- Gujarat Titans of the TATA Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 have defeated Punjab Kings (PBKS) in a nail-biting final match to regain the winning Gentle of the day at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. After a commendable 199 by the Gujarat Titans (GT), the hosts, it appeared that PBKS was out of the race at one point. But the IPL is, a ground that fosters talent and fresh blood; we saw Ashutosh Sharma and Shashank Singh take PBKS to sweet three-wicket victory that their enthusiasts and teammates will cherish for a thousand times.
- The leader of Punjabi Kings team, Shikhar Dhawan, restricted his team to bat first after he had won the toss. Due to injuries, both the clubs had no option but to make a change each. Regarding PBKS, Sikandar Raza came in to bat instead of Liam Livingstone, and for MI, David Miller was substituted by Kane Williamson.
- GT’s captain Shubman Gill did not disappoint with the bat as he remained not out on 89 off 48 on what he described as a good track to play on. There was a paralleling taste of the days gone by with a reminisce of his TATA IPL hundred, which he had made two out of the three here, in the 2023 season. As often is the case, it could have been just another simple class. From the start of the match, especially from the first over, when he hit the ball for a six against Harpreet Brar till the last over, one could witness class.
- Gill demonstrated another class shot in the 13th over of his innings, he hit Kagiso Rabada over his head to get a six. It was shot exquisite; balance, poise and class. In the eighth over of the match Gill got into the eightys. He has completed his hundred, but he seems to have not got much of a hit in the last over.
- Saha scored a quick 11 that came in the powerplay as Gill got support in the middle from Williamson, who made 26 off 22 balls and Sudharsan, who was constructing an innings of 33 off 19 balls. This was the first time Williamson played a game for the season and was batting.
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- It was in the mid-overs that GT was able to get going with Sai Sudharsan playing a brisk inning. He got 19 balls that contained six boundaries and this brought on the acceleration and Gill at the other end was equally spirited. Before he could even be declared out, with all his effort to upper-cut, sudharsan was ejected and had to get back to the pavilion.
- Initially GT would have geared to target the 200 mark, but at some point it seemed out of reach. GT got 199 on the total for the loss of Cutting after a stunning 23 of eight balls from Rahul Tewatia. Tewatia was at his creative best, when he hit an effortless six over square leg off the wrist and the last ball of the 19th over, swept behind square for a four against Harshal Patel.
- The over-winder Rahul Tewatia was on to give a good finish of the innings again superior.
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- Azmatullah Omarzai started the dismissal of the heavy-hitter Jonny Bairstow; the right-handed batsman struck three fours in the first over of the second innings to set the momentum for the PBKS chase. In the second over, Umesh Yadav got one and Shikhar Dhawan tried to cut one but inside-edged it on to his stumps but GT came back strongly.
- They gave a small counter-attack with few aggressive shots to get closer to the total though Bairstow got out on the very next ball. Especially Prabhsimran made himself louder and more authoritative. At last, Noor Ahmad came into the attack, he got a beauty that went between bat and pad to castle Bairstow.
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- Again, Noor dismissal, turning down the dangerous Prabhsimran for 35. PBKS felt that the middle overs were difficult for them to manage because GT was continuing with the strikes. Their hopes were only revived when Shashank Singh came into the scene. Shashank tried to manage the required rate immediately and was rather aggressive from the beginning. After two sixes hit by Yuvraj in the 16th over Jitesh sharma came into the game. Had he managed the ball to any extent well he was looking for a third towards the mid-wicket but he was out.
- When 4 overs were still left, PBKS needed 47 runs. Mohit Sharma perhaps was the most successful bowler of the last over he conceded only 16 runs. But with these two wickets, crank up the pressure yet further, just when PBKS’s Impact Player, Ashutosh Sharma came in and took his side back into the game with three fours off Omarzai. In the meantime, Shashank drove off to another room Continuation of Love marriage byintercast between two families p.
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- Mohit returned for the final over and he was given 18 runs to chase for the win coming back for the final over Mohit was set 25 to win. Shashank and Ashutosh seemed to be unchallengeable at this level. Thirugesan and Dheeraj tried to scoreboard pressure, and they were needing seven runs off the final over and Shashank smashed a six over mid-wicket off the-last-ball.
- Darshan Nalkande who was introduced into bowl the last over had Ashutosh (31 off 17 balls) caught at long-on with the first ball of the over. Shashank, who made 61 off 29 balls, took over the match’s control with five remaining in the last over, and he appropriately hit the next ball for four over the third man. After a leg-bye, PBKS’s side’s deal was then sealed. The visitors thus emerged the worthy winners and Ashutosh and Shashank put on 43 for the second wicket.
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