In Pics, IPL 2022 Match 48: Rabada, Dhawan power Punjab to win over Gujarat

Gujarat Titans suffered only their second IPL defeat on Tuesday as Kagiso Rabada took four wickets for the second match running before Shikhar Dhawan's half-century led Punjab Kings to a dominant win. (BCCI/IPL Photo)

Liam Livingstone smashed three sixes to complete an eight-wicket victory with four overs to spare, moving Punjab up to fifth and stopping league leaders Gujarat from putting one foot in the playoffs. (BCCI/IPL Photo)

Gujarat won the toss and chose to bat but made just 143/8 as Rabada produced man-of-the-match figures of 4/33. (BCCI/IPL/PTI Photo)

Gujarat's only standout was Sai Sudharsan who grounded out a gutsy 65*, the 20-year-old's first half-century of the IPL in only his fourth innings. (BCCI/IPL/PTI Photo)

The Titans lost both their openers in the power play, with Shubman Gill run out for 9 in the third over and Wriddhiman Saha caught by a back-pedalling Mayank Agarwal off Rabada. (BCCI/IPL/PTI Photo)

Gujarat's top scorer of the season Hardik Pandya fell for just one, failing to move his feet and thick-edging Rishi Dhawan to keeper Jitesh Sharma as he looked to drive. (BCCI/IPL/PTI Photo)

David Miller tried to get the scoreboard moving, but misjudged Livingstone's offspin to give Rabada a simple catch on the long-on boundary, departing for 11. (BCCI/IPL/PTI Photo)

Rahul Tewatia, often the danger man at the end of an innings, also was out for 11, trying to reverse-sweep a wide, slow Rabada ball. (BCCI/IPL/ANI Photo)

Jonny Bairstow, promoted to number two, departed for one in the third over, top-edging Mohammed Shami to Pradeep Sangwan at deep fine-leg. (BCCI/IPL/PTI Photo)

But Dhawan and Bhanuka Rajapaksa made quick work of the modest target off Shami, Rashid Khan and Alzarri Joseph. (BCCI/IPL/PTI Photo)

Rajapaksa hit five fours and a six to make 40 off 28 balls before being trapped leg-before by New Zealand's Ferguson in the 12th over. (BCCI/IPL/PTI Photo)

Dhawan's 62 not out off 53 included eight fours and one six -- a ramped shot off a lightning-fast Joseph delivery that was the quickest of the night. (BCCI/IPL/PTI Photo)

Livingstone then wrapped things up in one Shami over with three sixes in a row -- one of which flew 117 metres -- and two fours to finish not out 30 off 10 balls. (BCCI/IPL/PTI Photo)