Rahul Tewatia hit two sixes off the last two balls after Shubman Gill struck his highest IPL score as Gujarat Titans beat Punjab Kings by six wickets.
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Match Overview
Ist Inning
Gujarat Titans won the toss and elected to bowl. Punjab openers couldn’t last long as the Punjab Skipper continuing his string of low scores departed for 5 in the second over. PBKS lost their second wicket in the power play as Jonny Bairstow was sent home by Rahul Tewatia. Then, Shikhar Dhawan and Liam Livingston took forward Punjab’s inning. Dhawan hit 35 and Livingston made a half century, making 64 runs until getting dismissed by Rashid Khan. Darshan Nalkande gave PBKS double blow dismissing 2 wickets in 2 consecutive balls. Some late slogging from Shahrukh Khan and Rahul Chahar took Punjab to 189/9.
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IInd Inning
GI openers made their way to the crease, aiming to chase 190. Matthew Wade got dismissed by Rabada in the fourth over. Then on debutant Sai Sudarshan and Shubman Gill made a thrilling partnership. More than half job done, Sudarshan got dismissed over a top edge by Rahul Chahar and Radaba dismissed Gill in his nervous nineties over a juicy fulltoss. Then the GI Skipper Hardik Pandya played a crucial knock of 27 for 18 balls. But got run out in the first ball of the last over. With 12 runs and 2 balls left Rahul Tewatia did an impossible task. He hit 2 consecutive monstrous sixes and took his team past the finish line.
Who won the Player(Man) of the Match today?
Shubman Gill won the Man of the Match award for his brilliant 96 in 59 balls helping Gujarat helm the run chase.
Playing Squad
Punjab Kings: Mayank Agarwal (C), Shikhar Dhawan, Arshdeep Singh, Kagiso Rabada, Jonny Bairstow, Rahul Chahar, Harpreet Brar, Shahrukh Khan, Prabhsimran Singh, Jitesh Sharma, Ishan Porel, Liam Livingstone, Odean Smith, Sandeep Sharma, Raj Angad Bawa, Rishi Dhawan, Prerak Mankad, Vaibhav Arora, Writtick Chatterjee, Baltej Dhanda, Ansh Patel, Nathan Ellis, Atharva Taide, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Benny Howell.
Gujarat Titans: Hardik Pandya (C), Rashid Khan, Shubman Gill, Mohammed Shami, Lockie Ferguson, Abhinav Sadarangani, Rahul Tewatia, Noor Ahmed, Sai Kishore, Vijay Shankar, Jayant Yadav, Dominic Drakes, Darshan Nalkande, Yash Dayal, Alzarri Joseph, Pradeep Sangwan, David Miller, Wriddhiman Saha, Matthew Wade, Varun Aaron, B Sai Sudharshan.
