08/04Result
16th Match (N), Indian Premier League at Mumbai, Apr 8 2022
GT won by 6 wkts (0b rem)
Player of the Match
Shubman Gill
Shubman GillGujarat Titans
08/04Result
16th Match (N), Indian Premier League at Mumbai, Apr 8 2022
GT won by 6 wkts (0b rem)
Player of the Match
Shubman Gill
Shubman GillGujarat Titans

END OF OVER:
20 | 19 Runs 1 Wkt | GT: 190/4 | RR: 9.50

  • Rahul Tewatia13 (3b)
  • David Miller6 (4b)
  • Odean Smith3-0-35-0
  • Kagiso Rabada4-0-35-2

That was a breathtaking finish; maybe just another day in the office for Tewatia though. 19 to win off the last over? Done. 12 to get off 2 balls? Surely, he says. Brace yourself up for a double-header Saturday as you try to sink in what just happened, as we bid you goodbye for the day. Take care!

Bala: "Kings are known to have lost many close games. This one is an addition to the list of "must have won""

Shreyas HM: "Not just the overthrow. The first ball of the over was possibly not a wide too." --- Are you planning to open a pandora's box?

Tewatia Gill is the Player of the Match: "It's important to keep the scoreboard ticking. The outfield is really rapid... It's just about execution. It's just one of those days when I was hitting the ball well. Trust me, I am hitting it very hard from my own power! It might not feel like that, but I am doing my level best. Me as an opener is important to bat through the innings. You go to nets and try to practice... We all are really tired, and it'll take us an hour to get back to the hotel."

Pandya has managed to realise they have won: "The kind of ups and downs happen, I think I have now become used to. It was Kings' game; some sympathy for them losing this. Gill has been telling everybody that he is there. A lot of credit goes to Sai as well. Body is coping all right; I am getting tired obviously. As the games come, I'll be getting better."

Time for the presentations

Vinay: "this is the first time 12 scored of last 2 balls to win a game in ipl, right?" --- You ask, and our stats hero Shiva Jayaraman delivers. There have been three previous instances of two sixes being hit off the last two balls to win a game in T20s where data is available. The last time this happened was in 2019, with Nishan Peiris sending Anuk de Alwis all the way. Before that, it was Dhoni hitting Axar for two in two in 2016.

Hus Silverado : "PBKS and a Windies Bowler against Tewatia...The result was obvious!!!" --- Ding dong!

Viswa: "That overthrow lost the match for Punjab. Miller was struggling"

The hero of the milennium Tewatia: "Amazing feeling. There was nothing to think! Just go there and hit sixes, that's what me and David where thinking. I planned against Smith... The last ball was off the middle of the bat, and I knew it was six. The first ball he bowled was wide outside off, and so I thought the last ball was going to come there too. Staff is really chilled here. They just tell us practice hard..."

James Iyer: "That's the way to win a cricket match!"

Agarwal after having to swallow that: "It was a tough game, but we fought heard. We were five-seven runs short... We did really well to get ourselves to that score, so we were really happy with that. Last over could have been anybody's game; we totally back Odean. It's all right; it's just a game of cricket. The talk in the group is we back the guys."

11.30pm How many bet on that? 12 to win off 2, and two sixes required. Tewatia lives a dream. He turns the clock back, and how! Who knew what would have been had Kings not conceded that overthrow? Miller wasn't really looking in great touch - plus there was the Pandya run-out - and Tewatia looked in the mood. What a game here! Gill's 96 set it up, young Sudharsan contributed too, and Titans remain unbeaten.

19.6
6
Smith to Tewatia, SIX, He is a hero! Dial Tewatia for six! He looks at the dressing room with a swagger of Superman, and why not? He is pumped, chuffed and thrilled. 12 were needed off two balls - two sixes of course - and Tewatia smacks them with the calmness of Bevan, Dhoni and Klusener combined. Walks across off, and nails that slog-sweep off a full length wide of off beyond long-on
19.5
6
Smith to Tewatia, SIX, Tewatia gets the first of those! Only just six that one! That was nearly gone. The man there at deep midwicket was falling back and even grabbed it for a second before he fell on the other side with the ball also dropping beyond the rope after it was heaved off a length on middle and leg. A clean swing, and six over deep midwicket

2 sixes to win...

19.4
1
Smith to Miller, 1 run, Smith misses his throw at his end, and that allows an overthrow. Tewatia wanted a run after Miller biffed the back of a length ball on off back to the bowler. Tewatia was well out when the throw came, but alas
19.3
4
Smith to Miller, FOUR, one-bounce four to deep square leg! It was a slower ball on a shortish length on middle, and he pulled firmly there. Miller keeping them ticking here

Naseef: "Heart says Miller will finish it off in Miller style!"

19.2
1
Smith to Tewatia, 1 run, slashes to deep point. Pretty full and wide of off, and he lofts that away from hid body

Tewatia on strike. Remember what he did to Kings in 2020? Can he get just two of them away here, if not more?

19.1
W
Smith to Miller, OUT, Pandya is run-out! Bairstow shatters the stumps at his end by dribbling the ball with an underarm throw to dislodge the bail on middle and leg stump. Pandya can only walk back with a little mutter to himself. It was a good length ball wide of off, as Miller had a swing at that away from his body but was beaten. They had to run - that is all Miller knew - and Pandya fell well short

HH Pandya run out 27 (28m 18b 5x4 0x6) SR: 150.00

19.1
1w
Smith to Miller, 1 wide, wide called, and Bairstow is not happy. Good length ball pitching on middle and off, and angling away. He leaves it alone, and gets what he wanted

Over the stumps to Miller

19 off 6. Super Over anyone? Smith will bowl the last over, as Agarwal has a chat with him first.

