- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR1.6 bumper, flapped to midwicket! Another low score for Agarwal, and he's chewed up quite a few balls this time, too. Banged into the pitch and he took on the pull, but it came high off the bat, presenting Rashid Khan with an easy catch. Kings lose their captain early, and it's Titans' captain who does the job 11/110.1 Tickled to the keeper! Full length ball on middle and off, and turning away from the left-hander. Dhawan has a poke at that with a slightly open face of the bat, but the ball turns away more than he perhaps anticipated, as the outside edge lands right into the keeper's gloves, who goes up straightaway 86/34.5 goes for the ramp, picks out short third! Bairstow won't be improving that powerplay strike rate today. Fiery short ball and it veered back at him like a barracuda in the shallows, maybe struck the glove, otherwise it was travelling... well intercepted by the leaping Tawatia.
SachinThird ump wants to check the catch, but it was clean 34/215.3 gone, taken at deep square leg! This time there is no doubt about the catch. Rashid pulls his length back to go even shorter on middle and off, as Livingstone goes deep in the crease to pull. But he finds Miller, who has a little leap before taking that well inside the rope. Kings losing wickets in a hurry here 153/613.1 taken at long-on! Jitesh's fun is over. A slower ball on a full length on off, and although that was there in the slot to put away, Jitesh was perhaps beaten by the lack of pace there since the ball didn't come to him as well as he would have liked. Gill in the deep comes running forward, and goes low to take a good catch pretty close to the circle 124/413.2 Another catch for Gill! Nalkande on a hat-trick on IPL debut. Smith looks to send that firing first ball, but finds long-on. It was a full ball on off - a knuckle ball - as Smith had a free swing of the arms as if all he had to do was dispatch that at any cost. There is only height that he can manage to get, as Gill runs to his right this time, and waits patiently for the ball to land into his bag 124/515.5 the umpire waits for ages before giving that out! Rashid had run away to the keeper while celebrating already with his right hand up before realising that there had no response from the umpire, as he looked back. But Shahrukh reviews. No inside edge there, as he goes down on his back knee to sweep this good length ball on middle and leg but the ball hits his back thigh. And replays show the ball would have crashed into middle and leg 154/716.2 run-out at the keeper's end? Yup, he is short of the crease. They wanted a second for once, but Rabada was sent back after they realised it wasn't possible, as he had to dive to try and get in. Not sure where they saw the second run there. Shami at third man scampered across to his right to pick the ball and throw back flat to the keeper after the ball was bowled on a back on off, with Chahar opening the bat face to beat diving to his right 156/817.5 those stumps are splattered! Kings in danger of getting bowled out with two overs left. On a good length with an upright seam - that enviable seam position of Shami - and pitching on middle and off. That goes with the arm, as Arora's poke is late, by which time the middle and off stumps are destroyed 162/9Extras4 (lb 1, w 3)TOTAL189/9 (20 Overs, RR: 9.45)Fall of wickets: 1-11 (Mayank Agarawal, 1.6 ov), 2-34 (Jonny Bairstow, 4.5 ov), 3-86 (Shikhar Dhawan, 10.1 ov), 4-124 (Jitesh Sharma, 13.1 ov), 5-124 (Odean Smith, 13.2 ov), 6-153 (Liam Livingstone, 15.3 ov), 7-154 (M Shahrukh Khan, 15.5 ov), 8-156 (Kagiso Rabada, 16.2 ov), 9-162 (Vaibhav Arora, 17.5 ov)Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Mohammed Shami 4 0 36 1 9.00 11 4 2 0 0 HH Pandya 4 0 36 1 9.00 10 4 1 1 0 LH Ferguson 4 0 33 1 8.25 10 5 0 1 0 Rashid Khan 4 0 22 3 5.50 10 0 1 0 0 DG Nalkande 3 0 37 2 12.33 4 4 2 1 0 R Tewatia 1 0 24 0 24.00 0 1 3 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR3.2 got him, gobbled up in the corridor! Immaculate line and decking away just a fraction, Wade wants to force it off the back foot, only manages to feather through to Bairstow behind the stumps! Rabada makes the breakthrough for Kings 32/118.5 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? 