Gujarat Titans VS Punjab Kings, PBK won the match by 3 wickets against Gujarat Titans in the Indian Premier League match. Punjab Kings won the toss and elected to bowl first. Punjab Kings’ decision backfires. Shubman Gill scored 89* runs and remained not out and Sai Sudharsan scored 33 runs. GT pit a massive total of 199 runs in 20 overs at the scoreboard.
PBK lost early wickets but Shashank Singh and Ashutosh Sharma had a match-winning partnership. Shashank Singh scored 61* runs and Ashutosh Sharma scored 31 runs. PBK scored 200/7 in 19.5 overs. PBK won the match by 3 wickets.
PBK is in the 5th position in the table with 4 points in the 4 matches and GT had 4 points in 4 matches and stands in the 6th position in the Indian Premier League table.
Punjab Kings playing eleven
Shikhar Dhawan(Captain), Jonny Bairstow, Sam Curran, Prabhsimran Singh, Jitesh Sharam(wk), Shashank Singh, Harpreet Brar, Harshal Patel, Kagiso Rabada, Sikandar Raza, Arshdeep Singh
Gujarat Titans Playing Eleven
Wriddhiman Saha(WK), Shubman Gill(Captain), Sai Sudharsan, Azmatullah Omarzai, Vijay Shankar, Kane Williamson, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Umesh Yadav, Noor Ahmed, Darshan Nalkande
Gujarat Titans VS Punjab Kings: PBK won the match by 3 wickets
Punjab Kings won the toss and invited Gujarat Titans to bat first. Wriddhiman Saha and Shubman Gill came to open for GT and Harpreet Brar had a first over for PBK. Wriddhiman Saha and Shubman Gill had a 29-run partnership for the first wicket. In the third over, Kagiso Rabada bowled fuller fuller-length delivery on the stumps to Wriddhiman Saha who closed the face of the bat quickly the ball took the leading edge of the bat and Shikar Dhawan took a simple catch at mid-off. Wriddhiman Saha scored 11 runs off 13 balls.
Kane Williamson playing his first match of this season. Kane Williamson and Shubman Gill had a 40-run partnership for the second wicket. In the 9th over, Harpreet Brar bowled Short and wide to Kane Williamson who made room to play a cut and got caught by Jonny Bairstow in backward Point. Kane Williamson scored 26 runs off 22 balls.
Sai Sudharsan and Shubman Gill had a 53-run partnership for the third wicket. In the 14th over, Sai Sudharsan was caught behind by Jitesh Sharma in the bowl of Harshal Patel. Sai Sudharsan scored 33 runs off 19 balls. Vijay Shankar and Shubman Gill had a 42-run partnership for the fourth wicket.
In the 18th over, Kagiso Rabada bowled short length delivery wide to the stumps to Vijay Shankar who tried to slap the ball but the ball made contact with the toe end of the bat and Harpreet Brar took a diving catch at long-off. Vijay Shankar scored 8 runs off 10 balls. Rahul Tewtia and Shubman Gill had a 35*-run partnership for the fifth wicket. Rahul Tewtia scored 23* runs off 8 balls and Shubman Gill scored 89* runs off 48 balls. GT scored 199/4 in 20 overs.
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Noor Ahmad gets Jonny Bairstow
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Shikhar Dhawan and Jonny Bairstow came to open for Punjab Kings and Azmatullah Omarzai had a first over Gujarat Titans. In the second over, Shikhar Dhawan was bowled out in bowl by Umesh Yadav. Shikhar Dhawan scored 1 runs off 2 balls. Mohit Sharma came as an impact player in place of Rahul Tewatia. Jonny Bairstow and Prabhsimran Singh had a 35-run partnership for the second wicket.
In the 6th over, Jonny Bairstow was bowled out in the bowl of Noor Ahmed. Jonny Bairstow scored 22 runs off 13 balls. In the 8th over, Noor Ahmed bowled googly on the off and middle stumps to Prabhsimran Singh who tried to play a big shot but the ball took a top edge and Mohit Sharma took a catch at point. Prabhsimran Singh scored 35 runs off 24 balls.
In the 9th over, Azmatullah Omarzai bowled a slower bowl on off stumps to Sam Curran who played a pull and got caught by Kane Williamson at mid-wicket. Sam Curran scored 5 runs off 8 balls. Sikandar Raza and Shashank Singh had a 41-run partnership for the fifth wicket. In the 13th over, Sikandar Raza was caught behind by Wriddhiman Saha. Sikandar Raza scored 15 runs off 16 balls.
Shashank Singh and Jitesh Sharma had a 39-run partnership for the sixth wicket. In the 16th over, Rashid Khan bowled a fuller-length delivery to Jitesh Sharma who played a slog and got caught by Darshan Nalkande at deep mid-wicket. Jitesh Sharma scored 16 runs off 8 balls. Ashutosh Sharma came as an impact player in place of Arshdeep Singh.
In the 20th over, Darshan Nalkande bowled a slower delivery to Ashutosh Sharma who played a shot and got caught by Rashid Khan at long-off. Ashutosh Sharma scored 31 runs off 17 balls. Shashank Sharma scored 61* runs off 29 balls and Harpreet Brar scored 1* run off 2 balls. PBK scored 200/7 in 19.5 overs. PBK won the match by 3 wickets. Shashank Sharma won the Player of the Match award for his match-winning innings.