Gujarat Titans defeated Punjab Kings by 6 wickets.
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The 18th Match of the Indian Premier League 2023 was played today between Punjab Kings vs Gujarat Titans at Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali. In which Gujarat Titans defeated Punjab Kings by 6 wickets.
Gujarat Titans won the toss and elect to field first, Punjab Kings batted first, started the inning not very well, Prabhsimran Singh and Shikhar Dhawan came to start the inning, the first wicket has dismissed very quickly in witout score in second ball of the inning, Prabhsimran Singh dismissed without scoring in just 2 balls, next batsman Matthew Short came to bat and played well with Shikhar Dhawan, the second wicket has dismissed for 28 runs in 3.2 over, Shikhar Dhawan also dismissed for 8 runs in 8 balls, next batsman Bhanuka Rajapaksa came to bat and played well with Matthew Short, the third wicket has dismissed for 55 runs in 6.4 over, Matthew Short dismissed after playing a brilliant inning of 36 runs with the help of 1 six and 6 boundaires in just 24 balls, followed by Jitesh Sharma came to bat and played well with Bhanuka Rajapaksa, the fourth wicket has dismissed for 92 runs in 12.2 over, Jitesh Sharma dismissed after scoring 25 runs in 23 balls, next batsman Sam Curran came to bat, after a while the fifth wicket has dismissed for 115 runs in 16.5 overs, Bhanuka Rajapaksa dismissed for 20 runs in 26 balls, next batsman Shahrukh Khan came to bat and played well with Sam Curran, the sixth wicket has dismissed for 136 runs in first ball of the 19th over, Sam Curran dismissed for 22 runs in 22 balls, followed by Harpreet Brar came to bat and good strike rotate with Shahrukh Khan, the seventh wicket has dismissed for 152 runs in fourth ball of the final over, Shahrukh Khan dismissed after playing a quick inning of 22 runs with the help of 2 sixes and 1 boundaray in just 9 balls, next batsman Rishi Dhawan came to bat and he was run-out for 1 run in 1 ball in final ball of the inning, the team score was 153 runs, and Harpreet Brar remains unbeaten for 8 runs in 5 balls. In this way, Punjab Kings scored 153 runs after losing 8 wickets in the prescribed 20 overs and set a target of 154 runs for Gujarat Titans.
Gujarat Titans bowlers Mohit Sharma took 2 wickets just for 18 runs, Rashid Khan 1 wicket for 26 runs, Joshua Little 1 wicket for 31 runs, Alzarri Joseph 1 wicket for 32 runs, and Mohammed Shami 1 wicket for 44 runs.
Gujarat Titans chasing 154 runs in the second inning, achieved the target for losing just 4 wickets in the fifth ball of the final over. Gujarat Titans started the inning very well, Wriddhiman Saha and Shubman Gill came to start the inning, and gave a brilliant start with a partnership of 48 runs for the first wicket, the first wicket has dismissed for 48 runs in 4.4 over, Wriddhiman Saha dismissed after playing a brilliant quick inning of 30 runs with the help of 5 boundaires in just just 19 balls, next batsman Sai Sudharsan came to bat and he good strike rotate with Shubman Gill, the second wicket has dismissed for 89 runs in 11.2 over, Sai Sudharsan dismissed for 19 runs in 20 balls, next batsman Hardik Pandya came to bat and he dismissed very quickly just for 8 runs in 11 balls as third wicket in 14.2 over, the team score was 106 runs, followed by David Miller came to bat and handled the inning with Shubman Gill, the fourth wicket dismissed for 148 runs in second ball of the final over, Shubman Gill dismissed after playing a very brilliant half-century inning of 67 runs with the help of 1 six and 7 boundaires in just 49 balls, next batsman Rahul Tewatia came to bat and took the match to the victory with David Miller, David Miller played an unbeaten inning of 17 runs in 18 balls, and Rahul Tewatia also remains unbeaten for 5 runs in just 2 balls. In this way, Gujarat Titans chased the target by losing just 4 wickets in 19.5 overs and won the match by 6 wickets.
Punjab Kings bowlers Arshdeep Singh got 1 wicket for 33 runs, Kagiso Rabada 1 wicket for 36 runs, Harpreet Brar 1 wicket for 20 runs, and Sam Curran 1 wicket for 25 runs in 3.5 overs.
Gujarat Titans bowler Mohit Sharma was selected as the best player of the match, he performed very brilliant bowling took 2 wickets just for 18 runs in his spell.
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