PBKS vs GT Highlights IPL 2024: Tewatia carries Gujarat Titans to three-wicket win over Punjab Kings

In the battle of shaky top orders, Rahul Tewatia’s rearguard action took Gujarat Titans over the line by three wickets against Punjab Kings at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium here on Sunday. 

Dhruva Prasad’s match report from Mullanpur

IPL 2024: Tewatia’s heroics on display yet again as Gujarat Titans edges Punjab Kings by three-wickets

Though a 143-run target was just what the under-fire Titans batting line-up would have wished for, poor shot selection helped Punjab claw back, resulting in a chase nervier than anticipated.

Arshdeep to bowl the last over and it will take just one ball to seal the game. Tewatia guides the ball fine for four. A nervy win for GT, another final over finish at Mullanpur, another final over loss for Punjab Kings. A better batting performance would have seen a different turn of events today potentials. But this game has no place for what ifs. 

Harshal to bowl now and he begins with a wicket. Takes out Shahrukh with yorker getting an outside edge off Shahrukh’s feet to the stumps. 

M Shahrukh Khan b Patel 8 (4b 0x4 1x6)

Rashid Khan is the new batter. Just five runs needed for a win. Gets off the mark right away with a single through square leg. Harshal sends in a fuller ball marginally outside off. Slowed down this one and it goes straight to the keeper. Tewatia gets a single through mid on. Three needed for a win now. 

Rashid runs two. GT has levelled scores. One run needed now.

Some funny things happening now. A run needed for GT and PBKS still has so many fielders outside the circle. No attempt here to put pressure on GT. Harshal does it himself. Rashid holes out to Livingstone at midwicket. GT looks set to win this, but it won’t happen on Harshal’s watch. 

Rashid Khan c Rossouw b Patel 3 (3b 0x4 0x6)

Rabada now. Tewatia strkes along the ground through mid off for FOUR. Pressure well and truly on PBKS. Rabada follows up with a back of the length delivery which strikes Tewatia on the glove. He is wincing, but runs the single. Shahrukh Khan then uses the pace of the ball to smack a SIX down the ground. A no fuss six from the TN batter. Rabada follows up with a yorker that Shahrukh tries to get his feet away from. Single. Tewatia uses his feet and gets the ball to the ropes for FOUR. Another one comes off the very next ball, with Jitesh struggling to collect a wide rising delivery that runs away for FOUR. 20 runs come off this over. GT close to a win. 

Harpreet Brar will bowl out. Rahul Tewatia goes in for the reverse sweep and takes the ball on the body. Punjab appeals for lbw. Umpires not convinced. Third umpire vindicates Tewatia. He survives after the replay shows the ball pitching outside leg. He then negotiates down short cover for two quick runs. He then reverse sweeps again but this time he’s found the gap through what would be deep backward square for a right hander. FOUR RUNS. Good, smart batting this. Tewatia goes again, this time on one knee and over fine leg for FOUR. Sam Curran looks deflated. 13 runs earned off this over by the Titans 

Harshal Patel comes in for his second. Starts with a yorker which is edged away. Omarzai runs two. He then bowls one fuller which goes straight through Omarzai to the keeper. The Afghan batter has edged it and has to make the walk back to the dugout. 

Azmatullah Omarzai c JM Sharma b Patel 13 (10b 0x4 1x6)

Shahrukh Khan is the new batter and the man can bat. Gets off the mark with a single. Harshal comes in around the wicket to Tewatia, trying to get it into the batter. A few dot balls follow. Tewatia gets a single off the last ball. Four off the over, GT needs 38 runs from 24 balls. 

Sam Curran into the attack now, to bowl his second. GT needs 52 runs from 36 balls. After two singles, Sai Sudarshan plays Curran fine off his pads, the ball runs away for four runs. OH BOWLED ‘EM! Sai Sudarshan chops the ball onto the stumps. Big breakthrough this for Punjab. A drop in pace of the ball helping yet again today. 

