- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR6.4 taken at short cover! A tame dismissal in the end for an innings that seemed to be motoring along rather hurriedly. Rashid bowled it on a length around middle and off, and the ball turned away sharply. But what it also did was keep low. Arya was deep in the crease, and looking to pull. But so considerable was the turn away from him that he ended up reaching out for the ball, which popped up high off the top edge 79/23.1 slashed straight to third man this time! Prabhsimran had premeditated that, decided to throw his bat at that even though he was cramped for room and ended up slicing it to Arshad who redeems himself. 28/110.3 heaved towards deep midwicket, easy catch for Arshad. Didn't get to the pitch but went through with the shot. It didn't help that Azmat was trying to clear the longest boundary. He was looking to go straighter but ended up dragging it to the fielder. 105/310.4 and he's gone first ball! Attempts a reverse sweep and he misses it altogether as Sai Kishore has two in two. This one was bowled full and drifted in from wide of the crease, once Maxwell missed, he was a dead duck. 105/415.2 reverse swept to short third! Stoinis' fun ends. Arshad signals that the light was in his eyes, but he still had only a simple catch to take. Kishore angled it in from around the wicket again, but seemed to have bowled slower than the previous ball. He went on the fuller side again, and once again, just about on off or thereabouts. Stoinis went reverse sweeping, but couldn't get it above the fielder 162/5Extras14 (lb 8, w 6)TOTAL243/5 (20 Overs, RR: 12.15)Fall of wickets: 1-28 (Prabhsimran Singh, 3.1 ov), 2-79 (Priyansh Arya, 6.4 ov), 3-105 (Azmatullah Omarzai, 10.3 ov), 4-105 (Glenn Maxwell, 10.4 ov), 5-162 (Marcus Stoinis, 15.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Mohammed Siraj 4 0 54 0 13.5 10 7 3 3 0 K Rabada 4 0 41 1 10.25 8 5 1 2 0 Arshad Khan 1 0 21 0 21 1 3 1 1 0 Rashid Khan 4 0 48 1 12 8 2 5 0 0 M Prasidh Krishna 3 0 41 0 13.66 6 4 3 0 0 R Sai Kishore 4 0 30 3 7.5 12 1 3 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR12.3 picks out Shashank at deep backward square leg! Arshdeep is lucky to get away with that. It was a length ball angling down, Sai Sudharsan timed this superbly and it was as if he momentarily forgot there was a man in the deep. Started slowly but made up for it as the innings progressed. GT are still very much in it. 145/25.5 taken at cover point! The leading edge ballooned the ball up, and Arya kept his eyes on the ball to take it despite a stumble. Gill came down the pitch to try and whip this full ball angling in quickly towards leg, but seemed to have closed the face of the bat a bit too early. Simple catch for Arya in the end to break a quick stand 61/117.6 bowled him! Buttler gets an inside edge, and that will be it, you'd think. Jansen bowled it on a length around sixth stump, as he angled it across. The ball seemed to shape away further after pitching, and Buttler, who was looking to hoick across the line, ended up getting an inside edge on to the leg stump 199/319.4 chopped on! Arshdeep strikes again, and Rutherford departs after losing steam in the second half of his innings. The ball was outswinger again, and pretty full and wide of off. Rutherford looked to drive at it away from his body, but only got an inside edge on to off stump. PBKS all but there now 225/519.1 Tewatia is run-out! He was backing out way too far at the non-striker's end, and the stumps were broken after the ball tickled Arshdeep's left hand. Arshdeep had bowled an away-swinging low full toss a little wide of off, which Rutherford could only push back. Arshdeep threw his hand out, and PBKS were lucky enough to get a wicket 217/4Extras12 (lb 4, w 8)TOTAL232/5 (20 Overs, RR: 11.6)Fall of wickets: 1-61 (Shubman Gill, 5.5 ov), 2-145 (Sai Sudharsan, 12.3 ov), 3-199 (Jos Buttler, 17.6 ov), 4-217 (Rahul Tewatia, 19.1 ov), 5-225 (Sherfane Rutherford, 19.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Arshdeep Singh 4 0 36 2 9 11 2 3 0 0 Azmatullah Omarzai 2 0 29 0 14.5 3 1 3 0 0 M Jansen 4 0 44 1 11 6 4 2 1 0 GJ Maxwell 2 0 26 1 13 3 1 2 1 0 MP Stoinis 2 0 31 0 15.5 3 2 3 0 0 YS Chahal 3 0 34 0 11.33 4 3 2 1 0 V Vyshak 3 0 28 0 9.33 7 2 1 5 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
