PBKS vs GT IPL 2024: Gujarat Titans defeated Punjab Kings by 3 wickets. Punjab Kings, playing first, scored 142 runs in the stipulated 20 overs. At the same time, when Gujarat came out to chase the target, the batsmen also realized that scoring runs on the pitch is not easy. The start was very slow and bad for Gujarat as Wriddhiman Saha returned to the pavilion after scoring just 13 runs. There was a 41-run partnership between Shubman Gill and Sai Sudarshan, but the team’s run rate was very slow. In the 10th over, Shubman Gill was dismissed after scoring 35 runs in 29 balls, but after the end of ten overs, the team’s score was only 68 runs. In the middle overs, Liam Livingstone proved to be very important for Punjab Kings, who in his consecutive overs had dismissed Shubman Gill and dashing batsman David Miller on a score of 4 runs.
Till the 14th over, Gujarat’s team was playing at 91 runs with the loss of 3 wickets. The match was about to turn in the next 2 overs. First, Sai Sudarshan was clean bowled by Sam Curran, who scored 31 runs in 34 balls. In the very next over, Azamtullah Umarzai also lost his wicket. He scored 13 runs in 10 balls.
The match had reached a point where Gujarat needed 25 runs in the last 3 overs, but it was not easy to score them considering the condition of the pitch. Meanwhile, Kagiso Rabada conceded 20 runs in the 18th over of the innings and from here the match became one-sided. Gujarat needed only 5 runs to win in the last 12 balls.
Harshal Patel took 2 wickets in the 19th over, but GT had to score only 1 run in the last 6 balls. On the first ball of the last over, Rahul Tewatia hit a four and hit the winning shot and with this Gujarat won the match by 3 wickets.
Rahul Tewatia proved to be a game changer
Gujarat Titans team was in trouble, in such a situation Rahul Tewatia came to bat at number six. He first batted patiently and changed the course of the match by scoring 20 runs including 3 fours and 1 six in the 18th over of the innings. Tewatia played a stormy innings of 36 runs in 18 balls in difficult conditions and ensured Gujarat Titans’ victory by 3 wickets.
