Punjab Kings (PBKS) beat Gujarat Titans (GT) by 11 runs in the fifth match of IPL-18. PBKS gave the GT a 244 -run target with the help of captain Shreyas Iyer's unbeaten 97 at Ahmedabad Stadium.
In reply, despite the half -century of Sai Sudarshan and Jose Butler, Gujarat was able to make only 232 runs by losing 5 wickets.
Interesting moments and records were seen on Tuesday. Arshad Khan left Priyanka Arya's catch. Maxwell missed 2 catches in the over, butler and Sudarshan were relieved. Glenn Maxwell became the highest number of zero players in the IPL. Punjab scored his second largest score.
Read the top moments and records of PBKS vs GT match …
1. Arshad missed Priyanka's catch
Priyanka Arya's catch was dropped by Arshad Khan for 6 runs. He scored 47 runs.
In the second over of the Punjab innings, Priyanka Arya got a lifetime. Here, on the fourth ball of the Kagiso Rabada over, a big shot played against Priyanka. Arshad Khan, who was standing on the mid-off, ran but could not catch the catch.
2. Maxwell out for not reviewing
Glenn Maxwell was out on a zero score.
In the 11th over, Sai Kishore took wickets for two consecutive balls. He dismissed Glenn Maxwell and Azmatullah Omarzai. Sai Kishore threw against the fourth ball of the 11th over. Maxwell played a reverse sweep shot and played on the ball pad.
The Punjab team appealed and the umpire gave it out. Maxwell did not take a review here. The replay later found that the ball was going from above the stump. If Maxwell had reviewed it would not have been out. He was out of zero.
The review showed that the ball was going from above the stump.
3. Iyer hit on the ball of Public
In the 17th over, Shreyas Iyer's ribs rang from the famous Krishna ball. Prasadh threw the first ball of the over in a short in length. Here, while trying to pull, the ball rang from the inside edge of the bat in the ribs of Shreyas. Shreyas then scored a six on the same ball. A total of 24 runs in the over, including 3 sixes.
4. Omarzai left Sai Sudarshan's catch
Azmatullah Omarzai left Saino on a score of 5 runs.
Sai Sudarshan got a lifetime in the seventh over. Sudarshan played a cut shot on the last ball of the Stoinis over. The ball went into the air and Azmatullah Omarzai, who was standing on Third Man, tried to catch him but could not catch him.
5. In Maxwell's over, missed 5 catches, buttler and Sudarshan got their lives. In the 11th over, Punjab fielders released two catches. This over Glenn was throwing Maxwell.
- Butler played the second ball of the over. Marco Jens tried to catch the catch by running backwards but he failed.
Marco Jenseen left Jose Butler's catch on a 15 -run score.
- He also missed a catch on the cover on the fifth ball of the over. This time Sai Sudarshan played a shot, but Shreyas Iyer could not catch him.
Shreyas Iyer left Sai Sudarshan's catch on a 5 -run score. He played 74 runs.
Records now … Facts:
- Shreyas Iyer becomes the fourth captain of 3 IPL teams. He has previously led the Delhi Capitals and Kolkata Knight Riders. Shreyas is the captain of Punjab Kings this season. Earlier, Mahela Jayawardene, Kumar Sangakkara, Steven Smith have done this. Of all these captains, Shreyas is the only player who has not captained in international matches.
- Punjab scored 73 runs in Powerplay. This is the second largest powerplay score against Gujarat. In the first 2024, Bengaluru scored 92.
- Punjab scored the highest T20 score in Ahmedabad. Earlier, India scored 234/4 against New Zealand in 2023. The IPL also has the highest score of any team against Gujarat Titans (GT). Second, Delhi Capital (DC) has a 224/4 score in Delhi.
1. Rashid is the third fastest bowler to take 150 IPL wickets. Rashid Khan became the third fastest bowler to take 150 wickets in the IPL. He made this record in his own name by catching Priyanka Arya for 47. Earlier, Lasith Malinga completed 150 wickets in 105 matches and Yuzvendra Chahal completed 150 wickets in 118 matches.
2 Glenn Maxwell became the highest number of batsmen in the IPL. He has failed to open an account 19 times in his innings. After that, Rohit Sharma of Mumbai Indians has been out at zero 18 times.
3. Punjab scored his second largest score Punjab Kings scored their second largest score in the IPL. The team scored 243 runs after losing 5 wickets. Punjab had earlier scored 262 runs against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in 2024.
4. Shreyas scored his third highest score in his debut as captain. Shreyas Iyer debuted as Punjab Kings captain and scored an unbeaten 99. This is the third highest score of all captains in the IPL. Prior to this, Sanju Samson scored 119 as captain of the Rajasthan Royals in 2021, the highest score in the captaincy debut. In second place is Mayank Agarwal, who scored an unbeaten 99 against Delhi Capitals as captain of Punjab Kings in 2021.
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