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'Shubman Gill's Wicket Was The Most Special' - Yash Thakur After Superb Five-Wiicket Haul Vs GT

Yash Thakur with LSG teammates (X.com)Yash Thakur with LSG teammates (X.com)

LSG young pacer Yash Thakur dismantled GT’s lineup to claim his IPL career maiden five wicket haul and revealed how dismissing opposition skipper Shubman Gill turned out to be the most memorable moment of the match for him.

Gujarat Titans’ middle-order collapse awarded Lucknow Super Giants its first win over Shubman Gill’s troops in IPL history. While Gill and Sudharsan kicked off the 164 runs chase on a high, the rest of the pack crumbled.

Gill’s fall of wicket led to a series of quick dismissals as GT’s half the side returned to hut with mere 80 runs on board.

That being said, despite losing pace sensation Mayank Yadav to a side strain injury, Yash Thakur stepped up to fill his void. He provided LSG its first breakthrough by removing dangerous Gill on the final delivery of powerplay.

With Krunal Pandya playing a supporting role from the other end, Thakur gained confidence and ended up chipping five wickets to bring up his career first five wicket haul.

Naturally, Yash Thakur was awarded the Player of the Game award, and he revealed how LSG captain KL Rahul backed his plans. Despite losing Mayank Yadav, Rahul trusted Thakur to lead the team to victory, and the pacer lived to his captain’s faith perfectly.

"I am happy for the first 5-wicket haul and first player of the match award. I saw Gill trying to make some room and hit in the leg side as there were 2 fielders behind square. Rahul bhai told me to bowl at my plan."

Yash Thakur also revealed how winning against GT after two seasons felt like an achievement and named Gill’s wicket as the most memorable moment of the game.

"Unfortunate to lose Mayank bhai but the skipper told me that its your day and you will win us the game. Last 2 seasons we never won against them so very happy to win against them today. Shubman's wicket was the most special one.:

With the awe-inspiring win, LSG moved to third place, whereas GT slipped to seventh spot with a mere four points in five games played thus far.