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Gujarat Titans 190 for 4 (Gill 96, Sai Sudharsan 35, Rabada 2-35) beat Punjab Kings 189 for 9 (Livingstone 64, Dhawan 35, Rashid 3-22) by six wickets
Chasing 190, Titans needed 62 from the last six overs with nine wickets in hand. But that one big over that would have titled the game in Titans’ favour didn’t come until the very end.
With the equation down to 13 required from three balls, Miller hit it straight towards the bowler, who tried to run out Tewatia at the non-striker’s end but ended up conceding an overthrow. Tewatia then smashed the next two balls over deep midwicket to steal the victory.
The Shubman Gill show
Mayank Agarwal turned to Kagiso Rabada in the fourth over and Rabada didn’t disappoint. With his second ball, he got Matthew Wade to nick one to the wicketkeeper.
Where is the final push?
Gill and Sai Sudharsan added 101 in 68 balls for the second wicket before Sudharsan skied a Rahul Chahar googly to extra-cover.
The required rate was still not out of hand, but Arshdeep conceded only six from the 16th over and five from the 18th to make things difficult for Titans.
Pandya hit two successive fours off Rabada in the 19th over but the bowler had Gill mistiming a wide full toss to extra-cover. Off his last 16 balls, Gill managed only 18. However, Tewatia magic saved the day for Titans.
Kings’ sedate start
Earlier, after being put in, Agarwal got Kings off the mark with a four off Mohammed Shami before Pandya, once again sharing the new ball, got him with a short ball.
Jonny Bairstow, who replaced Bhanuka Rajapaksa in the side, started with a first-ball four but he too didn’t last long. Trying to ramp a Lockie Ferguson bouncer, he was cramped and ended up offering a dolly to short third man.
And even though each of the first overs featured at least one boundary, Kings could manage only 43 in the powerplay, their lowest in that phase so far this season.
Livingstone tees off
But then came a slice of luck. In the ninth over of the innings, Livingstone pulled Rashid Khan towards deep midwicket, where Pandya leapt in the air and took the catch. But as he was landing, his foot brushed the boundary cushion. Livingstone had started walking back and was almost near the boundary line when he saw the replay on the big screen.
In the next over, he moved across his stumps and helped Nalkande for a six and four off successive balls. He wrapped up the over with yet another four, taking Kings to 86 for 2 after ten overs.
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Hemant Brar is a sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo