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Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari: Opener Sai Sudharsan reflected on how it was a difficult pitch to bat on at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium after he stitched a 120-run stand with skipper Shubman Gill against the Lucknow Super Giants.

Despite the duo having breached the 100-run mark within 10 overs, courtesy of a strong showing in the powerplay, the rest of the Gujarat batting lineup failed to get going as the side ended at 180/6 in 20 overs.

"It was difficult today, not coming on well, but me and Shubhi [Gill] had a lovely six overs of powerplay and that gave us momentum and gave us a good platform to finish good. The first few overs we didn't feel [the wicket would slow down], once the shine wore off the wicket started getting different.