Punjab Kings vs Gujarat Titans Match Highlights & Results

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Shubman Gill wins the Man of the Match award for his incredible batting effort. He starts by saying he managed to keep hitting the gaps and wanted the scoreboard ticking. Mentions he isn’t doing anything different. Says, it is just one of those days when the ball went through the gap throughout his innings. Mentions, this is something that he focuses on in the nets, on how to minimize the dot balls.

Hardik Pandya, the victorious skipper, is in for a chat. He says these kinds of ups and downs happen in the game. He feels that he has become neutral to such situations. Praises the effort of Rahul Tewatia who just faced three balls to get them over the line. Applauds Gill by saying that he is showing a lot of maturity. Says, a lot credit also goes to Sai Sudharsan for stitching a solid stand with Gill in the middle. Mentions, he looks to be in a better shape and hopes he keeps getting better with each game.

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The man of the moment, Rahul Tewatia is up for a quick chat. He says that he had no time to think and just had to hit sixes. Says that he knew that Odean Smith will be looking to bowl it outside off stump and that is the reason he shuffled across to hit the ball. Mentions that the atmosphere in the dressing room is pretty relaxed and they have a very good support staff.

Mayank Agarwal, the skipper of Punjab, is in for a chat. He says that it was a tough game for them. Adds that they were 5-10 runs short with the bat. Tells that they did really well to get to 189 after losing wickets in a cluster in the middle overs. Mentions that Kagiso Rabada and Arshdeep Singh did a fantastic job in the end overs. Says that Odean Smith had a bad day but he has full backing of his team.

Punjab never gave up! They fought till the very end, which turned this encounter into a nail-biter. The bowler were taken to the cleaners by Gill. The second wicket stand of 101 runs proved to be ominous for them. It was Chahar who came back to break the deadly partnership. In the death overs, Punjab bowlers came back to life and added some pressure with the new batter at the crease. Arshdeep Singh and Kagiso Rabada certainly got them back in the game. As you know, the game of cricket can be a cruel one and that's what Odean Smith had to face today. He failed to defend 19 runs in the final over but his team-mates supported him really well after the game.

So, Gujarat still the team to beat this season. It’s three in three for them. All points in the bag until now. Even after losing Wade pretty early on, it was Shubman Gill who rose to the occasion and maintained superb control over one end. Gill started his innings with two consecutive boundaries, he played the same way throughout. In his whole innings of 96 runs, only once did he play a weak shot, while rest of them were right on the money. Sai Sudharsan did not came across as a player making a debut in this league. He looked flawless with the blade in his hand. He could not continue at a brisk rate and perished eventually. Hardik came into the crease with Gill still going on. Gujarat needed 32 from 12 balls. But then Gujarat lost both of them in 7 deliveries. It was the heroics of Rahul Tewatia which made them to get over the line.

Down to the wire and RAHUL TEWATIA keeps his calm. That’s it! There is not much to right about this lad. What temperament Tewatia has. 12 runs were needed off the last two deliveries and Tewatia hits both of them out of the park to extend his side’s winning run in the competition. Agony for Punjab, while Gujarat are ecstatic at the moment.

SIX! BOOM! TEWATIA, YOU BEAUTY! He has done it! The game is not over until that man, Tewatia is at the crease they say, and he proves everyone right. A length ball, outside off. Tewatia shuffles across and smokes it way over the long on region for a biggie. Gujarat win by 6 wickets!

SIX! BANG! TEWATIA BELIEVES! On a length, outside off. Rahul Tewatia shuffles across and smacks it just over the deep mid-wicket fielder for a maximum.

Smith misses his shy at his end and the batters take a run. A length ball, well outside off. Miller drags it back to the bowler. Smith collects it cleanly but fails to score a direct hit at the non-striker's end.

FOUR! WHACKED! A length ball, around leg. Miller sits back and heaves it through the mid-wicket region for a boundary.

A full ball, outside off. Rahul Tewatia drives it to deep cover for a single. 17 runs needed off 4 balls.

OUT! RUN OUT! Oh, dear! Absolute chaos in the middle and it is Gujarat's skipper who walks back to the hut. A length ball, outside off. Miller throws his bat at it but he misses. Jonny Bairstow behind the sticks collects the ball cleanly and underarms it towards the stumps at his end as Hardik Pandya was looking to steal a bye. He falls well short of his crease and Pandya is a goner!

Rahul Tewatia is the new batter in.

Wide! A length ball, angling across the batter, from well outside off. David Miller lets it be. Wide called.

Odean Smith to bowl the final over. 19 needed off 6 balls. The new batter, David Miller on strike. Will Odean Smith be able to defend the target?

A full ball, well outside off. Miller drags it towards long off for a single. 19 runs needed off 6 balls. This game is going down to the wire. Fasten your seatbelts, folks.

David Miller is the new man in.

