Punjab edge Gujarat /* .+*$' $''ǭ. + -/4

# .# )&Ǵ. ƹƴ ) ' / ( * 4 .#0/*.# . 2 0)% - # / -" / *! ƵƳƳ

SHUBHMAN

Gill smashed an unbeaten 89 for the highest individual . *- *! /#$. 4 -ǭ. ) $ ) - ($ - "0 for Gujarat Titans but Punjab Kings still snuck through to a three-wicket victory on Thursday.

# .# )& $)"#ǭ. Ʋƭ ) ' / ( * by debutant Ashutosh Sharma saw Punjab reach the target of 200 with one ball to spare, the highest successful chase this season. “Still trying to sink in,” said Singh. “Visualised all these things, but when it /0-) $)/* - '$/4Ǡ +-*0 *! /# ƥ*-/ǟǯ

For most of the evening, Gujarat looked on course for a comfortable victory with Punjab plummeting to 70-4 in the ninth over. Captain Shikhar Dhawan was out in the second over when he chopped one onto the stumps.

Bigimpact (+ / .0 ./$/0/ # -( ǧ +' 4$)" #$. Ƥ-./ǽ 1 ( / #ǧ #$++ $) 2$/# ,0$ & ƶƴ *Ƣ ƴƺ ''. /* +0'' *Ƣ ) 0)'$& '4 2$) !*- /# $)".

England batsman Johnny Bairstow fell .**) Ƥ -!*-ƮƮǠ $1 4 !"# ).+$)ner Noor Ahmad who was the pick of the Gujarat bowlers with 2-32.

Young wicketkeeper Prabhsimran Singh . *- ) )/ -/ $)$)" ƯƱ *ƥ Ʈư ''. 0/ holed out trying to pick up the pace.

Singh came to the crease with Punjab ./$'' ) $)" ƬƯƬ -0). 0/ ( Ʋƭ *ƥ ƮƵ balls, with six fours and four sixes.

Impact substitute Sharma, playing his ơ-./ƕ 1 - ( / #Ǡ #$++ $)2$/# ,0$ & Ưƭ *ƥ ƭƴ ''. /* +0'' *ƥ ) 0)'$& '4 win for the Kings.

Gujarat skipper Gill batted through /# #*( / (ǭ. $))$)". /* . *- ƴƶ *ƥ 48 balls, the highest individual score this season.

New Zealand captain Kane Williamson . *- ƮƲ $) #$. ơ-./ ++ - ) /#$. . .*) !*- 0% - / Ƥ - *+ ) - -$ #$( ) # ! '' # +'4 !*- ƭƭǟ

$'' ) ' ƤǶ# ) - $ 0 -.# ) stitched together a rapid partnership of 53 in the middle overs to give Gujarat a ' 0) #$)" + /* ' - / $) /# ơ) ' overs.

All-rounder Rahul Tewatia provided the ơ) ' ơ''$+ 2$/# ,0$ &ơ- ƮƯ *ƥ $"#/ ''. Ǹ /*" /# - # ) $'' - & $) ƱƲ -0). $) /# ' ./!*0-*1 -./*/ & 0% - //*ƭƶƶƕưǟ

Gill blamed the defeat on “dropped catches”.

“Never easy on a wicket like this,” he added.