The Gujarat Titans (GT) were defeated by Punjab Kings (PBK) by 11 runs in a high scoring match at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Tuesday, 25 March.
Shubman Gill won the toss and selected in the first field, which appeared as a brilliant batting pitch. Prabhasimran Singh got out cheaply, but Priyash Arya and captain Shreyas Iyer put 51 runs off 21 balls. Once Arya scored 47 runs off 23 balls, Azmatullah Omarjai, Glenn Maxwell and Marcus Stoinis could not do much harm.
talking points
1. Captain's knock by Shreyas Iyer
Shreyas accepted the responsibility of taking Punjab to a huge clan. He received great support from Shashank Singh, who influenced the conditions in a few moments. Both batsmen broke the Gujarat bowlers, away from only 28 delivery, an unbeaten 81 run stand. The five overs of the innings scored 87 runs. Shashank ended at 44 Not Out off 16 balls. While this was happening, Shreyas finished his highest score in the IPL, not out of 97 scoring 42 balls. R Sai Kishore was the best of bowlers for the home team as he returned from four overs with a 3/30 figure.
2. The strong start of Gujarat decreases
In search of a large -scale target of 244, Gujarat needed their debutant openers Shubman Gill and Sai Reformson to come out with guns. He did the same as he played some elegant shots to hit a 61 -run partnership within the powerplay. Glenn Maxwell was brought to the bowl, and the risk results were found as Shubman died for a huge shot. Despite a good powerplay partnership between Gill and Reformson, and then the 84 -run partnership between reformson (74 for 41) and Jose Butler could not chase the Gujarat Vishal clan. Necessary Run a-Ball never reached in the last overs, and they were 12 runs.
3. Arshdeep Singh's clutch bowling sealed victory
The final with Gujarat requires 27 and seven wickets remaining, Arshdeep Singh performed under pressure. He gave only 15 runs, took two important wickets, and finished with 2/36 figures, showing why he is a Punjabi bowler under tight conditions.
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who said what?
Shubman Gill, GT captain said
I think when we were bowling and batting, we got our opportunities. Many runs were given away. We also let ourselves go down on the field. In the middle when we scored 18 runs when we scored 18 runs and the first three overs we scored a lot of runs. This spent us in the game. Many positivity also. I think a good start for the tournament. It is not easy for someone to have an effect as a player and bowl those yorkers when you are on the bench for 15 overs. He credit him for bowling yorker on Trot. I mean this is a good batting wicket to always bat. You can score 240-250, but you also have to ban the opposition.
Shreyas Iyer, PBKS captain and Potam said
In the initial game of the season for us, 97 not out of the cake is icing on the cake. I found a four first ball that I faced and it was going to me. He flicks with six rabda. 44 runs he (Shashank) scored 16–17 balls, was very important for the team. We have set a benchmark that we had to go for. The dew's upcoming things can change and thankfully they performed. (On Vyas) he is a funny character. He has found such symptoms in it where he comes with the right attitude. He bowled Yorker directly. Maintained your calm and composition. Arshdeep played an important role in that (Wide Yorker Plan). He came in and said that the ball is really a little reversing, so the saliva bowlers on the ball are helping a little bit. He got Sai and it changed the pace for us and then he came in and said that let's start the wide yorker before starting. We left no stone unturned before the season started. What did everyone perform on the field in our meetings and it was not just talking to me. We also carry forward speed in other sports.
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