OUT! CAUGHT! Gill holes out and this is a big wicket in the context of this game. A juicy full toss, outside off. Shubman Gill looks to slap it through the off side but he fails to middle it. It goes off the outer half of the blade towards Mayank Agarwal at extra cover who takes a sitter. End of a brilliant innings from Gill but he is absolutely gutted with himself. A crucial wicket for Punjab. GAME ON!

A yorker-length ball, outside off. Pandya squeezes it out towards deep backward point for a single.

FOUR! AND AGAIN! Rabada misses his mark and serves a low full toss, outside off. Pandya caresses it wide of the long off fielder for another boundary.

FOUR! A low full toss, around off. Pandya whacks it through the deep mid-wicket region for a boundary. One hand comes off the bat and hence the ball does not go all the way.

Fuller in length, outside off. Gill bunts it towards long on and takes a run.

NO BALL! A yorker, around middle. Hardik Pandya squeezes it out towards square leg for one run. Rabada oversteps and the umpire signals no ball. Free Hit to follow.

Another yorker, just outside off. Gill shuffles across and looks to scoop it over the short fine leg fielder but he misses and gets hit low on his pad. What an over from Arshdeep Singh! Just 5 runs off the over! The pressure is certainly on Gujarat now. 32 runs needed off 12 balls.

Fuller in length, outside off. Hardik Pandya drills it to long off and manages only a single.

Had that been a direct hit, it would have been curtains for Pandya! A yorker, around middle. Gill digs it out towards square leg for a single. Odean Smith there, collects the ball and has a shy at the striker's end but he misses.

A full ball, well outside off. Shubman Gill chips it over the extra cover fielder and comes back for the second run. Gill moves to 94.

A yorker, around off. Pandya digs it out towards long off for a single.

A bumper, angling in from off. Hardik Pandya sways away from the line of the delivery.

Flatter and quicker, outside off. Gill flat-bats it wide of the long off fielder for a brace. 37 runs needed off 18 balls.

DROPPED! Dragged down, on middle. Pandya miscues his pull shot high in the air towards the square leg region. Kagiso Rabada runs in from the deep but puts it down. A single taken.

On a length, outside off. Hardik Pandya punches it back to the bowler. Rahul Chahar dives to his left and stops the ball.

FOUR! Back-to-back boundaries for the skipper! Full and outside off. Hardik Pandya lofts it back over the bowler's head for another boundary.

FOUR! A short ball, outside off. Hardik Pandya hangs back and cuts it through the cover region for a boundary.

Nicely tossed, on off. Hardik Pandya blocks it out.

TWO WIDES! A stumping chance goes abegging! Chahar sees Gill skipping down the track so he bowls it down leg. Jonny Bairstow behind the sticks fails to gather the ball cleanly and the ball goes past him. The batters steal a bye. The umpire calls it wide.

FOUR! Oh, dear! That spoils a good over for Arshdeep. Still just 6 runs off the over. This is a yorker-length ball, outside off. Pandya sits back and squeezes it out past the diving fielder at backward point for a boundary.

A yorker, outside off. Pandya fails to dig it out. Excellent delivery from Arshdeep. Just 2 runs from the over so far.

Fuller in length, outside off. Gill drives hard but finds the cover fielder. A single taken.

A yorker, wide outside off. Gill squeezes it out towards the short third man fielder.

Back of a length, around off. Hardik Pandya whacks it towards the deep mid-wicket fielder for a single.

A length ball, jagging back in from off, from 'round the wicket. Pandya turns it towards mid-wicket.

Full, on the stumps. Hardik Pandya defends it to mid off on the front foot and gets a single. A wicket-taking over by Chahar comes to an end.

Full, outside off. Hardik Pandya guides it to short third man.

Hardik Pandya walks out to bat now.

OUT! CAUGHT! Rahul Chahar breaks the stand. A good valiant debut innings of Sai Sudharsan comes to an end. It is a googly, full and outside off. Sai Sudharsan gets low and tries to sweep it away. The ball goes high in the air off the top-edge towards mid off. Mayank Agarwal runs towards it and takes a sharp catch in the end. Can Punjab build on this wicket?

A single as this is worked down to long off.

Touch short, on off. Gill reverse-hits it over the backward point. The ball lands safely and they take two.

Fuller, outside off. Gill pushes it gently into covers for two runs. Gill moves to 86, his highest score in the Indian T20 League.

Rahul Chahar (2-0-22-0) is back on.

Length ball, outside off. Sai Sudharsan blocks it to backward point.

Back of a length, on off. Shubman Gill pulls it to deep square leg for a single.

This time Sai Sudharsan gets a single to mid on. He pushes a full delivery, down the ground.

FOUR! Incredible stroke. A cross-seamed delivery, on a length, Sai Sudharsan presses forward, loft it over mid on and bags a boundary.

Length, on the pads. Shubman Gill tucks it to square leg for one.

Full length, on off. Gill flicks it through mid-wicket for two runs.

