Mumbai: Gujarat Titans (GT) held their nerves to win a last-ball thriller in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 defeating Chennai Super Kings (CSK) by three wickets at the MCA Stadium in Pune.
A monumental knock from David Miller (94*) supported brilliantly by Rashid Khan’s quickfire 40 got Gujarat Titans across the line in a thrilling last-ball finish.
Batting first, CSK lost Robin Uthappa early in the innings. Ruturaj Gaikwad, on the other end, got going quickly and hammered three fours and two sixes. CSK lost their second wicket inside the powerplay after Moeen Ali dragged one on to the stumps against Alzarri Joseph.
Ambati Rayudu joined Ruturaj Gaikwad out in the middle and CSK were 66-2 at the halfway mark. Gaikwad brought up his maiden fifty of IPL 2022 as the boundaries kept flowing for CSK.
Alzarri Joseph scalped a crucial wicket of Ambati Rayudu. CSK lost Gaikwad’s wicket after the right-handed batter was caught in the deep for 73. GT pulled things back with tight overs but CSK skipper Jadeja finished the innings in style with two sixes as CSK posted 169-5 in the first innings.
Chasing 170 to win, Gujarat Titans lost three wickets inside the powerplay and were 37-3 in six overs. They were soon 58-4 at the end of 10 overs with Rahul Tewatia and David Miller at the crease.
Miller took on the CSK skipper and hammered two sixes and one four. Dwayne Bravo broke the partnership after Tewatia was caught at mid-off by Jadeja.
Miller continued the destruction with the bat and hit two sixes to get GT closer. With 48 runs required off the final three overs, skipper Rashid Khan jumped on the bandwagon and dispatched three sixes and a four against Chris Jordan.
Dwayne Bravo scalped two wickets on consecutive deliveries in the penultimate over. David Miller held his nerves and remained unbeaten on 94 to get GT over the line in the final over with a four and a six.
Brief Scores: Gujarat Titans 170-7 (David Miller 94*, Rashid Khan 40; Dwayne Bravo 3-23) beat Chennai Super Kings 169-5 (Ruturaj Gaikwad 73, Ambati Rayudu 46; Alzarri Joseph 2-34) by 3 wickets.
Earlier on the day, Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) registered their fourth consecutive victory in IPL 2022 beating Punjab Kings (PBKS) by seven wickets at the DY Patil Stadium.
Umran Malik’s remarkable bowling figures of 4-28 restricted PBKS to 151 in the first innings before SRH chased down the target with seven balls to spare.
PBKS were asked to bat first as Shikhar Dhawan led the side in absence of injured Mayank Agarwal. PBKS lost Dhawan’s wicket off Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s bowling. Jitesh Sharma was caught behind later in the 5th over. Liam Livingstone counter-attacked with two fours and a six as SRH were 48-2 at the end of the powerplay.
Shahrukh Khan teamed up with Livingstone and formed a quick 50 partnership. Livingstone notched his half-century in style with a four. Bhuvneshwar Kumar scalped his second wicket to bring an end to Shahrukh’s innings.
The dangerous Livingstone was dismissed for 60 in the penultimate over before Umran Malik, with his rapid pace, claimed 3 wickets and did not concede a single run. Arshdeep Singh was run-out on the final delivery of the innings and PBKS were all out for 151.
Chasing 152, skipper Williamson got caught inside the circle for 3 in the third over off Rabada’s bowling. Tripathi got going quickly with three fours. Abhishek Sharma concluded the powerplay with a four as SRH were 39-1.
At the halfway stage, SRH were 74-2 after Abhishek Sharma smacked a six over long-on. The left-handed batter was dismissed in the next over as he holed out to long-on against Rahul Chahar. Nicholas Pooran along with Aiden Markram formed a steady partnership as SRH required 31 runs in 24 balls.
Pooran and Markram crossed the fifty partnership. Markram wrapped the chase as SRH won the game with 7 deliveries to spare.
Brief Scores: Sunrisers Hyderabad 152-3 (Aiden Markram 41*, Nicholas Pooran 35*; Rahul Chahar 2-28)beat Punjab Kings 151 all out (Liam Livingstone 60, Shahrukh Khan 26; Umran Malik 4-28) by 7 wickets.
