tewatia (02) while only four runs were scored in this over.
Titans needed 43 runs in the last two overs and Avesh also ended the correct hope of Gujarat’s victory by catching Shah Rukh at the hands of Ravi Bishnoi.
Earlier, Markram and Marsh got a great start by Markram and Marsh, who came out to bat after losing the toss. Both added 53 runs in the power play.
Markram opened the account with a fours on the first ball of Mohammad Siraj’s match and then also saw Arshad Khan’s ball in the next over. Marsh hit a six on Arshad.
Markram completed a half -century partnership for the fifth time with Marsh with two consecutive sixes on Kagiso Rabada on the batting -friendly pitch. Marsh also transported the balls of famous Krishna and Sai Kishore among the audience.
Marsh completed a half -century off 33 balls with a six on Kishore in the 10th over but Markram returned to the pavilion by catching Shah Rukh Khan in the same over. Markram hit three fours and two sixes in his 24 -ball innings.
Marsh and Puran then carried the innings forward. Puran opened the account by sending Kishore’s first ball for a six on long off.
The century of Super Giants was completed in the 11th over. Marsh targeted Rashid Khan in the 12th over and scored 25 runs in his over with two sixes and three fours. Puran also hit a six in Rashid’s next over and then hit a four and a six on the teenager. He also hit two fours and a six on Siraj.
Marsh completed a century in 56 balls with fours and then one run on Arshad. He is the first foreign player to score a century in the current season. Marsh hit two more sixes on the famous but then Arshad was caught by Sherfen Rutherford. Puran earlier completed a half -century in just 23 balls with one run off the famous ball. On behalf of Titans, Kishore and Arshad took one wicket each for 34 and 36 runs respectively.