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Gujarat Titans (GT) defeated Punjab Kings (PBKS) by six wickets, thanks to Rahul Tewatia, who smashed two sixes on the last two balls to seal the deal for his side at Mumbai’s Brabourne Stadium on Friday.
Chasing a massive target of 190, Gujarat lost opener Matthew Wade early in the fourth over. But before Punjab could further capitalise, opener Shubman Gill and debutant Sai Sudharsan took the game♏ away by forming a sensational partnership.
The pair ended up adding 101 runs for the second wicket to keep Punjab bowlers at bay. The stand was broken by Rahul Chahar after he dismi🍸ssed Sudarshan, who scored 35 from 30 balls, including five boundaries.
Meanwhile, Gill kept on pushing his team toward victory by ensuring Gujarat didn’t give up under the asking rate pressure. Gill was looking set to reach the triple-figure mark but fell short by just 4 runs when Kagiso Rabada dismissed him in the penultimate over.
As Punjab almost pulled things back, bringing down the equation to 12 runs from the last two balls, Tewatia stunned PBKS by hitting Odean Smith into the stands.
Earlier, Liam Livingstone starred with the ✤willow to push Punjab towards a competitivꦜe score. The English star punished GT bowlers all around the park and smashed a quickfire half-century.
Livingstone took just 27 balls to score 64 with the help of 11 bܫoundaries, including four sixes. Spinner Chahar chipped in with a valuable 22 not out off 14 deliveries to take Punjab to 189/9 in their allotted 20 overs.
For Gujarat, Rashid Khan shined with the ball, taking a brilliant three-wicket haul while conceding 22 runs in his quota of 4 overs. Debutant Darshan Nalkande also b⛄agged a couple of scalps for 37 in three overs.
Here is how Twitter reacted:
UNREAL!!
— parthiv patel (@parthiv9)
SIX, SIX – that's the tweet! That's the match! That's for you!
— Gujarat Titans (@gujarat_titans)
First two 50+ s༺cores of an IPL franchise by the same player:
Aaron Finch for GL
Shubman Gill for GT— Kausthub Gudipati (@kaustats)
Some gam༺e this! Who would want to bowl to Tewatia at tꩲhe death!!
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha)
Omg omg ! Unbelievable does a Tewatia again
— Ridhima Pathak (@PathakRidhima)
Whenever I watch bat, he exudes class. Has a rare quality called ‘balance’ : no🌜t just on the front foot but crucially very good on the back foot which makes him a fine all wicket batter. Give him time: Ideal number 3 for team India in all formats IMHO
— Rajdeep Sardesai (@sardesairajdeep)
He deserved a 100!
— KSR (@KShriniwasRao)
Game-changing wicket! 𓃲Kagiso Rabada gets Shubman Gill for 96 off 59. A top knock comes to an end!
— Subhayan Chakraborty (@CricSubhayan)
He is so pleasing to watch has ma꧅de a steep target look very gettable so far.
— Boria Majumdar (@BoriaMajumdar)
End of a terrific knock by Shubman Gill, 96 runs from 59 balls, misse🦋d out deserving hundred by just 💫4 runs. Well played, Gill.
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns)
Before Kagiso Rabada was about to bo💦wl Arshdeep Singh went upto him and the next ball y𓆏ou see Shubman Gill gets out and they were in the same U-19 batch.
— Prajakta (@18prajakta)
What an Innings Shubman Gill. He scored 96 runs from 59 balls including 11 Fours and 1 Six 🙈against Punjab Kings while chasing 190 runs target. Outstanding Innings from Gill. Well played.
— CricketMAN2 (@ImTanujSingh)
