Rahul Tewatia smashed a couple of sixes off the last two deliveries after the talented Shubman Gill's magnificent 96 off just 59 balls as Gujarat Titans pulled off a dramatic six-wicket win over Punjab Kings in their IPL match on Friday. Chasing 190 for a win, Gill was out in the 19th over after hitting 11 fours and a six, followed by his captain Hardik Pandya (27) in the final over as the Titans needed 12 runs from the last two balls.
Tewatia (13 not out off 3 balls), who has a reputation of hitting big sixes in crunch situations, sent the last two balls bowled by Odean Smith for maximums to hand the Titans their third win on the trot. The Punjab side made a brilliant comeback at the death and they were on the verge of a victory only to be denied by Tewatia in a dramatic fashion.
Lets' have a look at the IPL Points Table:
The stunning victory on Friday has given a real boost to Gujarat Titans in the points table as they upstage Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) from second spot while Punjab Kings tumbled to sixth place.
Kolkata Knight Riders lead the table with six points from four matches. Lucknow Super Giants are third, followed by Rajasthan Royals and Royal Challengers Bangalore respectively.
Delhi Capitals are sitting seventh in the IPL standings while Chennai Super Kings, Mumbai Indians and Sunrisers Hyderabad, who are yet to win a match this season, are eighth, ninth and tenth respectively.
Teams, Match, Win, Loss, Point, Run Rate
Kolkata Knight Riders, 4, 3, 1, 6, +1.103
Gujarat Titans, 3, 3, 0, 6, +0.349
Lucknow Super Giants, 4, 3, 1, 6, +0.256
Rajasthan Royals, 3, 2, 1, 4, +1.218
Royal Challengers Bangalore, 3, 2, 1, 4, +0.159
Punjab Kings, 4, 2, 4, 4, +0.152
Delhi Capitals, 3, 1, 2, 2, -0.116
Chennai Super Kings, 3, 0, 3, 0, -1.251
Mumbai Indians, 3, 0, 3, 0, -1.362
Sunrisers Hyderabad, 2, 0, 2, 0, -1.825
Orange Cap Race
Jos Buttler continues to lead the run-scoring charts, with 205 runs to his name. Shubman Gill, with his back-to-back half-centuries, has shot up to second place with 180 runs. Liam Livingstone, who also hit two consecutive fifties, is in third. Quinton de Kock and Ishan Kishan, with 149 runs each, are fourth and fifth respectively.
Purple Cap Race
Umesh Yadav, with nine scalps in four matches, continues to lead the hunt for the Purple Cap. Yuzvendra Chahal is second with seven wickets, followed by Rahul Chahar, who took his tally up to seven scalps as well in Friday's match. Avesh Khan in fourth place also has seven wickets, while Kuldeep Yadav with six wickets completes the top five.
Sixer King
Rajasthan Royals’ Jos Buttler still leads the list of maximum sixes scored by batters in IPL 2022. The opener has so far smashed 14 maximums Meanwhile, Punjab Kings’ big hitter Liam Livingstone equalled Andre Russell’s tally of 12 sixes in the season to join him in the second position at the maximum sixes table of the season. He scored four maximums against Gujarat Titans on Friday.
