Match 18: Punjab Kings Vs Gujarat Titans
Hello everyone, Welcome back here. We take look on match 18 between Punjab Kings Vs Gujarat Titans. In this match which lasted till the last over, Gujarat Titans defeated Punjab Kings by 6 wickets.
The match was held in Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali. Gujarat Titans won the toss and decided to bowl first. This is fourth match of GT, in first and second match they won against CSK & DC by 5 wickets and by 6 wickets respectively while lose third match against KKR. This is fourth match of PBK and they won first and second match against KKR & RR by 7 runs and 5 runs respectively while in third match lose against SRH by 8 wickets.
The opening batman from PBK was Shikhar Dhawan and Prabhsimran Singh. Singh was caught out on the very second ball. Rashid Khan took the catch. Singh got out after scoring zero runs. Matthew Short was the next batsman on field. And as soon as he came, he showed his intentions by applying 2 fours. Shikhar also used his bat from the other end. But Shikhar Dhawan lost his wicket in the fourth over. Joshua Little got him out. Dhawan scored 8 runs. Bhanuka Rajapaksa was the next batsman on field. Matthew Short played good shots from the other end and took Punjab’s score forward. After the first power play, Punjab scored 55 runs losing 2 wickets. But short lose his wicket in the very first over from Rashid Khan. He scored 36 runs in 24 balls. Jitesh Sharma was the next batsman on field. Then Sharma and Bhanuka Rajapaksa took Punjab’s score forward by playing good shots. But Sharma got out after scoring 25 runs. Sam Curran was the next player on the field. But Bhanuka Rajapaksa also lost his wicket. He scored 20 runs. Shahrukh Khan was the next batsman on field. As soon as he came, he hit six on the first ball. But he got run out in a rush to score runs. He played an inning of 22 runs in just 9 balls. One by one, Punjab’s wickets were falling. Finally, after 20 overs, Punjab scored 153 runs losing 8 wickets.
With a target of 154 runs, Wriddhiman Saha and Shubman Gill were the opening batsmen from Gujarat Titans. Both started well for Gujarat Titans. Both batman played good shots. There was a good partnership of 48 runs between the two. But Wriddhiman Saha lost his wicket after scoring 30 runs.
Sai Sudarshan was the next batsman on field. After the first power play, Gujarat Titans scored 56 runs by taking 1 wicket. But in the process of playing a big shot, Sai Sudarshan lost his wicket on a short ball from Arshdeep Singh.Hardik was the next batsman on field, but he was also dismissed soon after scoring 8 runs. After that, Gill completed his half-century by hitting a four. In the end, Gujarat Titans needed 7 runs in 6 balls. But Sam Curran dismissed Gill on the second ball of the over. Rahul Tewatia was the next batsman on field. Finally, Rahul Tewatia hit four and Gujarat Titans won the match. Mohit Sharma was the player of the match.