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Punjab Kings powered by sensational innings by Shashank Singh stunned Gujarat Titans by three wickets in thrilling encounter of the Tata IPL 2024 at Ahmedabad. The win puts Punjab’s campaign on track after two losses . Punjab win brought smile on the face of team co- owner Bollywood actress Preity Zinta.
Punjab Kings Skipper Shikhar Dhawan after winning the toss asked Gujarat Titans to bat . GT batting first at home seized the moment to post an impressive 199/ 4 in their 20 overs . Skipper Shubman Gill led from the front with a superb power- packed innings . Gill remained unbeaten 0n 89 ( 48 balls , 6 fours , 4 sixes) . GT lost opener Wriddhiman Saha early for 11. Kane Williamson coming place of injured David Miller looked good for his 22 ball 26 .
Young Sai Sudharsan played a cameo 19 ball 33 with six fours . Vijay Shankar fell for 8. Rahul Tewatia gave the finishing touches with quick fire unbeaten 8 ball 23 (3 fours, 1 six)
Punjab Kings Bowling figures : Harpreet Brar 1/ 33 ( 4 overs), Arshdeep Singh 0/ 33 ( 4 overs), Kagiso Rabada 2/ 44 ( 4 overs), Sam Curran 0/ 18 ( 2 overs), Harshal Patel 1/ 44 ( 4 overs), Sikandar Raza 0/ 22 ( 2 overs)
Chasing the GT total , Punjab Kings batting overcame top order collapse to register a stunning win . Skipper Shikhar Dhawan out for ( 1) , Jonny Bairstow ( 22) Prabhsimran Singh 35 ( 24 balls , 5 fours , 1 six). Sam Curran fell for 5 . Innings were tottering at 71/ 4 in 8. 5 overs.
Punjab batting coming to the match was already weakened due to the injury to Liam Livingstone. And Livingstone’s absence was clearly felt . Punjab lost wickets at regular intervals and that hurt their chase . Sikandar Raza fell for ( 15 ) . Jitesh Sharma fell for 8 ball 16 trying to hit Rashid Khan for third six.
Shashank Singh was sensational match- winning unbeaten innings of 61 ( 29 balls , 6 fours , 4 sixes) . impact player Ashutosh Sharma lived up to his billing with fine cameo 31 ( 17 balls ) . Punjab Kings shocking Gujarat Titans by 3 wickets finishing at 200/ 7 in 19. 5 overs
GT bowling : Azmatullah Omarzai 1/ 41 ( 4 overs), Umesh Yadav 1/ 33 ( 3 overs), Noor Ahmad 2/ 32 ( 4 overs), Rashid Khan 1/ 40 ( 4 overs). Mohit Sharma 1/ 39 ( 4 overs) , Darshan Nalkande 0/6 ( 0. 5 balls)
Match: IPL 2024, 17th Match
Venue: Ahmedabad | Date: April 04, 2024
