Gujarat Titans beat Punjab Kings in the 18th match IPL 2023 which went down to the wire on Thursday. In this match played at Punjab’s home ground IS Bindra Stadium, Gujarat won by six wickets. after winning the toss hardik pandya-Led GT opted to bowl. Electing to bat first, PBKS scored 153/8. In reply, GT chased down the target in 19.5 overs with 4 wickets to spare as Rahul Tewatia finished it off with a four.
Interestingly, this was GT’s 11th win in 12 chases. Mohit Sharma was chosen as the player of the match. Taking two important wickets and ending with impressive figures of 4-18 at an economy of 4.50. On the other hand, Shubman Gill Stabilized Gujarat’s innings and contributed 67 runs off 49 balls to bring his team closer to victory.
Gujarat defeated Punjab in the last over of the thrilling match. Chasing 154, Gujarat got off to a great start. They registered 44 runs on the board in the first four overs. however, Kagiso RabadaKohli got out in the 5th over Wriddhiman Saha (30) To draw first blood for his team. Sai Sudarshan (19) then stitched a partnership with Shubman Gill to stabilize his innings. After this captain Hardik Pandya came to bat and went back to the hut after scoring only 8 runs.
After this, David Miller (17 *) pulled the match with Gill (67) and brought the team closer to victory. However, Gill was dismissed by Sam Curran in the last over. Gujarat needed 4 runs in the last two balls. That’s why Rahul Tewatia made his team win by hitting a brilliant four.
Batting first in the match, Punjab Kings scored 153/8 in the allotted 20 overs. They got off to a poor start as their opener Prabhsimran Singh went wicketless on the second ball of the innings. then captain Shikhar Dhawan Got out for 8 runs. After this Matthew Short scored 36 runs. Whereas Bhanuka Rajapakse scored 20 runs and Jitesh Sharma scored 25 runs. Apart from this, Sam Curran and Shah Rukh Khan scored 22-22 runs.
Punjab Kings Playing XI: Prabhsimran Singh, Shikhar Dhawan(c), Matthew Short, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Jitesh Sharma(w), Sam Curran, Shahrukh Khan, Harpreet Brar, Kagiso Rabada, Rishi Dhawan, Arshdeep Singh
Gujarat Titans Playing XI: Wriddhiman Saha(w), Shubman Gill, Sai Sudarshan, Hardik Pandya(c), David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Alzarri Joseph, Mohammed ShamiMohit Sharma, Joshua Little