Gujarat Titans registered a win over Punjab Kings within the 18th match of the IPL 2023 which went down the wire on Thursday. In the sport performed at Punjab’s homeground IS Bindra Stadium, Gujarat received by six wickets. After successful toss Hardik Pandya-led GT opted to bowl. Coming to bat first, PBKS managed to attain 153/8. In response, GT chased the goal in 19.5 overs with 4 wickets in hand as Rahul Tewatia ended it off in fashion with a 4.
Interestingly, this was GT’s eleventh win within the 12 chases. Mohit Sharma who was adjudged as th participant of the match. completed with spectacular figures of 4-18 by taking two essential wickets and at an financial system of 4.50. On the opposite hand, Shubman Gill stabilized Gujarat’s innings and contributed 67 runs off 49 balls to information his group nearer to win.
Gujarat defeated Punjab within the final over of the thrilling match. Chasing 154, Gujarat received off to an awesome begin. They registered 44 runs on board within the first 4 overs. However, Kagiso Rabada, who got here within the fifth over, dismissed Wriddhiman Saha (30) to attract the primary blood for his group. Sai Sudarshan (19) then registered a partnership with Shubman Gill to stabilize their innings. After this, captain Hardik Pandya got here out to bat and went again to the hut by scoring solely 8 runs.
Then David Miller (17*) pulled off the match with Gill (67) and led the group nearer to victory. However, within the final over, Gill was dismissed by Sam Curran. Gujarat wanted 4 runs from the final two balls. That’s when Rahul Tewatia gave his group a win by hitting an excellent 4.
Batting first within the match, Punjab Kings scored 153/8 within the 20 overs. They had a foul begin as their opener Prabhsimran Singh returned with out opening an account on the 2nd ball of the innings. Then skipper Shikhar Dhawan received dismissed for 8 runs. After this Matthew Short scored 36 runs. On the opposite hand, Bhanuka Rajapaksa scored 20 runs and Jitesh Sharma scored 25 runs. Apart from this, Sam Curran and Shahrukh Khan scored 22 runs every.
Punjab Kings Playing XI: Prabhsimran Singh, Shikhar Dhawan(c), Matthew Short, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Jitesh Sharma(w), Sam Curran, Shahrukh Khan, Harpreet Brar, Kagiso Rabada, Rishi Dhawan, Arshdeep Singh
Gujarat Titans Playing XI: Wriddhiman Saha(w), Shubman Gill, Sai Sudharsan, Hardik Pandya(c), David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Alzarri Joseph, Mohammed Shami, Mohit Sharma, Joshua Little
