After Vaibhav Arora took an early wicket by removing Quinton de Kock, Shreyas gave Starc a third powerplay over in the afternoon heat to find another wicket. He succeeded when an out-of-form Deepak Hooda sliced the ball to backward point in the fifth over.
Rahul and the No. 4 Ayush Badoni then consolidated to take LSG to 72 for 2 in ten overs. Rahul's attempt to increase his scoring rate resulted in his dismissal. Rahul hit Andre Russell for a six to begin the 11th over, but while attempting to repeat the feat next ball, he holed out for 39 at deep midwicket. This brought in Marcus Stoinis, but his stay was short-lived when he was deceived by Varun, inside-edging a catch to the off-side which the wicketkeeper Salt smartly collected.
At 109 for 4 in 14 overs, LSG was at risk of finishing well under-par. The situation became more dire when Badoni top-edged Narine in the 15th over for a laboured 27-ball 29. Narine did not concede any boundaries and finished with figures of 1 for 17.
Pooran provided hope for LSG and scored a quick 45 off 32 balls. He targeted the inexperienced bowlers, Rana and Arora, in the death overs, resulting in LSG scoring 29 runs off the 18th and 19th overs. However, Starc prevented any further damage in the 20th over by dismissing Pooran on the first ball with a nick behind the stumps. LSG was restricted to scoring only 52 runs in the final six overs, with Starc taking his third wicket off the last delivery of the innings.