Punjab Kings Shashank Singh and Ashutosh throughout The IPL 17 2024 Gujarat Titans vs Punjab Kings Cricket Match at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, Gujarat on Thursday April 04, 2024.
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The two brightest sparks for Punjab Kings (PBKS) this IPL 2024 season Shashank Singh and Ashutosh Sharma practically pulled off one other magnificent chase for his or her crew however Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) received over the road in Mullanpur by the pores and skin of their tooth, registering a nail-biter 2 run victory.
Despite his crew’s defeat, PBKS captain Shikhar Dhawan could not cease himself from praising Shashank and Ashutosh for his or her magnificent chase efforts.
The Punjab captain stated that they were all the time optimistic about Shashank and Ashutosh ending the sport for Punjab.
All hope appeared gone when Punjab required 51 runs within the final three overs, however Shashank-Ashutosh duo smashed 66 runs off simply 27 balls to take their crew so near the goal.
The heroes for Punjab within the earlier sport, put up a courageous struggle once more this time towards SRH as Shashank hit three boundaries in an over off Bhuvneshwar Kumar and his companion Ashutosh struck back-to-back fours off SRH captain Cummins, giving PBKS hope of victory at their dwelling.
“I feel that Shashank and Ashutosh played a great knock. There was always hope that they could finish the game, but we got so close and that’ll give us confidence going into the future games, but we’ll have to do better going ahead,” Dhawan stated in a post-match presentation.
Dhawan lamented that batting allow them to down and batters didn’t do nicely within the first six overs as they misplaced 3 wickets which “cost us in the end.”
“We restricted them to a good total, but we couldn’t cash in on the first 6 overs, lost 3 wickets and that’s where we fell behind and it cost us in the end. When the wicket wasn’t offering a lot of bounce, every individual will have to look back and change their approach. We dropped a catch off the last ball, we could have kept them down by 10-15 runs, but batting let us down. It’s great to see youngsters chipping in with such consistency (on Shashank and Ashutosh),” he added.
Coming to the match, after shedding three wickets within the powerplay, SRH posted a complete in extra of 180 due to Nitish Reddy’s maiden half-century and a few essential runs scored by Abdul Samad and Shahbaz Ahmed.
In the run-chase of 183, PBKS misplaced wickets incessantly and were lowered to 114/6 in 15.3 overs. A exceptional fightback from Shashank Singh (46* in 25 balls, with six fours and a six) and Ashutosh Sharma (33* in 15 balls, with three fours and two sixes) nearly sealed a win for Punjab, however they fell quick by two runs.
