- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR0.2 Shami gets a wicket second ball! Innocuous back of a length ball on the hips of Prabhsimran who was looking for a flick. But the ball hits the high part of his blade and lobs straight to Rashid at short midwicket, who takes a simple catch. 0/13.2 Huge, huge wicket for Titans as Dhawan departs! Good length ball on middle and leg, he shimmies down the track looking to loft it over mid-on. The bat turns in his hands a touch and he ends up ballooning it straight up. Alzarri Joseph runs back from mid-on and ends up taking a comfortable. So, the man who has been scoring all the runs for Kings has to go. Hardik is elated! 28/26.4 Wrong'un that beats Short all ends up, and sees his stumps in a mess! Flatter into Short, who was looking to swipe that away. Does not pick the googly, and the ball clatters into middle and leg stump. Rashid gets the better of his Adelaide Strikers team-mate 55/316.5 End of a difficult innings for Rajapaksa! Knee-high full toss on middle stump, Rajapaksa chips it straight to deep midwicket. Easy catch for Gill running in. The batter never got going and a strike rate of 76.92 was just not good enough on the day. 115/512.2 Edged, is it? Saha appeals but does not get a lot of support. Pandya has taken a review in the nick of time. They are already a review down. Back of a length ball just on off that tails away from Jitesh just a touch. He pushes at it and the
ball goes past his outside edge.Oh, hello. UltraEdge confirms there was a smidge of an edge on that. What a top review from Saha, who was the only appealing. The on-field umpire has to change his decision, and Kings are four down. 92/418.1 And, now Curran falls! Mohit gets his second wicket of the night. He goes into the pitch with the off-cutter shoulder high with the line outside off. Curran has to wait for it, and while he gets a good chunk on it, there is no pace. The ball goes straight to deep midwicket where Gill takes a simple catch. 136/619.4 Fuller and outside off, he spanks it to the right of mid-off. There is a bit of misfield and Shahrukh goes for the second. But Miller throws a flat throw to the keeper who whips off the bails in a flash and finds Shahrukh short of his crease. Never run on a misfield as they say, and that has cost PBKS a wicket. 152/719.6 Oh, what a bit of work from Saha. Has he run out Brar last ball off the innings? Yes, he has. Fuller length ball outside leg stump as Brar backs away looking to flay it away. Gets a thick inside-edge with the ball going to the right of Saha, who puts in a dive to first stop the ball. He then gets up and fires in a throw, gloves on. Hits the top of the stumps and finds Dhawan short. 153/8Extras11 (lb 2, w 9)TOTAL153/8 (20 Overs, RR: 7.65)Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Prabhsimran Singh, 0.2 ov), 2-28 (Shikhar Dhawan, 3.2 ov), 3-55 (Matthew Short, 6.4 ov), 4-92 (Jitesh Sharma, 12.2 ov), 5-115 (Bhanuka Rajapaksa, 16.5 ov), 6-136 (Sam Curran, 18.1 ov), 7-152 (M Shahrukh Khan, 19.4 ov), 8-153 (Rishi Dhawan, 19.6 ov)Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Mohammed Shami 4 0 44 1 11.00 9 7 1 1 0 JB Little 4 0 31 1 7.75 11 3 1 3 0 AS Joseph 4 0 32 1 8.00 11 1 2 5 0 Rashid Khan 4 0 26 1 6.50 13 3 1 0 0 MM Sharma 4 0 18 2 4.50 12 2 0 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRB4s6sSR4.4 100th IPL wicket for Rabada! Rabada sticks with the short ball strategy and Saha goes for another pull, but this time he picks out deep square leg! Short takes it above head-height and Saha has to walk 48/119.2 Cleaned him up! Is this too late for a late twist? It's full on off and angles in just enough to hit off-stump as Gill swings and gets an inside edge. Late, late twist? Sign me up! 148/411.2 And Arshdeep has the breakthrough! Bangs it in short on off, Sai Sudharsan swivels and pulls but gets a top edge and it goes straight to deep fine leg! 89/214.2 Brar gets Hardik! He clears his front leg and wants to go big down the ground but doesn't quite time it. Picks out Sam Curran who takes it reverse-cupped. He lets out a little roar as the Titans skipper walks back 106/3Extras8 (lb 8)TOTAL154/4 (19.5 Overs, RR: 7.76)Fall of wickets: 1-48 (Wriddhiman Saha, 4.4 ov), 2-89 (Sai Sudharsan, 11.2 ov), 3-106 (Hardik Pandya, 14.2 ov), 4-148 (Shubman Gill, 19.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Arshdeep Singh 4 0 33 1 8.25 8 5 0 0 0 K Rabada 4 0 36 1 9.00 11 5 1 0 0 Harpreet Brar 4 0 20 1 5.00 8 1 0 0 0 SM Curran 3.5 0 25 1 6.52 7 2 0 0 0 RD Chahar 3 0 24 0 8.00 4 3 0 0 0 MW Short 1 0 8 0 8.00 1 1 0 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Gujarat Titans , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Match days
13 April 2023 - night match (20-over match)
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Gujarat Titans 2, Punjab Kings 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 52 runs, 2 wickets)
- Over 3.1: Review by Gujarat Titans (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - A Totre, Batter - S Dhawan (Struck down)
- Punjab Kings: 50 runs in 5.4 overs (34 balls), Extras 6
- Strategic Timeout: Punjab Kings - 52/2 in 6.0 overs (MW Short 35, PBB Rajapaksa 3)
- Over 12.2: Review by Gujarat Titans (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - J Madanagopal, Batter - JM Sharma (Upheld)
- Over 13.1: Review by Gujarat Titans (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - A Totre, Batter - PBB Rajapaksa (Struck down)
- Strategic Timeout: Punjab Kings - 99/4 in 15.0 overs (PBB Rajapaksa 18, SM Curran 4)
- Punjab Kings: 100 runs in 15.2 overs (92 balls), Extras 8
- Over 16.3: Review by Punjab Kings (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wide, Umpire - J Madanagopal, Batter - SM Curran (Struck down)
- Punjab Kings: 150 runs in 19.3 overs (117 balls), Extras 10
- Innings Break: Punjab Kings - 153/8 in 20.0 overs (Harpreet Brar 8)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 56 runs, 1 wicket)
- Gujarat Titans: 50 runs in 4.6 overs (30 balls), Extras 1
- Strategic Timeout: Gujarat Titans - 78/1 in 9.0 overs (Shubman Gill 35, B Sai Sudharsan 12)
- Gujarat Titans: 100 runs in 13.5 overs (83 balls), Extras 5
- Shubman Gill: 50 off 40 balls (6 x 4)
- Strategic Timeout: Gujarat Titans - 120/3 in 16.0 overs (Shubman Gill 52, DA Miller 5)
- Over 18.6: Review by Punjab Kings (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - J Madanagopal, Batter - DA Miller (Struck down)
- Gujarat Titans: 150 runs in 19.4 overs (118 balls), Extras 8
Match Coverage
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Mohit Sharma had kept at it, behind the scenes, and made sure he was ready for his moment when it came, ready to make it his
Gill and Tewatia show their class as Titans return to winning ways
Kings struggled with the bat and leaked too many runs too early with the ball in a modest chase
Home advantage, Livingstone's presence could work for Kings against formidable Titans
Hardik Pandya is expected to be available for Titans, while Kings will be tempted to field both Rabada and Livingstone