170/314.4 goes for the big one, and skies that to cover! This was a googly bowled from back of the hand on a full length outside off, and so threatened to turn away from him. Sudharsan wanted to loft over the off side, but only got height without any distance. Mayank at the edge of the extra cover circle takes that to his left after keeping his eyes on the ball all along 133/219.1 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 172/4Extras7 (lb 2, nb 1, w 4)TOTAL190/4 (20 Overs, RR: 9.5)Fall of wickets: 1-32 (Matthew Wade, 3.2 ov), 2-133 (Sai Sudharsan, 14.4 ov), 3-170 (Shubman Gill, 18.5 ov), 4-172 (Hardik Pandya, 19.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB VG Arora 4 0 34 0 8.50 5 5 0 0 0 Arshdeep Singh 4 0 31 0 7.75 10 5 0 1 0 K Rabada 4 0 35 2 8.75 7 5 0 0 1 RD Chahar 4 0 41 1 10.25 6 3 1 1 0 OF Smith 3 0 35 0 11.66 5 2 3 1 0 LS Livingstone 1 0 12 0 12.00 1 2 0 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Gujarat Titans , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Hours of play (local time)
19.30 start, First Session 19.30-21.00, Interval 21.00-21.20, Second Session 21.20-22.50
Match days
8 April 2022 - night match (20-over match)
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Gujarat Titans 2, Punjab Kings 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 43 runs, 2 wickets)
- Punjab Kings: 50 runs in 7.0 overs (42 balls), Extras 2
- Strategic Timeout: Punjab Kings - 60/2 in 8.0 overs (S Dhawan 31, LS Livingstone 14)
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 31 balls (S Dhawan 15, LS Livingstone 36, Ex 1)
- Punjab Kings: 100 runs in 11.6 overs (72 balls), Extras 3
- LS Livingstone: 50 off 21 balls (4 x 4, 4 x 6)
- Strategic Timeout: Punjab Kings - 134/5 in 14.0 overs (LS Livingstone 59, M Shahrukh Khan 1)
- Punjab Kings: 150 runs in 14.6 overs (90 balls), Extras 3
- Over 15.5: Review by Punjab Kings (Batting), Umpire - VK Sharma, Batter - M Shahrukh Khan (Struck down)
- Over 19.5: Review by Gujarat Titans (Bowling), Umpire - VK Sharma, Batter - RD Chahar (Struck down)
- Innings Break: Punjab Kings - 189/9 in 20.0 overs (RD Chahar 22, Arshdeep Singh 10)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 53 runs, 1 wicket)
- Gujarat Titans: 50 runs in 5.3 overs (33 balls), Extras 1
- Over 5.6: Review by Punjab Kings (Bowling), Umpire - VK Sharma, Batter - B Sai Sudharsan (Struck down)
- Shubman Gill: 50 off 29 balls (7 x 4, 1 x 6)
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 30 balls (Shubman Gill 28, B Sai Sudharsan 21, Ex 1)
- Strategic Timeout: Gujarat Titans - 88/1 in 9.0 overs (Shubman Gill 58, B Sai Sudharsan 22)
- Gujarat Titans: 100 runs in 10.5 overs (65 balls), Extras 2
- Strategic Timeout: Gujarat Titans - 119/1 in 13.0 overs (Shubman Gill 80, B Sai Sudharsan 30)
- 2nd Wicket: 100 runs in 66 balls (Shubman Gill 63, B Sai Sudharsan 35, Ex 2)
- Gujarat Titans: 150 runs in 16.3 overs (99 balls), Extras 5
Match Coverage
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The lowdown on the 20-year-old Tamil Nadu batter who has debuted for Gujarat Titans at the IPL
Rahul Tewatia hits 6, 6 off last two balls in spectacular finish for Gujarat Titans
Gill put the chase on track with 96 before Kings pulled it back and took the game deep
Sparks set to fly as Kings' uninhibited hitting meets Titans' incisive bowling
One team has the best scoring rate in the powerplay; the other has the best bowling average in the same phase
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