Gill, Tewatia assist Titans pull off a heist

Rahul Tewatia received it for Gujarat Titans, hitting two sixes off the ultimate two deliveries. Odean Smith misplaced it for Punjab Kings, not simply by conceding these two sixes, however by overthrowing and giving freely a single within the fourth ball of the ultimate over.

With 13 runs to attain for victory off three balls, David Miller performed a shot again to the bowler. A dot ball would have made the equation unassailable for Gujarat. But Smith threw on the bowling finish, missed the stumps and conceded a single. Tewatia grew to become Gujarat’s hero by hitting back-to-back sixes underneath intense strain, nevertheless it was foolish cricket from the Punjab quick bowler. Chasing 190 for victory, Gujarat received by six wickets. Tewatia greater than made up for his 24-run over.

At 133/2 within the fifteenth over, with eight wickets in hand and Hardik Pandya on the crease, Gujarat had it underneath management. Shubman Gill was shifting like a Ferrari on the different finish. But Arshdeep Singh and Kagiso Rabada brilliantly pulled issues again within the demise overs earlier than Smith’s error threw it away. Gujarat’s win, nonetheless, rewarded Gill’s 59-ball 96. He didn’t deserve to complete on the dropping aspect.

Gill’s artistry

The extra-cover drive off Liam Livingstone was the shot of the match. There was no violence. Gill caressed the ball to the boundary to a 29-ball half-century. His batting shuns violence and embraces artistry. On tune, he’s a pleasure to look at. Smith dropped him on 45, a regulation caught and bowled likelihood however the bowler couldn’t maintain on in his observe by way of. Spectators didn’t thoughts the drop, for Gill’s batting felt like music with the lightness of contact.

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Vaibhav Arora bowled brief, Gill performed it by way of covers for a 4. The bowler bowled full and the batsman flicked it to the backward sq. leg boundary. Arshdeep pitched up, Gill responded with a push, so sweetly timed that it beat the fielder at mid-on and went to the fence. He learn the spinners fantastically, ran like a hare between the wickets however missed out on his maiden IPL hundred. In the grand scheme of issues, Gill’s good run of type is good news for Indian cricket.

Livingstone’s firepower

Come October, and Livingstone must be one of many first names on the England workforce sheet on the T20 World Cup. The 28-year-old has Kevin Pietersen’s panache and vary. Pietersen learnt his cricket in Durban. Livingstone is made in Lancashire.

At the second, Punjab are reaping the rewards of signing him up for Rs 11.5 crore, after an intense bidding warfare on the public sale. Livingstone is exhibiting that the bidding warfare for him was justified. The workforce he performs for, he turns into the x-factor.

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On 14, Livingstone was strolling off the sphere, satisfied that Pandya had taken his catch legitimately off Rashid Khan on the deep mid-wicket boundary. Replays confirmed that the fielder’s proper foot had kissed the boundary rope. Both Livingstone and Rashid broke right into a smile. Pandya regarded to the sky.

The distinction between Livingstone and his batting companions was stark throughout a Darshan Nalkande over. The younger seamer dismissed the big-hitting Jitesh Sharma and Smith in consecutive deliveries. Both tried to clear the fence, however have been holed out at long-on. Livingstone made brief work of the debutant medium pacer. Before that, he had toyed with him in his earlier over.

Pandya missed a trick by not bringing again Mohammed Shami or Lockie Ferguson for an over within the center, when Livingstone was upping the ante. The Gujarat captain held again his two finest bowlers for the back-end of the innings. By then, nonetheless, Livingstone was threatening to take the sport away from the opposition.

Rashid finally bought him out by pulling his size again and forcing a mistimed pull. Still, Punjab ought to have gone previous 200, using on Livingstone’s 27-ball 64 that included seven fours and 4 sixes. But batting round him wasn’t on top of things. Shahrukh Khan fell prey to Rashid, Rabada’s run-out was comical and save a 27-run final wicket partnership between Chahar and Singh, Punjab would have struggled to submit an enormous whole.

Sudharsan impresses

Sai Sudharsan made his IPL debut, changing the injured Vijay Shankar and carrying his Tamil Nadu Premier League repute. He was the standout performer within the TNPL final 12 months, scoring 358 runs and this sport noticed a seamless development.

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Coming from a sporting household – his father is a former India athlete, whereas his mom is an ex-state degree volleyball participant – Sudharsan didn’t look misplaced in any respect. His job was to play second fiddle to Gill, which he did properly, scoring 35 off 30 balls and including 101 runs for the second wicket. The partnership performed a major half in Gujarat’s win.

Brief Scores: Punjab Kings 189 for 9 in 20 overs (Liam Livingstone 64, Shikhar Dhawan 35; Rashid Khan 3/22) misplaced to Gujarat Titans 190 for 4 in 20 overs (Shubman Gill 96, Sai Sudarsan 35; Kagiso Rabada 2/35).