In Sunday’s match between the Gujarat Titans and the Lucknow Super Giants, Yash Thakur, the pacer for the former, was the star with the ball. This IPL season, the 25-year-old pacer became the first bowler to claim a fifer.
LSG defeated the Titans by a margin of 33 runs in an incredible performance that took place in the Indian Premier League. As a result, after five games this season, the Gujarat Titans have only won two of them.
Yash Thakur deserves credit for taking the responsibility to ensure that his team won the match. After bowling just one over for 13 runs, Mayank Yadav had to leave the field because of a side injury. KL Rahul wasted no time in passing the ball to his captain, Yash Thakur, who performed admirably.
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With relatively little experience playing in the Indian domestic circuit, Yash Thakur was an unknown. At the end of December 2022, as the 10 teams gathered for the IPL Auctions 2023, the Lucknow Super Giants had little hesitation in bidding INR 45 lakh for his services.
After making a strong debut in the first season, LSG signed Yash Thakur for the same amount in the IPL 2024. It appears that the action taken and the faith shown in the young bowlers have paid off, as demonstrated on Sunday in Lucknow.
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Yash Thakur recorded his first wicket of the day when he removed Shubman Gill for a total of 19 runs. The ball was bowled well at his stumps at around 142 km/h, and the GT captain had no idea what it was. The spin tandem of Krunal Pandya and Ravi Bishnoi hindered the Titans following Gill’s departure.
KL Rahul brought in Yash Thakur for his second spell just as it appeared that GT would be reentering the match. The teenage player replied by dismissing Rashid Khan and Vijay Shankar in three balls.
Despite the increasing asking rate, Rahul Tewatia had to take his big strokes despite his brave 30-run innings off 25 balls. Pooran took Tewatia’s wicket on the third delivery of the 19th over, which was the fourth. When de Kock kidnapped Noor Ahmed for a duck, it was a memorable day for Yash Thakur.
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