GT vs PBKS: Gujarat Titans vs Punjab Kings match took place in IPL 2024 on 4th April. Gujarat scored 199 runs while playing first. Shubman Gill played an unbeaten inning of 89 runs, while Rahul Tewatia also created a lot of discussion by playing a stormy inning of 23 runs. While chasing the target of 200 runs, Punjab team kept losing wickets continuously. No big partnership was able to flourish, but meanwhile Shashank Singh got Punjab back in the match. Apart from him, Ashutosh Sharma, who came as an impact player in the last overs, played a stormy innings and helped Punjab Kings win by 3 wickets.
At one time Punjab had lost 4 wickets for 70 runs, but from here Shashank Singh took the responsibility. Ashutosh's stormy innings of 31 runs had turned the match largely in favor of Punjab. But the excitement increased once again when his wicket fell in the last over. A four came from Shashank's bat on the fourth ball and after that, due to a leg bye run on the fifth ball, Punjab snatched the victory from the mouth of Gujarat.
Gujarat Titans scored 199 runs
Gujarat Titans lost the wicket of Wriddhiman Saha early, who could score only 11 runs. Kane Williamson played a match in IPL after a long time, and returned to the pavilion after scoring 26 runs in 22 balls. Sai Sudarshan once again impressed by playing a brilliant inning of 33 runs in 19 balls. From the other end, captain Shubman Gill was continuously beating the bowlers, who played an unbeaten inning of 89 runs in 48 balls, hitting 6 fours and 4 sixes. In the last overs, Rahul Tewatia played a stormy innings of 23 runs in 8 balls and took Gujarat to the score of 199 runs.
Shashank Singh got Punjab back
Shikhar Dhawan and Jonny Bairstow started the innings for Punjab Kings. Dhawan returned to the pavilion after scoring only 1 run. Jonny Bairstow looked in very good touch, but was bowled by the magical ball of Noor Ahmed. He scored 22 runs in 13 balls. Prabhsimran Singh got a good start, but Noor Ahmed dismissed him at the score of 35 runs. The team was continuously losing wickets, but Shashank Singh was standing firm from one end. He made an important contribution to the victory of Punjab by playing an inning of 61 runs in 29 balls while making the team return in the match. On the other hand, Ashutosh Sharma, who came as an impact player, played a stormy inning of 31 runs in 17 balls.
62 runs were needed in the last 5 overs
After the 15th over, the score of Punjab Kings was 138 runs for 5 wickets. Although 15 runs came in the 16th over bowled by Rashid Khan, he also dismissed Jitesh. Mohit Sharma gave only 6 runs in the next over, leaving 41 runs needed in the last 3 overs. Gujarat bowlers gave away 34 runs in the next 2 overs, leaving Punjab needing only 7 runs in the last over. The last over was also full of thrill, but with one ball remaining, Punjab won the match by 3 wickets.
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