The fourth match of the 15th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) was played between Gujarat Titans and Lucknow Super Giants. Gujarat Titans won this match and started in IPL with victory in their debut match. At the same time, Lucknow Super Giants, captained by KL Rahul, had to face a crushing defeat. This was also the debut match of IPL for Lucknow Super Giants, but neither his team captain KL Rahul walked nor the team could get victory. Gujarat team won this match by 5 wickets.
Talking about this match, Gujarat Titans captain Hardik Pandya won the toss and elected to bowl. In such a situation, the team of Lucknow came to bat first and the team got a big blow in the form of captain KL Rahul on the very first ball. KL Rahul was followed by Quinton de Kock, then Evin Lewis and then Manish Pandey. After this Deepak Hooda and Ayush Badoni took over the innings and took the team to 158 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in 20 overs. However, these runs were not enough to win. Deepak Hooda scored 55 and Ayush Badoni scored 54. Krunal Pandya scored 21 runs. For Gujarat, Mohammed Shami took 3 and Varun Aaron took two wickets. One wicket went to Rashid Khan.
On the other hand, Gujarat Titans, chasing the target of 159 runs, did not have a good start, but the team achieved the target by sharing small partnerships. Gujarat Titans chased down the target in 19.4 overs for the loss of 5 wickets and won the match by 5 wickets. In batting for Gujarat team, match winner was Rahul Tevatia, who scored 40 not out in 24 balls with the help of 5 fours and 2 sixes. Hardik Pandya scored 33 runs, while Matthew Wade and David Miller were dismissed after scoring 30 each. Abhinav Manohar returned unbeaten on 15 off 7 balls. Dushmantha Chamira got two wickets for Lucknow Super Giants, while Avesh Khan, Krunal Pandya and Deepak Hooda got one wicket each.