Punjab stuttered just a little within the ultimate over, wanting simply 7 off 6 balls, when Punjab pacer Sam Curran Clean bowled Gill with the second one supply. The scenario modified to a precarious 4 off 2 balls, however Rahul Tewatia (5*) held his nerves to hit a 4 over brief leg fielder to finish the chase with a ball to spare.
As it came about: Punjab Kings vs Gujarat Titans
Gill, who smacked six and 7 fours in his 49-ball knock, performed a measured knock and saved one finish intact for the Titans.
Chasing a under par 154-run goal, the right-hander gave the Titans a flying get started with Wriddhiman Saha (30 off 19 balls) because the duo added 48 runs in simply 4.4 overs. After Saha was the one hundredth IPL wicket for Kagiso Rabada within the 5th over, Gill stitched a 41-run stand with Sai Sudharsan (19) to stable the run chase.
Harpreet Brar got rid of Titans skipper Hardik Pandya (8) within the fifteenth over to present Punjab a glimmer of hope, however Gill stood tall to take his workforce house.
Medium pacer Mohit marked his IPL comeback with figures of two/18 as holders Titans limited Punjab to 153 for 8.
Playing in his first sport within the league since 2020, Mohit was once remarkable within the penultimate over, making a gift of as low as six runs.
When his flip to bat got here, Gill led the way in which along with his wonderful half-century, 4 days after struggling a heartbreaking loss to Kolkata Knight Riders.
Having performed responsibility because the workforce’s internet bowler closing season, Mohit, who has additionally performed for the Indian workforce together with within the World Cup, blended his tempo and sundry his lengths nicely all the way through his spell.
From Titans’ perspective, it was once extraordinarily vital that Gill stayed on until the top, particularly after the dismissal of Hardik with the workforce nonetheless 48 runs clear of their 3rd victory in 34 balls.
For Punjab, Matthew Short top-scored with a 24-ball 36 however it was once Masood Shahrukh Khan’s nine-ball 22, which helped the workforce pass 150.
Titans had been off to a flyer and scored 56 within the six powerplay overs with Gill going nice weapons.
Meanwhile, Punjab’ lead pacer Kagiso Rabada was the quickest to 100 wickets within the IPL, when he had Saha stuck at deep sq. leg off a brief ball.
The South Africa speedster took simply 64 video games to achieve the landmark, six suits fewer than Lasith Malinga’s 70.
Earlier, despatched in to bat after the coin landed in prefer of the returning Titans skipper Hardik, Punjab misplaced Prabhsimran Singh in the second one ball of the over when his tried flick off a duration ball from Mohammed Shami went immediately to Rashid Khan at brief midwicket.
Prabhsimran departed with out scoring.
Short walked in at quantity 3 and he were given off the mark with a boundary, putting the ball thru level. The subsequent ball was once brief, and Short pulled the seasoned India seamer during the sq. leg area for every other 4.
Sharing the brand new ball with Shami, Joshua Little was once greeted with two obstacles by way of the in-form Shikhar Dhawan. While the primary one was once lofted over duvet, Dhawan produced a lovely shot within the subsequent ball, caressing the ball previous mid-off in what was once a high-class duvet power.
Australia’s Short, who has performed nicely for Adelaide Strikers within the Big Bash League again house, took on Shami and hit him for back-to-back fours together with an authoritative boundary thru mid-off.
However, simply when Punjab gave the impression to be placing the Titans below power, Little gave his workforce an enormous step forward, disregarding the damaging Dhawan (8) who got here down the monitor to play the lofted shot, handiest to finally end up giving a catch to Alzarri Joseph.
Titans were given every other large wicket when the ever-reliable Rashid (1/26 in 4 overs) foxed a well-settled Short with a googly with Punjab’s ranking studying 55 for 3 within the 7th over.
Having struck a flurry of fours and an enormous six off Joseph, Short had settled down effectively however appeared clueless when Rashid determined to bowl the incorrect’un.
Short’s dismissal set Punjab again just a little, and it was trickier when Jitesh Sharma (25 off 23 balls) was once despatched again by way of Mohit, due to a sensible piece of labor by way of Wriddhiman at the back of the wickets.
Sam Curran (22) struck a much-needed six — a large most over deep midwicket after superstar leg-spinner Rashid overlooked his lane.
Sri Lankan Bhanuka Rajapaksa didn’t persuade in his 26-ball 20, till his keep within the center was once minimize brief by way of Joseph.
Shahrukh Khan smashed the primary ball he confronted for a six over deep midwicket, sooner than selecting up every other most off Shami.
(With inputs from PTI)