PBKS vs GT IPL 2024: Gujarat Titans vs Punjab Kings match took place on 4th April in IPL 2024. Gujarat scored 199 runs while playing first. Shubman Gill played an unbeaten innings of 89 runs, while Rahul Tewatia also made a lot of buzz by playing a stormy innings of 23 runs. Chasing the target of 200 runs, Punjab’s team kept losing wickets continuously. No big partnership was able to flourish, but meanwhile Shashank Singh brought Punjab back into the match. Apart from him, Ashutosh Sharma, who came as an impact player in the last overs, played a stormy innings and gave Punjab Kings a 3-wicket win.
Punjab had lost 4 wickets for 70 runs at one point, but Shashank Singh took the responsibility from here. Ashutosh’s stormy innings of 31 runs had brought the match in Punjab’s favour to a great extent. But the excitement increased once again when his wicket fell in the last over. Shashank hit a four on the fourth ball and then Punjab snatched the victory from Gujarat thanks to a leg bye run on the fifth ball.
Gujarat Titans scored 199 runs
Gujarat Titans lost the wicket of Wriddhiman Saha early, who could score only 11 runs. Kane Williamson played a match in IPL after a long time, who returned to the pavilion after scoring 26 runs in 22 balls. Sai Sudarshan impressed once again by playing a quick innings of 33 runs in 19 balls. From the other end, captain Shubman Gill was continuously hitting the bowlers, who played an unbeaten innings of 89 runs in 48 balls hitting 6 fours and 4 sixes. At the same time, in the last overs, Rahul Tewatia played a stormy innings of 23 runs in 8 balls and took Gujarat to the score of 199 runs.
Shashank Singh got Punjab back
Shikhar Dhawan and Jonny Bairstow opened the innings for Punjab Kings. Dhawan returned to the pavilion after scoring only 1 run. Jonny Bairstow was looking in very good touch, but was bowled by Noor Ahmed’s magical ball. He scored 22 runs in 13 balls. Prabhsimran Singh got a good start, but Noor Ahmed also dismissed him for 35 runs. The team was losing wickets continuously, but Shashank Singh was standing firm from one end. He made a significant contribution to Punjab’s victory by playing an innings of 61 runs in 29 balls while getting the team back in the match. On the other hand, Ashutosh Sharma, who came as an impact player, played a stormy innings of 31 runs in 17 balls.
62 runs were needed in the last 5 overs
After the 15th over, Punjab Kings’ score was 138 for 5 wickets. Although Rashid Khan scored 15 runs in the 16th over, he also dismissed Jitesh. Mohit Sharma gave only 6 runs in the next over, leaving 41 runs needed in the last 3 overs. Gujarat bowlers gave 34 runs in the next 2 overs, leaving Punjab needing only 7 runs in the last over. The last over was also full of excitement, but Punjab won the match by 3 wickets with one ball remaining.
