Punjab Kings 200 for 7 (Shashank 61*, Noor 2-32) beat Gujarat Titans 199 for 4 (Gill 89, Rabada 2-44) by three wickets
Punjab Kings had solely a 9% probability of victory at the same time as late because the seventeenth over of the chase. That too was the outcome of Shashank Singh being on the market one quick of a fifty. This was the man whom his personal workforce had tried to dump nearly instantly after shopping for him on the public sale final yr. The franchise ultimately despatched out a tweet in clarification, which the participant replied to, hoping to close the tales that have been swirling round. Tonight, Kings and their buy got here good dealing with not possible odds.
Shashank hit 10 of the 29 balls he confronted to the boundary. He was carting round former IPL champions. Rashid Khan, launched over midwicket, Umesh Yadav, helped over advantageous leg, Noor Ahmad skewered over long-off, Mohit Sharma, even when he tried to go tempo off and into the wicket, ramped over the keeper. These have been unbelievable photographs, as a result of they got here from a spot the place victory was solely fantasy.
Kings solely had two batters amongst their 5 substitutes in a bowling first XI. It regarded a lopsided choice. However the man they selected because the Impression Sub performed an enormous position of their victory. Ashutosh Sharma, enjoying his first sport of the season, and solely the fifteenth T20 of his profession, checked out an equation that learn 41 off 18 balls sq. within the eye and took it down with brutal precision. He hit three fours in Azmatullah Omarzai’s 18th over. One other six to begin the nineteenth from Mohit. In these 12 balls, the Kings received 34 runs. In these 12 balls, the Kings’ probability of victory rose from 9.23% to 94.56%.
