Punjab Kings defeated Gujarat Titans by 3 wickets at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Punjab Kings was lagging behind in the match at one time and half the team had returned at the score of 111. But coming to bat at number six, Shashank Singh played an unbeaten inning of 61 runs in 29 balls with the help of six fours and four sixes. On the strength of Shashank Singh’s innings, Punjab Kings won the match with one ball remaining. After losing the match against Punjab, Gujarat Titans captain Shubman Gill said that his team had scored enough runs but could not defend the score due to dropped catches. Gujarat Titans dropped at least three catches in the field in the match.
The Gujarat Titans captain said after the match, “I think some catches have fallen, it is never easy to win when you drop catches. The bowlers did a good job, it is difficult to defend when the ball is coming on the bat. Yes, I wouldn’t say we were short of runs. The new ball was doing something. 200 was quite good. We were in the right position in the game till about the 15th over. Missing catches always puts you under pressure. The way he bowled. (Nalkande) bowled in the last match with 7 runs left, it was not an easy task for us. People you have not seen will come and play innings like this and that is the beauty of the IPL.”
If we talk about the match, after losing the toss and batting first, Gujarat Titans, on the basis of Shubman Gill’s unbeaten inning of 89 runs, scored 199 runs at the loss of 4 wickets in 20 overs and gave Punjab a target of 200 runs to win. Chasing Titans’ target of 200 runs, Shashank Singh took Punjab Kings to the winning score of 200 runs for seven wickets with one ball remaining by playing an unbeaten inning of 61 runs in 29 balls with six fours and four sixes. Shashank made a partnership of 39 runs for the sixth wicket with Jitesh Sharma (16 runs from two sixes in eight balls) and 43 runs for the seventh wicket with Ashutosh Sharma (31 runs from three sixes and one four in 17 balls) for Punjab. Victory ensured.