NEW DELHI: Gujarat Titans emerged victorious in a low-scoring thriller towards Lucknow Super Giants of their final match even when LSG had been all however positive to win the sport.
Chasing a paltry 136, Lucknow had been positioned comfortably at 106/2 in 14.3 overs however ended up falling by seven runs at their dwelling floor on Saturday.
However, GT’s star batter David Miller didn’t discover something fallacious so long as the defending IPL champions had been nonetheless discovering methods to seal shut matches.
“Momentum is big in this competition and coming back from a really close win gives us a lot of boosting in games to come,” Miller mentioned on the eve of the MI sport.
Titans now have eight factors, two away from MI from six matches every.
Miller additional mentioned a couple of wins in subsequent 10 days will give them quite a lot of confidence going into back-end of the tourney.
“If you look at next 10 days, there will be quite a few games back-to-back and so it’s a good time to step it up and be ready for every challenge.”
That they’re nonetheless popping out on prime regardless of some glitches within the center has been a giant constructive for GT, Miller mentioned.
“Even when we have had errors in certain areas and played not-so-good cricket, we have been still coming out on top and I think we are finding ways to win which is very important.
“The plan is to get right into a successful momentum however I feel we’re enjoying nice cricket.
“Just finding ways to win and wanting to continually win big occasions and if we get a few wins in next 10 days, we will go well into back end of IPL.”
In reality, Miller feels that the bowling unit will get immense confidence having defended a complete lower than 140 towards LSG.
“The last one in Lucknow was a huge win for us as a bowling unit. We haven’t defended in two games we lost and it was important for bowlers to get over the line and team get a huge lift in morale. Very chuffed how guys executed,” Miller added.
(With PTI Inputs)
Chasing a paltry 136, Lucknow had been positioned comfortably at 106/2 in 14.3 overs however ended up falling by seven runs at their dwelling floor on Saturday.
However, GT’s star batter David Miller didn’t discover something fallacious so long as the defending IPL champions had been nonetheless discovering methods to seal shut matches.
“Momentum is big in this competition and coming back from a really close win gives us a lot of boosting in games to come,” Miller mentioned on the eve of the MI sport.
Titans now have eight factors, two away from MI from six matches every.
Miller additional mentioned a couple of wins in subsequent 10 days will give them quite a lot of confidence going into back-end of the tourney.
“If you look at next 10 days, there will be quite a few games back-to-back and so it’s a good time to step it up and be ready for every challenge.”
That they’re nonetheless popping out on prime regardless of some glitches within the center has been a giant constructive for GT, Miller mentioned.
“Even when we have had errors in certain areas and played not-so-good cricket, we have been still coming out on top and I think we are finding ways to win which is very important.
“The plan is to get right into a successful momentum however I feel we’re enjoying nice cricket.
“Just finding ways to win and wanting to continually win big occasions and if we get a few wins in next 10 days, we will go well into back end of IPL.”
In reality, Miller feels that the bowling unit will get immense confidence having defended a complete lower than 140 towards LSG.
“The last one in Lucknow was a huge win for us as a bowling unit. We haven’t defended in two games we lost and it was important for bowlers to get over the line and team get a huge lift in morale. Very chuffed how guys executed,” Miller added.
(With PTI Inputs)
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com