25 March 2025 - night match (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Punjab Kings 2, Gujarat Titans 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 73 runs, 1 wicket)
- Punjab Kings Impact Player Subs: Nehal Wadhera, Praveen Dubey, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Harpreet Brar and Vishnu Vinod
- Gujarat Titans Impact Player Subs: Sherfane Rutherford, Glenn Phillips, Ishant Sharma, Anuj Rawat and Washington Sundar
- Punjab Kings: 50 runs in 4.3 overs (27 balls), Extras 7
- Over 5.2: Review by Gujarat Titans (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - A Bengeri, Batter - SS Iyer (Struck down)
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 19 balls (P Arya 30, SS Iyer 18, Ex 2)
- Strategic Timeout: Punjab Kings - 96/2 in 9.0 overs (SS Iyer 28, Azmatullah Omarzai 8)
- Punjab Kings: 100 runs in 9.1 overs (55 balls), Extras 8
- SS Iyer: 50 off 27 balls (3 x 4, 4 x 6)
- Over 14.4: Review by Punjab Kings (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wide, Umpire - Vinod Seshan, Batter - MP Stoinis (Upheld)
- Punjab Kings: 150 runs in 14.5 overs (89 balls), Extras 10
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 26 balls (SS Iyer 35, MP Stoinis 14, Ex 2)
- Strategic Timeout: Punjab Kings - 162/5 in 15.2 overs (SS Iyer 64)
- Punjab Kings: 200 runs in 17.4 overs (106 balls), Extras 11
- 6th Wicket: 50 runs in 17 balls (SS Iyer 31, Shashank Singh 20, Ex 1)
- Innings Break: Punjab Kings - 243/5 in 20.0 overs (SS Iyer 97, Shashank Singh 44)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 61 runs, 1 wicket)
- Gujarat Titans: 50 runs in 4.6 overs (30 balls), Extras 1
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 30 balls (B Sai Sudharsan 23, Shubman Gill 27, Ex 1)
- Strategic Timeout: Gujarat Titans - 61/1 in 6.0 overs (B Sai Sudharsan 25, JC Buttler 0)
- Gujarat Titans: 100 runs in 9.2 overs (56 balls), Extras 4
- B Sai Sudharsan: 50 off 31 balls (3 x 4, 4 x 6)
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 29 balls (B Sai Sudharsan 33, JC Buttler 18, Ex 2)
- Gujarat Titans Impact Player Sub: Sherfane Rutherford in for M Prasidh Krishna (Gujarat Titans innings, 12.3 ov)
- Gujarat Titans: 150 runs in 12.5 overs (77 balls), Extras 6
- Strategic Timeout: Gujarat Titans - 182/2 in 16.0 overs (JC Buttler 46, SE Rutherford 22)
- Over 16.1: Review by Punjab Kings (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wide, Umpire - A Bengeri, Batter - SE Rutherford (Upheld)
- Over 16.3: Review by Gujarat Titans (Batting), Decision Challenged - NoBall, Umpire - A Bengeri, Batter - SE Rutherford (Struck down)
- JC Buttler: 50 off 31 balls (4 x 4, 2 x 6)
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 31 balls (JC Buttler 20, SE Rutherford 27, Ex 5)
- Gujarat Titans: 200 runs in 18.0 overs (108 balls), Extras 12
- Over 18.5: Review by Gujarat Titans (Batting), Decision Challenged - NoBall, Umpire - A Bengeri, Batter - R Tewatia (Struck down)
Match Coverage
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Vyshak 'changes the game' on a night Siraj makes the wrong decisions
It was "brilliant planning" on Punjab Kings' part to hold back the impact sub till after Gujarat Titans had made theirs, Varun Aaron says
Gill lauds Impact Player Vyshak for stifling GT's chase: 'Not easy delivering those yorkers'
Gill highlighted Vyshak's entry as one of two key phases where GT lost the match with the bat