Who won yesterday IPL Match? Gujarat Titans (GT) clashed with Punjab Kings (PBKS) at home on April 5. It was the fourth match match for both teams. Punjab won the toss and decided to bowl first.
Gujarat, on the other hand, had a decent start, reaching 29 in 2.5 overs. However, opener Wriddhiman Saha was out on the next ball. Kagiso Rabada claimed his 5th wicket of the tournament as Shikhar Dhawan took the catch.
The wicked brought Kane Williamson to the crease. This was Kane’s first match in IPL 2024. By the time the first Power Play was over, GT scored 52/1.
Kane, along with skipper Shubman Gill, started scoring pretty comfortably. In the first 8 overs, Dhawan used five bowlers—Rabada, Sam Curran, Arshdeep Singh, Harpreet Brar, and Harshal Patel. Williamson fell to Harpreet Brar as Jonny Bairstow took the catch at the point.
Sai Sudharsan came in to bat next and took charge right away, hitting a 4 in the second delivery he faced. He eventually had a 53-run partnership with Gill before getting out for 33 off 19 balls. Harshal Patel was the bowler, while Jitesh Sharma took the catch.
Vijay Shankar came and departed quickly. Rahul Tewatia came and blasted three 4s and one 6 to amass 23 off 8 balls. Skipper Gill remained not out for 89 off 48 balls to score the highest individual score in this IPL season, surpassing KKR’s Sunil Narine, who scored 85 off 39 balls the previous night.
GT ended their innings for 199. Punjab had a lacklustre start as Shikhar was out on the second ball he faced. The PBKS skipper played onto his stumps, and it was 13/1 in 1.1 overs.
His opening partner, Jonny Bairstow, took on the bowler from the outset. He scored 13 runs in the first over, bowled by Azmatullah Omarzai. Bairstow formed a 35-run
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