IPL season 18 match no#5 PBKS VS GT, Punjab Kings win the match by 11 runs. Gujrat Titans Captain Shubman Gill chose to bowl first after winning the toss.
Priyansh Arya (47) and Prabhsimran Singh (5) start the innings well for PBKS but fell early to Kagiso Rabada after 3 overs. S. Iyer played a Captains knock and lead the score board with 97* runs.
After slow start to the innings S. Iyer take the charge till end of 20 overs. M. Stoinis (20) and Shashank Singh 16 balls 44* runs, played their short cameo to reach 243/5. Shreyas Iyer the top run scorer for PBKS hit 97 runs on 42 balls with 9 sixes and 5 fours.
GT start the chase with good run rate and they made 61/1 in their batting power play. After a perfect start to the innings Captain Shubman Gill fell to Glenn en Maxwell on 5.5 over.
After Shubman Gill departs Sai Sudharsan and Jos Buttler take the charge. Sai Sudharsan hit 74 runs on 41 balls with 6 sixes and 5 fours. Sudharsan dismissed by by Arshdeep Singh in 13th over where GT were 145/2. Jos Buttler (54) and S. Rutherford (46) hit some important runs at the end of the innings.
The interesting and tense match ends with 11 runs victory to Punjab Kings. Shreyas Iyer recives man of the match award after winning the game from Gujrat Titans (PBKS vs GT).
Punjab Kings secure 3rd place on tha points table with 2 points. SRH taking first place alog with RCB on the second position with 2 points. CSK is on the 4th place and DC are on the 5th place these teams win their first matches and keep the top 5 positions.
More interesting and tense games to come in the IPL 2025 season 18.
