Gujarat became first team to qualify in Tata IPL, Gujarat won the battle between two new teams

In the 57th match of IPL, Lucknow got beaten by Hardik Pandya's team. This was the battle of two new teams, who took part in IPL for the first time although Gujarat lions played before.

1st innings:

Hardik Pandya won the toss and unlike others, he decided to bat. Saha got out on 5 runs only before Matthew Wade's  wicket. Captain of Gujarat also got out on 11 runs but on the one side, Shubman Gill was playing smartly. He scored 63 and remained not out even though his strike rate was below 130. Because of the efforts made by Miller the killer and Tewatia, Gujarat set the target of 145 only, which was looking too easy before the innings of Lucknow.

2nd innings:

Lucknow got bad start and not only start but their batting in whole innings was dissapointing. They lost three wickets in powerplay and the falling wickets never stopped. Deepak Hooda scored 27 in 26 balls and was the top scorer in that innings. Apart from him, only Quinten De Cock reached in double digits. Because of stunning performance of Rashid Khan, who took 4 wickets, Lucknow got all out on 82 in 14th over. After this win, Gujarat qualified for the playoffs with 18 points and Lucknow will try to qualify in their next match against Rajasthan.

Question of the day:

In which two years, Gujarat played ipl before this season?