NEW DELHI: Gujarat Titans emerged victorious in a low-scoring thriller against Lucknow Super Giants in their last match even when LSG were all but sure to win the game.
Chasing a paltry 136, Lucknow were placed comfortably at 106/2 in 14.3 overs but ended up falling by seven runs at their home ground on Saturday.
However, GT’s star batter David Miller did not find anything wrong as long as the defending IPL champions were still finding ways to seal close 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 said on the eve of the MI game.
Titans now have eight points, two clear of MI from six matches each.
Miller further said a few wins in next 10 days will give them 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 are still coming out on top despite some glitches in the middle has been a big positive for GT, Miller said.
“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 into a winning momentum but I think we are playing great 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 fact, Miller feels that the bowling unit will get immense confidence having defended a total less than 140 against 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 were placed comfortably at 106/2 in 14.3 overs but ended up falling by seven runs at their home ground on Saturday.
However, GT’s star batter David Miller did not find anything wrong as long as the defending IPL champions were still finding ways to seal close 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 said on the eve of the MI game.
Titans now have eight points, two clear of MI from six matches each.
Miller further said a few wins in next 10 days will give them 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 are still coming out on top despite some glitches in the middle has been a big positive for GT, Miller said.
“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 into a winning momentum but I think we are playing great 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 fact, Miller feels that the bowling unit will get immense confidence having defended a total less than 140 against 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)
