Nicholas Pooran and Aiden Markram of Lucknow Super Giants during the IPL 2025 match against Gujarat Titans. (PHOTO: Sportzpics for IPL)

IPL 2025: Nicholas Pooran shows his class again with a blistering knock that ends GT’s four-match winning streak

GT were cruising at 120 for 0 in 12 overs but LSG fought back to restrict them to 180/6. The chase was set up by another Nicholas Pooran special before Ayush Badoni held his nerve to ease LSG over the line.

Ravi Bishnoi removed Sai Sudharsan off the first ball of the 14th over with a loopy googly that turned the game. Only 60 came off the final 8 overs, as the spinners applied the squeeze while Shardul Thakur finished off with a double strike in the final over. Gujarat Titans’ fielding was below par, dropping three chances and missing a run-out, with Jos Buttler the offender on three of those occasions. If there was any doubt about the chase, Nicholas Pooran’s blistering 64 that defied the sluggish track settled the issue.