Strategic break! Well, 71 runs required from 42 balls, and one will have to say that Gujarat is clearly in the driver's seat at the moment, with 9 wickets in hand. The pair of Shubman Gill and Sai Sudharsan has made sure that Gujarat keeps up with the asking rate. Punjab will need to break this stand sooner rather than later, as the game has started to drift away from them. Kagiso Rabada comes back into the attack.

Length ball, on the pads. Shubman Gill tucks it to deep square leg for a single.

A short ball, on off. Sai Sudharsan drags his pull to deep mid-wicket for a single.

Full, on leg. Fill flicks it to deep square leg for a single.

FOUR! CRACKED! Short ball, outside off. Shubman Gill stand tall and cuts it through covers for a boundary.

Another single! Length ball, on the pads. Sai Sudharsan whips it to deep square leg for a single.

Full length, on the stumps. Gill advances down the track and pushes it through covers for one.

Length ball, around off. Gill drives it down the ground for a single.

FOUR! Everything Gill touches turns into gold. Back of a length, outside off. Shubman Gill pulls it through the gap between deep mid-wicket and wide long on for a boundary.

LEG BYE! Sai Sudharsan moves down leg. Arshdeep Singh follows the batter with a full-length delivery. Sai Sudharsan fails to flick it away. The ball goes to short third man off the pads. They cross for a leg bye.

Good length, outside off. Sai Sudharsan looks to heave it across the line but misses it completely.

Full length, down leg. Sai Sudharsan fails to flick it away. The ball rolls to the leg side off the pads.

Length ball, angled into the bodyline. Shubman Gill flicks it to mid-wicket for one.

Arshdeep Singh comes back to bowl.

Back of a length, outside off. Shubman Gill slaps it to deep point for a single.

Ouch! Jitesh Sharma seems to have hurt his leg while trying to stop the ball, and he is being taken off the field by the physio.

FOUR! Cracking shot! It is short, outside off. Gill hangs back and crunches it through covers for a boundary. Gill motoring along really well here. Jitesh Sharma make a sharp dive to his right in the deep but in vain.

Full, wide outside off. Sai Sudharsan slashes it through point for one run.

Short ball, on off. Gill pulls it to deep mid-wicket for a single.

On off, pushed back to the bowler.

Fuller, on the pads. Shubman Gill flicks it through mid-wicket for two runs. This is excellent running.

On a length and angling in from outside off. Sai Sudharsan looks to cut but he gets a thick inside edge, onto the deck and just past the leg stump. 6 runs off the over.

Play and a miss! Short of a length, outside off. Sai Sudharsan throws his bat at it but he fails to get any blade on it.

FOUR! CLASSY! Fuller in length, well outside off. Sai Sudharsan reaches out and nails his extra cover drive, past the mid off fielder for a boundary.

A low full toss, outside off. Sai Sudharsan looks to slog but he misses out and fails to make any connection.

Short and wide, outside off. Shubman Gill cuts it hard but straight to the deep cover fielder for only a single.

In the air...but safe! On a length, around middle. Sai Sudharsan looks to heave it across the line but it goes off the top edge and falls just in front of the long on fielder who runs in from the deep. A single taken!

Strategic break! Gujarat has gotten off to a good start, courtesy of some fine batting from Gill. Although, he must make sure that he bats deep and takes his side closer to Punjab's total. The momentum is clearly with Gujarat at the moment and Punjab needs wickets in a cluster if they are to stage a comeback in this game.

Flatter and quicker, going on with the angle, from middle. Sai Sudharsan nudges it around the corner and takes a run.

Full and on middle. Shubman Gill eases it to long on for a single.

FOUR! SMASHED! Short and wide, outside off. Gill cuts it hard past the point fielder and fetches himself another boundary.

An appeal for LBW but the umpire says no! A flatter ball, on a length and going on with the angle, from middle. Shubman Gill gets forward to defend but he gets an inside edge onto his pad.

FOUR! WHACKED! This is some shot from the young man! Tossed up, outside off. Shubman Gill prods and drives it wide of the extra cover fielder for a boundary. FIFTY FOR GILL!

Flatter and quicker, outside off. Shubman Gill cuts it wide of the deep point fielder for a brace.

Slight halt in play. Sai Sudharsan has gone off the field. He is back now and we are good to resume.

Good-length ball, outside off. Shubman Gill looks to push it through the off side but it goes off the thick outside edge towards third man for one run.

On a length, around off. Sai Sudharsan looks to heave it across the line but he gets an inside edge onto his pad. Smith puts in an appeal but the umpire is unmoved. The ball rolls away and the batters take a run.

Short and outside off. Gill slaps it through the cover region and takes a single.

DROPPED! Back of a length, outside off. Gill flat-bats it straight back to Smith who sticks his left hand out. The ball hits his left and lobs up in the air. Smith tries to grab it on the second attempt but he puts it down.

SIX! BANG! That is a top shot from Gill! He got into position so quickly there! A bumper, around off. Gill stays back and whacks it over the deep mid-wicket region for a biggie.

Short of a length, outside off. Sai Sudharsan cuts it to deep cover and settles for a single.