Gujarat Titans registered a win by 6 wickets over Punjab Kings on April 13 at Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium in Mohali. Gujarat Titans won the toss and opted to bowl first. Put into bat first, Punjab Kings lost both their openers within a below-par. However, Matthew Short top-scored with 36 and a few late cameos from others saw them put up 153 runs in 20 overs.

While chasing, Wriddhiman Saha and Shubman Gill got off to a flying start. They added 48 runs within 4.4 overs before the former got out. However, Gill stood strong and played a stunning knock of 67 off 49. Along with him, a few cameos from others saw them winning the match with one ball in hand.

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Here is what the captains and the player of the match said after the game:

Mohit Sharma, Player of the Match said as quoted by Cricbuzz: I have had a good time at this venue. I thought of sticking to my variations, had a chat with Hardik in the middle overs, luckily it paid off. You need to train hard, give your 100 percent. Need to bowl according to the situation, and stick to the basics. I was given a role to bowl after 10 overs. Credit goes to the coach who has defined everyone’s role in the team.

Hardik Pandya, GT captain said as quoted by Cricbuzz: To be very honest I would not appreciate for the game to go this deep. There was definitely a lot for us to learn from this game. That’s the beauty of sports, it’s never over till it’s over. We need to go back to the drawing board. They bowled really well. Luckily all our batters are in good nick. We should take risks and play shots in the middle overs, need to make sure the game doesn’t go so deep. The ball was getting dried up, but the wicket was a belter. Wasn’t surprised when Mohit and Alzarri were bowling. He has done a lot of hard work, he has shown patience and his time has come [on Mohit]. It would have been a tough pill to swallow if the game had gone the other side. I would like to finish the game earlier, not a big fan of taking it to the last over.

Shubman Gill said as quoted by Cricbuzz: Wicket got a bit challenging in the end. Was harder to hit sixes with the old ball. It’s a big ground. Was important to keep hitting the gaps, run as hard as possible. I should’ve finished the match. Rahul Tewatia and Kings XI is a love story. In these type of games, there’s definitely pressure on both teams. It’s about trying to minimise dot balls. It was difficult for them also to score runs against old ball. Was important to have a good powerplay. We ticked that box. It wasn’t a big score. Was important to keep hitting the singles. He looked good in the nets also (Mohit). He has a good yorker. He bowled magnificently with the slower one, using the boundaries. Was a great GT debut for him.

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Shikhar Dhawan, PBKS captain said as quoted by Cricbuzz: Agree with you on that thing. We did not put many runs on the board. We have to rectify that thing going forward. Absolutely – if you see the number of dot balls, if a team plays 56 balls, you end up losing the game. Losing early wickets puts you on the back foot and we need to work on that. Very proud of the bowlers, it was not a big total and taking the game till the end was tremendous. He came for practice yesterday, he pulled his muscle and another 2-3 days, he should be good to go [on Liam Livingstone’s fitness].