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The defending champions Gujarat Titans, who suffered from Rinku Singh’s latest blitzkrieg, would like to forget that nightmarish night and return to winning ways when they take on the harsh Punjab Kings in the Indian Premier League match in Mohali on Thursday. GT had several heroes on that electrifying night, including a young Sai Sudarshan, Vijay Shankar and an Afghan hat tricker, Rashid Khan, who led the team in place of the ailing Hardik Pandya. But Rinku had other ideas.
When it looked like the match was over, the Uttar Pradesh batter pulled the rabbit out of the hat for the Kolkata Knight Riders, crashing five highs in the final over to stun the home team.
This last ball loss will hurt GT for years to come, but at the moment they would like to forget about it and continue with the next game.
GT, who are currently fourth in the table with four points in three games, still have a great chance of topping the chart, but to do so they will have to team up collectively against PBKS who are fast becoming one of the toughest sides to overcome. .
Considering their current form, the PBKS’ eight-wicket loss to the Sunrisers Hyderabad may just be an aberration given the form of their captain Shikhar Dhawan and young left hand bowler Arshdeep Singh.
Dhawan’s serve in Hyderabad on 9 April was a testament to the tenacity of die-hard opponents and his ability to remain calm when wickets fell like skittles at the other end.
His 99 in the loss was much bigger and better than playing in the winning hand against the Rajasthan Royals with an undefeated 86 or a 40-strike-filled against KKR.
GT will be wary of Dhawan’s form and Hardik knows all too well how the experienced cricketer from Delhi can’t wait to prove himself once again. It could very well be a contest between Dhawan and Shubman Gill as the former still wants to prove himself and compete for a spot on Team India at the home ODI World Championship later this year.
The way Dhawan and young partner Prabhsimran Singh have been successful in most games indicates that they are unlikely to change their strategy against GT, which has bowlers of the caliber of Mohammed Shami, Hardik and Rashid, to name but a few. .
Below, PBKS has the most expensive purchase in IPL history, all-rounder Sam Curran, in addition to Liam Livingston and Jitesh Sharma, while in the bowling department, Arshdeep and Nathan Ellis have created quite a few problems for rivals.
GT, however, has its own firepower that boasts the likes of Gill, top slugger Sudarshan and Shankar – a late bloomer at 32 – who hit an undefeated 24-ball 63 to lead the team to a 200-plus total. in their game against the KKR.
If not for Rinku’s dizzying latest outrage, Vijay might well have patted him on the back for the miraculous effort. Unfortunately, this did not happen, and everything turned upside down in the last bowling from Yash Dayal.
GT might take another look at their bowling combination and see how they can rotate their bowlers more effectively.
With four top bowlers in Shami, Josh Little, Alzarri Joseph and Rashid on their team, they shouldn’t have lost a game after posting 204. But on the other hand, this is IPL and there is one Rinku who is too much to prove himself.
Teams (from):
Kings of the Punjab: Shikhar Dhawan (c), Arshdeep Singh, Baltey Singh, Rahul Chahar, Sam Curran, Rishi Dhawan, Nathan Ellis, Gurnur Brar, Harpreet Brar, Harpreet Singh, Vidwat Kaverappa, Liam Livingston, Mohit Rati, Prabhsimran Singh, Kagiso Rabada, Bhanuka Rajapaksa , M. Shah Rukh Khan, Jitesh Sharma, Shivam Singh, Matthew Short, Sikandar Raza, Atharva Taide.
Gujarati Titans: Hardik Pandya (c), Shrikar Bharat, Alzarri Joseph, Josh Little, Abhinav Manohar, David Miller, Mohammed Shami, Darshan Nalkande, Nur Ahmad, Urvil Patel, Rashid Khan, Vriddhiman Saha, R Sai Kishore, Sai Sudharsan, Pradeep Sangwan, Dasun Shanaka, Vijay Shankar, Mohit Sharma, Shivam Mavi, Shubman Gill, One Smith, Rahul Tewatia, Matthew Wade, Jayant Yadav, Yash Dayal.
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