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Punjab Kings held their nerves to clinch a thrilling 3- wicket win over the Gujarat Titans in a Tata IPL 2026 encounter at New Chandigarh . Earlier Punjab Kings Skipper Shreyas Iyer won the toss and opted to bowl first .
Punjab Kings bowlers did a good job in restricting the GT batting line-up to a modest 162/ 6 in their 20 overs . GT began cautiously Sai Sudharsan out for 13, Skipper Shubman Gill scoring 39 ( 27 balls 6 fours) Jos Buttler 38 ( 33 balls 3 fours 2 sixes) . The big score eluded them . Glenn Phillips ( 25) , Washington Sundar ( 18) , M Shahrukh Khan 9 4), Rahul Tewatia not out 11, Rashid Khan not out 4 .
Punjab Kings Bowling : Arshdeep Singh 0/42 ( 4 overs) , Xavier Bartlett 0/36 ( 4 overs), Marco Jansen 1/20 ( 4 overs), Vijaykumar Vyshak 3/36 ( 4 overs), Yuzvendra Chahal 2/28 ( 4 overs)
Chasing 163 to win , Punjab Kings began on a shaky note . They lost opener Priyansh Arya cheaply for 7 . Prabhsimran Singh put innings on track with 37 ( 24 balls , 1 four , 4 sixes). Punjab Skipper Shreyas Iyer was out for 18 , Nehal Wadhera ( 3), Shashank Singh ( 4). The chase suddenly looked tricky with fall of wickets . Adding to the woes Marcus Stoinis ( 0), Marco Jansen ( 9).
Punjab could romp home with a scare thanks to a brilliant Tata IPL debut by Aussie all- rounder Cooper Connolly who carried his bat right through to score a match- winning unbetean 72 ( 44 balls , 5 fours, 5 sixes) , Xavier Bartlett 11 was the other not out batsman and the duo saw Punjab kings home by three wickets . Punjab reaching 165 /7 ( 19.1 overs)
A memorable start for the young Australian in the @PunjabKingsIPL colors 😍
Cooper Connolly is adjudged the Player of the Match on his #TATAIPL debut 🌟
Scorecard ▶️ https://t.co/75rCxTCOL1#KhelBindaas | #PBKSvGT pic.twitter.com/5JmVoTz6DW
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GT Bowling : Mohammed Siraj 0/15 ( 2 overs), Kagiso Rabada 1/34 ( 3 overs), Ashok Sharma 1/31 ( 3 overs), Rashid Khan 1/29 ( 4 overs), Washington Sundar 1/27 ( 3.1 overs), Prasidh Krishna 3/29 ( 4 overs)
Match: IPL 2026, 4th Match
Venue: New Chandigarh | Date: March 31,