Nithin: "How crucial partnership that was on the 10th wicket…"

END OF OVER:
19 | 13 Runs 1 Wkt | GT: 171/3 (19 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 9.00, RRR: 19.00)

  • David Miller1 (1b)
  • Hardik Pandya27 (18b)
  • Kagiso Rabada4-0-35-2
  • Arshdeep Singh4-0-31-0
18.6
1
Rabada to Miller, 1 run, full and a little wide of off. Driven aerially to long-off

Miller the new man in. Rabada from over the wicket.

18.5
W
Rabada to Shubman Gill, OUT, taken at extra cover! Gill falls for 96. Another full toss from Rabada that is on a near yorker length which is really wide of off. Gill reaches out for it, and ends up pushing that to Agarwal placed a step closer in than what he has been today. We've seen a no-ball, then two fours this over, and now a wicket. This game nearing a twist, maybe?

Shubman Gill c Agarwal b Rabada 96 (96m 59b 11x4 1x6) SR: 162.71

18.4
1
Rabada to Pandya, 1 run, another pretty full length outside off, and driven to deep point
18.3
4
Rabada to Pandya, FOUR, wide yorker, and four wide of long-off now! This is turning around now. The ball was dying on to Pandya, and was a very full length wide of off. Pandya reached out for it, and beat long-off to his left
18.2
4
Rabada to Pandya, FOUR, one-handed four to deep midwicket! Beats the man there to his left. A low full toss again on off, as he heaves across the line with his front leg out of the way, as he uses his bottom hand to whip that away
18.1
1
Rabada to Shubman Gill, 1 run, low, dipping full toss on off, and lofted to long-on

Free-hit at a crucial stage

18.1
2nb
Rabada to Pandya, (no ball) 1 run, nails that yorker on middle, as Pandya flicks that to deep backward square leg off the inside half of the bat. But... it is a no-ball

32 from 12 balls. This should be the deciding over. Rabada returns from over the wicket.

Dipanjan Show: "This match has the potential to be the first real thriller of the season!"

END OF OVER:
18 | 5 Runs | GT: 158/2 (32 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 8.77, RRR: 16.00)

  • Shubman Gill95 (57b)
  • Hardik Pandya17 (14b)
  • Arshdeep Singh4-0-31-0
  • Rahul Chahar4-0-41-1
17.6
0
Arshdeep Singh to Shubman Gill, no run, goes to scoop, but he is hit on his pad after shuffling across off to this really full ball just outside off. Precious dot for Kings
17.5
1
Arshdeep Singh to Pandya, 1 run, low full toss on off - perhaps he missed his yorker - as Pandya crashes that to long-off after getting his front leg out of the way
17.4
1
Arshdeep Singh to Shubman Gill, 1 run, another yorker on middle and off, and that is clipped to square leg. Smith throws at the keeper's end, where Pandya had given up, but the ball is wide of the stumps

Gill one hit away from a hundred...

17.3
2
Arshdeep Singh to Shubman Gill, 2 runs, slices over extra cover, as long-off runs and slides to his left to cut that off. The ball was swerving away, as Gill opened the bat face to that full ball outside off

Just 1 off the first 2 balls so far... Will Gill attack now?

17.2
1
Arshdeep Singh to Pandya, 1 run, yorker now. What a ball! Lands that really full on off, and all Pandya can do is jam that to extra cover

Bala: "Hardik has started bowling. Shubman and Prithvi have started hitting, while fringe players like Hooda, Badoni and Tilak Verma are shining. Nice headache to have for the Indian selectors to finalise the team for the England T20 tour.

17.1
0
Arshdeep Singh to Pandya, no run, bouncer, and that seemed to have bounced too high. Pandya wanted a wide, but not given. This rushed on to him of a short of a length on middle and off, while angling in. He wanted to pull, but swayed away in the end

37 off 18.

END OF OVER:
17 | 13 Runs | GT: 153/2 (37 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 9.00, RRR: 12.33)

  • Shubman Gill92 (54b)
  • Hardik Pandya15 (11b)
  • Rahul Chahar4-0-41-1
  • Arshdeep Singh3-0-26-0
16.6
2
Chahar to Shubman Gill, 2 runs, short in length on off again, and swatted wide of long-off. They pinch two
16.5
1
Chahar to Pandya, 1 run, top edge, and dropped by Rabada! He was running forward from fine leg, and the ball was dying on to him. He had to eventually dive forward, as the ball popped out after kissing his fingers. Short of a length ball on middle, and Pandya went for the pull only to miscue it
16.4
0
Chahar to Pandya, no run, dives to his left to stop the run off his own bowling. Good length ball on off, and punched back
16.3
4
Chahar to Pandya, FOUR, down the ground, and four more! This is much fuller and just outside off, as the tossed up full is sent over the bowler's head

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GT 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st32MS WadeShubman Gill
2nd101Shubman GillB Sai Sudharsan
3rd37HH PandyaShubman Gill
4th2DA MillerHH Pandya
5th18DA MillerR Tewatia

Indian Premier League

TeamMWLPTNRR
GT14104200.316
RR1495180.298
LSG1495180.251
RCB148616-0.253
DC1477140.204
PBKS1477140.126
KKR1468120.146
SRH146812-0.379
CSK144108-0.203
MI144108-0.506