Sai Sudharsan b Curran 31 (34b 3x4 0x6)

Rahul Tewatia walks out now. 10 runs come off Sam Curran’s over. 

Livingstone will bowl out and he keeps the scoring rate low. Just five runs come off this over. Nice little chokehold on the runs here, but Punjab needs wickets to truly claw its way back into this encounter. Time for a timeout. 

Omarzai is the new batter who joins Sudarshan. After a quiet opening to Brar with just two runs coming off the first four balls, Omarzai hits the first six of the innings, smacked over long on! 

57 runs needed from 42 balls

Livingstone to bowl his third. Livingstone is sending the ball probingly into the batters, troubling both Miller and Sai Sudarshan. A conservative over is bowled with the pair content with rotating strike. Oh but wait, Livingstone will give his dugout a reason to cheer as he cleans up David Miller. Sends one full and straight and Miller, looking to get the ball to the ropes, misses and the ball lobs onto the stumps. The fight in this PBKS bowling unit >

David Miller b Livingstone 4 (6b 0x4 0x6)

Rabada back for his third. Begins in the 130-140kmph range which Miller and Sai Sudarshan see off for a few singles. Sai Sudarshan then needs some physio assistance and there’s a brief pause in play. Rabada then sends one straight to Sai Sudarshan who nearly hands a knick to the keeper. Sai Sudarshan drives to find a gap in the field. Two runs for the GT batter. Four runs from this Rabada over.

GT needs 71 runs from 54 balls

Livingstone continues. Single on first ball. OUT!! Gill hits it straight to long off. Livingstone is ecstatic and quite animated. 

David Miller at number four. Takes a single on the first ball. Three runs and a wicket in that over. 

Brar continues. Only a single in first three balls. On leg and Sudharsan sweeps very fine for four! Seven runs from the over. 

Livingstone into the attack now. Two dots and then a single. Short ball and Gill smacks it towards extra cover for four! A dot on the next ball. Livingstone is not happy with Gill for pulling out of his stance at last minute. 

Brar with his left arm spin. Gill cuts and takes a double. Four runs in three balls. Seven more runs added to the total. 

Sam Curran is here. Single on the first ball. Three balls and just one run so far. Gill takes a double on the leg side. FOUR to end the over. Smashed behind point. 

Harshal Patel into the attack. FOUR! Gill gets width and cuts behind point. Single on the next ball. Five runs in four balls. Seven from the over. 

Arshdeep. Single on the first ball. Two singles in two balls. OUT! Saha pulls it straight to short midwicket. Easy dismissal and Punjab is roaring, finally. 

Sai Sudharsan at the crease. And begins his innings with a cracking cut past point for four. 

Rabada for his second. Gill smashes him for two four back to back. First a swat behind square and then a flick towards midwicket. 

Arshdeep from the other end. Single on the first ball. Four runs in first five balls. Gujarat taking things slow right now. 

Saha and Gill open the innings. Kagiso Rabada with the new ball. 

Saha off the mark with a single off the inside edge. Gills plays two dot balls to start with. Single on the fourth ball. Saha drives past point and gets the first boundary of the innings. Seven off the over. 

A fairly moderate total to chase - 143. There was turn and the pitch was a bit slow. Will PBKS bowlers make something out of this, or will it be an easy chase for Gujarat? 

12 overs
68 runs
Six wickets

Proper strangle

I felt I should slow it down. My instincts told me to slow down. I followed my instincts and delivered. After the first two deliveries, I realised that into the wicket is the line to bowl to on this wicket. 

Mohit to close out the innings. Gujarat makes its impact sub switch : Sandeep Warrier out, Sai Sudarshan is in. Meanwhile, Harpreet gets a run through long on. Harshal Patel takes strikes and looking to go big, ends up holing out to Shahrukh Khan at the long on boundary for a golden duck. 

