Gujarat Titans (GT) captain Shubman Gill was elated after his team defeated Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in the 19th match of the IPL 2026. This game was played at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow on April 12, 2026.

Gujarat Titans (GT) captain Shubman Gill won the toss and chose to bowl first. The LSG batter struggled to get some rhythm. Aiden Markram (30) was the top-scorer for LSG, while skipper Rishabh Pant made 18. LSG batters had no answer to Prasidh Krishna, who returned figures of 4/28, as LSG managed 164/8 in 20 overs.

In response, Shubman Gill made 56, and Jos Buttler made 60 in 37 balls with 11 fours as GT achieved the target in 18.4 overs and 7 wickets in hand.

Shubman Gill was happy with his bowlers’ performance in the match and spoke at length in the post-match presentation.

“Yes, for sure. I mean, the way we bowled in the power play was very impressive. And I think how we kept the pressure in the middle overs was also tremendous by the bowlers. Makes my life very easy, you know. The way I think he's bowling at the moment, Rashid, getting us back in the game every time, you know, another bowler is under pressure. So it makes my life very easy. He gets the wicket, gets the dot balls, and it's very hard to hit him. I think in the first six overs, it's all about it; it's very difficult to do the simple things because you might sometimes get much ahead in the game,” Shubman Gill said at the post-match presentation.

“And I think in this match, he did that really well. The first over that he bowled was spot-on. And then in the third over, how he kept his length and did the simple thing,s and that got us back in the game, how Siraj bowled, and even, I think, how KG went for a few runs. But I think he was spot on with his length. He was a little bit unlucky. Few played on, and a few good shots, but that happens in a T20 game. Yeah, it wasn't easy. You know, in the last, I think, two or three overs, we went for a little bit more, especially in the back end of the innings. I felt we gave like 10 runs extra. How were we in the game with them six or seven down? But definitely we would have taken at the start of the innings; we would have taken 160 on this wicket,” he added.

He also talked about his own batting and the performance of Jos Buttler.

“Yeah, definitely very happy, you know, back-to-back 50s for me and Jos for both of us. So definitely looking in good touch,” he said.

GT will next face KKR at home in Ahmedabad on April 17.