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IPL-19: Holder and Washington Sundar shine in Titans’ thrilling win, second consecutive defeat for leading PBKS

By Samira Vishwas

Ahmedabad, 3 May. Both the double header matches in the Tata Indian Premier League (IPL-19) on Sunday proved to be relatively low-scoring. But the second match dragged on till the last over amid an exciting dilemma. During this, after the lethal bowling led by pacer Jason Holder (4-24), all-rounder Washington Sundar (40 not out, 23 balls, one six, five fours) emerged as the hero and Gujarat Titans (GT) defeated the leading Punjab Kings (PBKS) by four wickets with one ball to spare and achieved their third consecutive win.

After a noisy start, reached 163 runs with the help of Suryansh and Stoinis. GT

Punjab Kings forced to bat first at the Narendra Modi Stadium. ‘Player of the Match’ Rabada, Mohd. After a shaky start of 5-47 in front of Siraj (2-28) and Kagiso Rabada (2-22), young batsman Suryansh Shedge (57 runs, 29 balls, five sixes, three fours) and Marcus Stoinis (40 runs, 31 balls, one six, five fours) got support and could reach 163 runs for nine wickets.

Sudarshan scored a half-century while Sundar hit the winning six in the last over.

In front of the normal target, Gujarat Titans won with the sporadic support of other batsmen including opener Sai Sudarshan (57 runs, 41 balls, four sixes, five fours) and Jos Buttler (26 runs, 22 balls, two sixes, one four), who scored a century and the third half-century in the current season, and then Sundar ensured the victory of the Titans by hitting a six on the fifth ball of Stoinis in the last over, which Scored 167 runs for six wickets in 19.5 overs.

Gujarat settled the score of previous defeat from Punjab Kings

In fact, with the help of this third consecutive win, Shubman Gill and Company also settled the account of their home defeat against Punjab Kings in their first match of the season. Shreyas Iyer’s team, which remained unbeaten in the first six matches, had to face its second consecutive defeat.

Battle intensifies among top five teams in points table

If we look at the points table, the position of the teams remained the same after both the matches on Sunday. At present, the battle between the top five teams has intensified as Punjab Kings (13 points from nine matches) are just one point ahead of the next four teams. Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), SRH, Rajasthan Royals (RR) and Titans are equal on 12 points each. Apart from Punjab, Bengaluru has also played one less match i.e. nine compared to the other three teams.

Partnership of 53 runs between Sudarshan and Butler

If we look at the innings of Gujarat Titans, even though Shubman Gill (five runs, four balls, one four) fell victim to Arshdeep Singh (2-24) in the second over, Sai and Butler made a partnership of 53 runs in 40 balls. Medium pacer Vijaykumar Vishak (2-31) closed Butler’s innings in the ninth over, while SAI got the support of Nishant Sandhu (15 runs, 11 balls, one six) and then Sundar.

score card

When Sudarshan returned to the pavilion as the fourth batsman in the 15th over at a total of 124, Sundar took charge. However, at the other end, Rahul Tewatia (two runs) and Jason Holder (five runs) could not get going. Amidst this dilemma, Gujarat needed 11 runs in the last over. Arshad Khan (eight runs not out, five balls, one four) hit a four on the first valid ball of Stoinis and Sundar hit the winning six on the fifth ball.

Punjab’s top 5 batsmen were gone within 47 runs.

Before this, Punjab Kings had a disastrous start, when Mohd. In the very first over, Siraj removed Priyansh Arya (two runs) and Cooper Connolly (zero) on the second and third balls respectively. On the other hand, Rabada got rid of Prabhsimran Singh (15 runs, 14 balls, two fours), while Holder silenced captain Shreyas Iyer (19 runs, 21 balls, three fours) and Nehal Wadhera (0) in consecutive overs. Thus, even before the end of the ninth over, the top five batsmen had returned for 47 runs.

Suryansh’s first fifty, added 79 runs on 44 balls with Stoinis

Well, the 23-year-old Mumbai batsman, playing only his second match in the IPL, took charge with a partnership of 79 runs on 44 balls with Stoinis. In this sequence, Suryansh scored 27 runs by hitting three sixes and two fours against Manav Sutar in the 14th over of the innings and completed his half-century in just 24 balls. When Rabada returned Suryansh in the 16th over, apart from Steinis, Marco Jansen (20 runs, 11 balls, one six, one four) showed his quick hands and took the team beyond 160.

monday match : : Mumbai Indians vs Lucknow Super Giants (Mumbai, 7.30 PM).

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