Harshal Patel c Shahrukh Khan b Sharma 0 (1b 0x4 0x6)

Rabada is the last batter in and right off the bat, a potential run out is escaped. Harpreet has three balls to get PBKS past 150 and attempts some big shots which finds fielders in safety, but he refuses to run to stay on strike. This is absurd. Mohit varies his pace yet again and bowls into the stumps, with Harpreet going low to sweep but makes a mess of it. The pair a single, but Harpreet is caught short of his crease. A bizarre end to a rather underwhelming batting effort from Punjab Kings. 

Sai Kishore will bowl out. Aggression from skipper Gill. Sticks to his fuller balls up front, giving the batters tempting offers outside off. The second delivery is a tad too deviant. Wide called. Brar dispatches the next over to long off where David Miller runs in on tme but makes a mess of the catch. How much can Brar add courtesy this lifeline? 

Looks like the escape has given Brar some adrenaline in his veins. He smacks Sai Kishore for a four and a six off consecutive deliveries, the first a slog sweep through midwicket and the second straight down the ground. Sai Kishore, once again, has the last laugh as he sends in a slower delivery to outsmart Brar. He holes out to Shahrukh Khan after the drop in pace of the ball gave it no momentum to get past the ropes. 

Harpreet Brar c Shahrukh Khan b Sai Kishore 29 (12b 4x4 1x6)

FOUR WICKET HAUL FOR SAI KISHORE

Mohit Sharma returns. Harpreet Bhatia who looks to pull him for a boundary cops a blow on his ribs. He is checked out by the team doctor. But they’ve managed to run a single by then. Harpreet Brar then swats for two boundaries on the trot, first through backward square and the other through midwicket. Mohit varied his pace, but Brar’s placement has been impeccable here. The pair then manage a couple of single through midwicket. 11 runs come off this over from Mohit. A marked change in momentum, even if it comes with a dollop of nerves on the side.

Shubman decides to stick with spin and it is Shahrukh Khan who has the ball now. He has not bowled so far in this tournament and has a chance to mark a victorious start with the ball with an lbw appeal for Harpreet Singh’s wicket. Harpreet looking to sweep misses and GT thinks they have him. PBKS reviews and their batter is saved by the replay. Singh then pushes the ball to long on for a single. Brar goes aerial but the ball lands safely between long on and deep midwicket. Two runs. Bhatia comes down the track and nudges the ball through midwicket for two runs. He then straight bats Shahrukh through cover to finish the over with a single.

Shubman decides to stick with spin and it is Shahrukh Khan who has the ball now. He has not bowled so far in this tournament and has a chance to mark a victorious start with the ball with an lbw appeal for Harpreet Singh’s wicket. Harpreet looking to sweep misses and GT thinks they have him. PBKS reviews and their batter is saved by the replay. 

Sai Kishore to bowl his third. Shashank negotiates him off his pads to run two. But he just hasn’t caught the lengths today and ends up sending the ball back to Sai who takes a brilliant low catch off his bowling for his third wicket off the night. 

Shashank Singh c & b Sai Kishore 8 (12b 0x4 0x6)

Harpreet Brar joins his namesake in the middle with a dismal scoreboard. Brar manages to sweep Sai Kishore for a boundary to give PBKS a few runs

Rashid Khan will now bowl out and gives away just four runs. Finishes with 4-0-15-1. A nice return to Rashid of old after struggling a bit with the ball this season. 

Sai Kishgore returns and there’s a big LBW appeal first up. Batter in the hot seat is the imperious Ashutosh Sharma. The balls headed into the leg stump. Umpires are not interested, so Shubman reviews. His 100% record with reviews is broken as we see the ball missing the stumps in the replay. Sai Kishore is beating the PBKS batters on height here, with the ball staying low. First Shashank Singh tries to slog out a six straight down the ground which David Miller can’t get to in time beyond mid off. But Sai Kishore removes Ashutosh Sharma who tries to go big yet again by coming down the ground, hasn’t hit that cleanly as it flies over to extra cover, only to land in Mohit Sharma’s hands. 

