Lucknow Super Giants, after opting to bat, were hoping to get off to a flier in the night game yesterday. But Gujarat Titans’s veteran pacer Umesh Yadav struck two early blows to spoil the home team’s plan.

The way in-form LSG opener Quinton de Kock hammered a second ball six off Yadav, it seemed the near-full house at the Ekana Stadium would get to see some fireworks. But de Kock miscued an attempt to hit another six only to be caught in the deep.