END OF OVER:20 | 13 Runs | GT: 199/4 | RR: 9.95
- Rahul Tewatia23 (8b)
- Shubman Gill89 (48b)
- Arshdeep Singh4-0-33-0
- Harshal Patel4-0-44-1
Sukanta: "Kings need all of their batters to step up to chase this but agree with espncricinfo's prediction that this match is GT's too loose" 77.5% in their favour now. Sudarshanan will be in for the chase.
Shiv: "Bowlers gave away 22, 33, 33, 44 ,44!?" Yeah, quite the sequence regardless of Curran going for 18
Amit: "Out of 120 balls, your opening batsman and also the best batter in the team only faces 40 percent of deliveries. It's criminal by GT." Wouldn't go that far given there was assistance for the bowlers early on. But he did make the most of what was available.
Kane Williamson: Nice to be out there after long. Shame to lose Davey (Miller) for a week or two. Reasonably competitive total. Hope to do well in the second half. There was a bit there with the new ball, had to wait for the sideways movement to come off and make use of the good wicket, which it was. Great start to captaincy from Gill. Led from the front, will keep growing as time goes on. There's isn't any dew at the moment which is good. We are playing two spinners. A bit of bounce and hold, so hope they'll be effective. Should be good if bowlers hit the right areas.
9:14pm Gill, Titans' captain, bats through and has given his side a great chance. It was a buffet, nay, a Thali of strokeplay, powerhitting, placement, everything you want. That down-the-ground six to a Rabada length ball is a highlight. He got going in the powerplay. Saha tried too but couldn't. Arshdeep, Rabada got great bounce and a bit of sideways which Williamson tried to negate. It slowed them down a bit. He fell to Brar while trying to up the ante. Sudharsan joined Gill and did that though, in a 53-run stand. Kings tried to hold their own but conceded big overs every now and again. Vijay Shankar coming above Tewatia gave them some wiggleroom but Gill was still doing his Superman thing. Tewatia did eventually come in and bash a few.
Naren: "18.6, the desparation for 100 shows :/" Could take his side over 200 too, he's on 88*, with three to go. Arshdeep, from around
Over the wicket
Crowd getting into action
END OF OVER:19 | 20 Runs | GT: 186/4 | RR: 9.78
- Shubman Gill85 (45b)
- Rahul Tewatia14 (5b)
- Harshal Patel4-0-44-1
- Kagiso Rabada4-0-44-2
SachinVehale: "Teams seem to have discovered methods for setting up a good totals this season, irrespective of how they fare in powerplay. Powerplay is seemingly becoming irrelevant due to impact sub"
Not that bad an over from Harshal but the batting has been but the batting outclassed him. And how...
Harshal's been decent so far but the final over has been a hurdle. Can he change things?
END OF OVER:18 | 13 Runs 1 Wkt | GT: 166/4 | RR: 9.22
- Shubman Gill81 (43b)
- Rahul Tewatia1 (1b)
- Kagiso Rabada4-0-44-2
- Harshal Patel3-0-24-1
Why: "Have they lost confidence in Tewatia? It was perfect time to send him. Instead Vijay Shankar already used up too much delivery with little return "
V Shankar c Harpreet Brar b Rabada 8 (17m 10b 0x4 0x6) SR: 80.00
Single?
END OF OVER:17 | 12 Runs | GT: 153/3 | RR: 9.00
- Shubman Gill69 (39b)
- Vijay Shankar8 (9b)
- Harshal Patel3-0-24-1
- Arshdeep Singh3-0-20-0
Jaspreet Gulati: "Shubman Gill or Superman Gill!! "