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GT vs PBKS, IPL 2025: Punjab Kings successfully managed to defend the target of 244 runs on Tuesday to secure an 11-run win over GT in the match played at Narendra Modi Stadium.
GT vs PBKS IPL 2025: Full Match Analysis, Key Moments & Standout Performers. (Picture Credit: Sportzpics)
Gujarat Titans vs Punjab Kings, IPL 2025: Arshdeep Singh kept his nerves calm and helped Punjab Kings successfully defend 27 runs in the final over on Tuesday (March 25) to secure a memorable win over Gujarat Titans in the high-scoring IPL 2025 match played at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. The left-arm pacer from Punjab, who was signed for Rs 18 crore via RTM by the Mohali-based franchise in the IPL 2025 mega auction, only went for 15 runs in the last over, and PBKS won the match by 11 runs.
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Former England white-ball captain Jos Buttler (54) tried his best to keep the home team in the game by adding 54 runs for the third wicket with West Indies all-rounder Sherfane Rutherford (46), but his wicket on the last ball of the 18th over shifted the game in Punjab Kings favour.
B Sai Sudharsan (74) top-scored for Titans and captain Shubman Gill made 33 runs from 14 balls.
Earlier, after being invited to bat first by GT skipper Gill, PBKS rode on captain Shreyas Iyer’s career-best 97-run knock to post a total of 243/5 in 20 overs. Iyer faced 42 balls during his stay at the crease and hammered five fours and nine sixes. He added 51 runs for the second wicket with Priyansh Arya, who, on his IPL debut, scored 47 runs from just 23 balls.
The left-handed batter from Delhi, who secured a deal worth Rs 3.80 crore by PBKS in the IPL 2025 mega auction, was sent back to the pavilion by Rashid Khan on the fourth ball of his first over of the match. The youngster smashed 7 fours and two sixes.
Iyer added 26 runs for the third wicket with Azmatullah Omarzai (16 from 15 balls) before R Sai Kishore dismissed the Afghanistani all-rounder and Glenn Maxwell (0 from 1 ball) on back-to-back balls.
After PBKS suffered a shocking collapse, Iyer joined hands with Marcus Stoinis (20) and added 57 runs for the fifth wicket. Stoinis was also sent back to the pavilion by Sai Kishore when he tried to play a big shot against him.
Iyer, who became only the fifth player to lead three teams in the IPL, on Tuesday hit Prasidh Krishna for 24 runs in the 17th over, and in the next three overs, PBKS batters – Iyer and Shashank Singh – scored 20, 10 and 23 runs, respectively, to take the team’s total to 243.
Shashank remained unbeaten on 44 runs from just 16 balls. For the home team, Sai Kishore finished with figures of 3/30 in four overs, and one PBKS batter each was sent back to the pavilion by Radaba and Rashid.
Brief Scores
Punjab Kings: 243/5 in 20 overs (Shreyas Iyer 97*, Priyansh Arya 47, Shashank Singh 44*; R Sai Kishore 3/30, Kagiso Rabada 1/41)
Gujarat Titans: 232/5 in 20 overs (B Sai Sudharsan 74, Jos Buttler 54, Sherfane Rutherford 46; Arshdeep Singh 2/36, Glenn Maxwell 1/26)
Result: Punjab Kings win by 11 runs.
Player of the Match: Shreyas Iyer (97 runs from 42 balls)
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