Ashutosh Sharma c Sharma b Sai Kishore 3 (8b 0x4 0x6)

Noor will bowl out. Shashank and Ashutosh are happy to see him off without much risk. And a timeout will be taken. 

GT stays with spin with Sai Kishore coming on. Jitesh is a good player of spin and he presents evidence with a nice smack off a fuller delivery over long off for six. But Sai Kishore will have the last laugh here as he drags Jitesh down the track, drawing out a shot, but foxing him by slowing down his pace to clean up the stumps. Brilliant piece of bowling. 

Jitesh Sharma b Sai Kishore 13 (12b 0x4 1x6)

Noor Ahmed returns. Liam Livingstone paddles the ball fine for a boundary. Some relief for PBKS, but Livingstone is struggling to pick Noor. OH WHAT DO YOU KNOW! Noor has his man. There’s a slip in place for him and a failed sweep attempted on a googly throws up a big edge that’s caught in first slip. 

Liam Livingstone c Tewatia b Noor Ahmad 6 (9b 1x4 0x6)

That brings Shashank Singh to the crease now. What can he do today?

Rashid continues. Gets a bit of width and Jitesh cuts. Good fielding inside the circle and it’ll be a double. Single on the next ball. Three runs in four balls. Four runs from the over. 

Noor Ahmed. Jitesh takes a single on the first ball. A slip and a short leg for Livingstone. He takes a single. Attempted sweep, another LBW appeal, same drill but GT doesn’t take a review this time. Three runs from the over. 

Jitesh Sharma is here. 

Rashid Khan for his second. Two runs in first three balls. Curran now pushes the ball towards cover and takes a double. Another appeal for LBW and once again umpire says not out. GT takes a review again. Three reds and OUT! Once again decision reversed. Curran has to go. 

Liam Livingstone defends the first ball.

Noor Ahmed. Single on the first ball towards square. Three singles in first three balls. Rossouw takes out the reverse sweep and hits it past short fine leg for four. A huge appeal on the last ball for LBW. Nothing from umpire but Gujarat is interested and takes a review. No bat involved. Three reds and decision reversed. Rossouw is OUT. 

Mohit for his second. Single on the first ball. Short ball and Prabhsimran once again takes out his upper cut for a SIX! Fifty-up for Punjab. OUT!! Prabhsimran charges, goes for a slog, and gets an edge straight to keeper. 

Riley Rossouw at number three. Wide yorker and Rossouw slashes it past backward point for four on the first ball. Bouncer and a dot. 11 runs and a wicket in that over. 

Rashid Khan into the attack. Two runs in first three balls. Dot on the fourth ball. Just three runs from the over. 

Mohit Sharma into the attack. FOUR! Curran slashes, gets an edge but goes for four past keeper. Bouncer and Curran can’t put bat to ball. Two dots on the trot. Another bouncer but this it is called wide. A single on the fourth ball. Eight from the over. 

Omarzai. FOUR! Now Curran smacks past point on the first ball. Takes a single on the next ball. Prabhsimran looking to charge but doesn’t time it. SIX! Picked up over square leg! Brilliant shot. 11 runs from the over. 

Sandeep Warrier. Full on the pads and Prabhsimran guides it fine for four to start the over. Dot ball. Hint of swing and beats Prabhsimran. Double on the fourth ball towards square leg. This time Prabhsimran charges and hits it over mid off for four! Now he upper cuts over short third for a six. It’s a waist height no ball as well! FOUR! Slapped over cover to end the over. 

Omarzai with the new ball. First ball, yorker, and beats Curran. Second, full on the pads, Curran works it towards leg for a single. Prabhsimran plays a dot. Two dots in a row. Half-hearted appeal on the fifth ball for LBW. Nothing. Drives on the last ball and takes a single. 

Prabhsimran Singh and Sam Curran are opening the innings. 

