Rashid stars for the profitable aspect with three for 22; Livingstone’s advantageous innings goes in useless for the Punjab aspect
Rashid stars for the profitable aspect with three for 22; Livingstone’s advantageous innings goes in useless for the Punjab aspect
Liam Livingstone’s second consecutive fifty (64) and the second quickest this season powered Punjab Kings to 189 for 9 in opposition to Gujarat Titans on the Brabourne Stadium right here on Friday.
Canny bowling by Rashid Khan (3/22) on the loss of life put the skids on Kings’ cost and restricted them to a a lot lesser whole than it seemed like at one stage. Rashid’s two wickets within the sixteenth over, wherein he dismissed the damaging Livingstone and Shahrukh Khan, triggered a collapse which noticed Kings lose 4 wickets for simply 12 runs.
Rahul Chahar’s cameo
Rahul Chahar (22 n.o., 14b, 2×4, 1×6) got here up with a cameo and added 27 runs for the final wicket with Arshdeep Singh (10 n.o., 5b, 1×4) that enabled their aspect to complete strongly.
Nevertheless, Titans had the final snicker. The staff’s chase was placed on monitor by Shubman Gill’s glorious 96 (59b, 11×4, 1×6) and the staff was very a lot within the sport all through.
After Gill acquired out within the fifth ball of the nineteenth over, Rahul Tewatia’s advantageous hitting (13, 3b, 2×6) took Titans to a sensational last-ball victory.
Stuttering begin
Put in, Punjab stuttered in the beginning with captain Mayank Agarwal (5) failing for the third consecutive time.
His tried pull off a climber from Hardik Pandya resulted in a cushty catch to Rashid at mid on. Shikhar Dhawan (35) began with a streaky boundary.
He took a while discovering his contact earlier than lofting Lockie Ferguson over mid-on for a 4. He adopted it up with an beautiful cowl drive.
Johnny Bairstow’s debut for Kings didn’t final lengthy as his tried ramp shot resulted in a diving catch to Tewatia at quick fine-leg to go away the staff struggling at 34 for 2
Liam Livingstone flicked the primary ball he confronted from Ferguson to fine-leg for a 4 and carted Darshan Nalkande over lengthy on for a six. Livingstone had a reprieve when he pulled Rashid straight to Hardik whose left foot touched the ropes whereas taking the catch.
Livingstone performed two successive scoops and a square-cut off Nalakande’s second over which bled 16 runs. The third-wicket pair placed on 50 runs off 30 balls earlier than Rashid had Dhawan caught behind. Jitesh Sharma (23 off 11 balls) stored up the momentum.
Nevertheless, Nalkande put the brakes on by dismissing Jitesh and Odeon Smith off successive balls. Shahrukh Khan warmed up for the ultimate assault, hitting Shami for consecutive sixes. Nevertheless, Rashid trapped him in entrance.
Scoreboard
Punjab Kings Innings: Mayank Agarwal c Rashid Khan b Hardik Pandya 5 Shikhar Dhawan c Wade b Rashid Khan 35 Jonny Bairstow c Rahul Tewatia b Lockie Ferguson 8 Liam Livingstone c Miller b Rashid Khan 64 Jitesh Sharma c Shubman Gill b Darshan Nalkande 23 Odean Smith c Shubman Gill b Darshan Nalkande 0 Shahrukh Khan lbw b Rashid Khan 15 Kagiso Rabada run out (Shami/Wade) 1 Rahul Chahar not out 22 Vaibhav Arora b Shami 2 Arshdeep Singh not out 10; Extras : 4 (LB-1, W-3)
Whole: (For 9 wickets in 20 Overs) 189
Fall of wickets: 1-11, 2-34, 3-86, 4-124, 5-124, 6-153, 7-154,8-156, 9-162.
Bowling: Mohammed Shami 4-0-36-1, Hardik Pandya 4-0-36-1, Lockie Ferguson 4-0-33-1, Rashid Khan 4-0-22-3, Darshan Nalkande 3-0-37-2, Rahul Tewatia 1-0-24-0.
