Punjab Kings coach Ricky Ponting lauded captain Shreyas Iyer for his excellent 97-run knock in opposition to the Gujarat Titans, reserving particular reward for his choice to deliver on Vijaykumar Vyshak which the Australian mentioned was the turning level of the match. Vyshak conceded 10 from his first two overs earlier than yielding 18 from the nineteenth over with GT needing 27 off the final over. The Shubman Gill-led unit finally didn’t get the required runs and PBKS received by 11 runs.
“I used to be sitting there, I used to be like, they want 13-14 runs an over. Despatched the message out to Shreyas, asking what do you need to do? He mentioned right away, simply get Vyshak on the market. He’ll nail a few overs at Yorkers and we’ll shut the sport. And also you have been the one which modified the sport, so congratulations,” Ponting mentioned to Iyer in a vide posted on the PBKS X deal with.
Within the match, Iyer shone with an unbeaten 97 as Punjab Kings beat Gujarat Titans by 11 runs. Chasing 244 to win, Gujarat Titans fought arduous to make 232 for five however the goal proved to be past their batters regardless of Sai Sudharsan making 74, Shubman Gill hitting a fast 33 and Jos Buttler scoring 54.
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Sherfane Rutherford additionally performed a fast knock of 46 however his effort was not sufficient.
Earlier within the first innings, Shreyas Iyer missed out on a maiden IPL century however his 97 not out off 42 balls (9 sixes, 5 fours) and Shashank Singh’s 44 not out off 16 balls (6 fours, 2 sixes) helped Punjab Kings submit 243 for five.
Sai Kishore was the choose of the bowlers for Gujarat Titans with 3/40 however the house workforce bowlers usually struggled to maintain the run movement in test.
On the prime, younger Priyansh Arya struck seven fours and two sixes to make 47 off 23 balls.