Gujarat Titans: Sai Sudharsan, Sharath BR, Manav Suthar, Darshan Nalkande, Vijay Shankar

Punjab Kings: Rahul Chahar, Vidhwath Kaverappa, Atharva Taide, Harpreet Singh Bhatia, Shivam Singh

Gujarat Titans: Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Shubman Gill (C), David Miller, Azmatullah Omarzai, Shahrukh Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Noor Ahmad, Sandeep Warrier, Mohit Sharma.

Punjab Kings: Sam Curran (C), Prabhsimran Singh, Rilee Rossouw, Liam Livingstone, Shashank Singh, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Ashutosh Sharma, Harpreet Brar, Harshal Patel, Kagiso Rabada, Arshdeep Singh

Punjab will bat first. Still no Dhawan. Curran leading the side. 

(We’re going to) Try and put runs on the pitch. Our record here has not been the best but we hope to put pressure on the Gujarat bowlers

Team winning the toss: Wins: 2; Losses: 2

Team batting first: Wins: 2; Losses: 2

Punjab Kings predicted XI

Bat 1st: Rilee Rossouw, Atharva Taide/ Harpreet Bhatia, Prabhsimran Singh, Sam Curran(c), Jitesh Sharma(w), Liam Livingstone, Shashank Singh, Ashutosh Sharma, Harpreet Brar, Harshal Patel, Kagiso Rabada

Bowl 1st: Rilee Rossouw, Prabhsimran Singh, Sam Curran(c), Jitesh Sharma(w), Liam Livingstone, Shashank Singh, Ashutosh Sharma, Harpreet Brar, Harshal Patel, Kagiso Rabada, Arshdeep Singh

Gujarat Titans predicted XI

Bat 1st: Shubman Gill(c), Wriddhiman Saha(w), Sai Sudharsan, Abhinav Manohar, David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Mohit Sharma, Noor Ahmad, Spencer Johnson, Sandeep Warrier

Bowl 1st: Shubman Gill(c), Wriddhiman Saha(w), R Sai Kishore, Abhinav Manohar, David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Mohit Sharma, Noor Ahmad, Spencer Johnson, Sandeep Warrier

The law of averages seems to have caught up with Gujarat, which enjoyed a dream run in its first two seasons. During its fourth defeat in seven games this year, the 2022 champion slumped to an 89-run total against Delhi Capitals, in which No. 8 Rashid Khan contributed 31.

Barring skipper Shubman Gill, GT’s top scorer, no batter who has faced a minimum of 10 balls has a strike rate over 140 or an average above 35. With a shaky middle order, Sai Sudharsan will need to convert his starts into big scores and strike at a faster clip.

Though statisticians will revel in the aesthetic symmetry of the first reverse fixture of the Indian Premier League (IPL) marking exactly the halfway point of the tournament, Punjab Kings and Gujarat Titans (GT) will be preoccupied with getting their pear-shaped campaigns back on track when they meet at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium here on Sunday.

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Since making his debut in the IPL as an Impact Player and scoring a match-winning 17-ball 31 against Gujarat Titans, Ashutosh Sharma has racked up scores of 33* (15), 31 (16), before going into overdrive against MI with 61 off 28.

Matches: 4

PBKS wins: 1

lost: 3

Last Result: PBKS lost against MI by nine runs

The host side will hope for some of the momentum to return too as it locks horns with a side against which it last tasted success, in a stunning run-chase that saw the birth of the Shashank Singh-Ashutosh Sharma phenomenon.

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With the pitch here helping the seamers, the battle between veterans Harshal Patel (PBKS) and Mohit Sharma (GT), both exponents of the slower delivery and variations, will be interesting.

What time will the toss for Punjab Kings vs Gujarat Titans IPL 2024 match happen?

The toss of the Punjab Kings vs Gujarat Titans IPL 2024 match will take place at 7:00 PM IST.

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The Punjab Kings vs Gujarat Titans IPL 2024 match will be televised on the Star Sports Network in India.

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