bashed over deep extra cover! But all it can do is reduce the margin of defeat for GT. Arshdeep angled it across from over the wicket, and went fullish and wide of off. Shahrukh reached out and sent the ball flying off the bat. PBKS win by 11 runs, and start the season with a win
PBKS vs GT, 5th Match at Ahmedabad, IPL, Mar 25 2025 - Match Result
If we needed another 240 vs 230 T20, today was it. A total of 32 sixes were hit in Ahmedabad - that's 192 runs already - as the runs tally crossed 470 or thereabouts yet again. But PBKS have started with a win, led by their new captain Iyer, and GT will rue missed chances. Who knows where this could have gone had they taken them? But join us for the action again tomorrow, with every team now having opened their account this year. Until then, goodnight and take care!
Sugun: "That 15th over from Vyshak for 5 runs took the momentum away and GT never caught up there after. Turning point."
Shreyas Iyer is the Player of the Match: "Ecstatic, to be honest. Getting 97* in the first match is always the icing on the cake. No better feeling to be honest. It was important for me to go ahead and adapt. I got four off the first ball, and that gave an immense boost. That flicked six off Rabada - I think the momentum changed... There was some extra bounce as well. I think we adapted quickly. You see the 44 runs Shashank scored off 16 or 17 balls... with the dew coming in, we knew the scenario would be changing. Thankfully, we were able to execute. Vyshak is a funny character; he has got lot of traits in him where he comes in with a great attitude. His approach is stupendous. It was magnificent to watch from the outside. I think Arshdeep played an important role. He said the ball is reversing a bit; the saliva is helping. Before the season started, we left no stone unturned. Everyone chips in with their mindset. There's everyone participating and showing interest."
Time for the presentations
NKR Jr: "Shashank's last over blitz has proven to be the difference in this run fest!"
Arshdeep Singh: "The thought was simple and clear: we'll make them play in the off side. Really happy for Vyshak. He's putting in the hard yards in the practice. The plan was if you're going to miss, miss on the wider side. It does slip a bit with the dew, but the plan was to bowl as wide as possible. Credit goes to all batters who went in and smashed from ball one. There's no par score."
Shubman Gill: "We got our chances when we were bowling and batting. Too many runs we conceded in the back end of the innings... Those three overs in the middle, we scored around 18 runs. That, and our first three overs we didn't score many runs. That cost us the game. Apart from that, many positives for us today. Not easy for someone to come and deliver those yorkers for someone who is on the bench. It's always a good wicket to bat on here."
11.18pm Yet another massive-scoring game among a mountain of those at the IPL. Even totals in and around 240 aren't safe anymore. GT nearly get to their target of 245, falling only 11 short in the chase. Who knows which era of T20 batting we've got into? Nevertheless, today was a rare case of a bowler impacting an IPL game as Impact Sub. Vyshak came in, and simply turned it around within an over. GT were snapped of momentum, and PBKS got to sneak in. GT will feel they could have started more quickly, but that's it now. Iyer's 97* and Shashank's 44* off 16 balls gave PBKS a massive total, and GT were always running behind. Join us for the presentation soon.
Shahrukh facing his first ball
another yorker, and this is just outside off. Arshad looks to jam it down, but gets an inside edge to the keeper's right
Arshad Khan
chopped on! Arshdeep strikes again, and Rutherford departs after losing steam in the second half of his innings. The ball was outswinger again, and pretty full and wide of off. Rutherford looked to drive at it away from his body, but only got an inside edge on to off stump. PBKS all but there now
GT need three sixes to tie...
a near yorker just outside off, and Rutherford can only bunt it towards long-off for two
a bottom-handed six over wide long-off! On a length from Arshdeep, who went wide of off, but Rutherford stood still in the crease, and crashed the ball for six
Shahrukh is the new batter, but will be the non-striker for now
Tewatia is run-out! He was backing out way too far at the non-striker's end, and the stumps were broken after the ball tickled Arshdeep's left hand. Arshdeep had bowled an away-swinging low full toss a little wide of off, which Rutherford could only push back. Arshdeep threw his hand out, and PBKS were lucky enough to get a wicket
Arshdeep will bowl
GT need 27 in the final over. There should be a comfortable winner from here, you'd think.
swiped over fine leg! Tewatia, in his typical style, gets across the stumps early, and dispatches this full toss dipping and arriving wide of off
another high-ish full toss around seventh stump, and it's Vyshak's day indeed. Tewatia went swiping but missed. But Tewatia reviews for a potential waist-high no-ball. Replays show that the ball seemed to be dipping as it angled across, and indeed, it is passing just below the waist
Tewatia facing his first ball
Rutherford gets across the stumps early, and Vyshak goes full and wide of off. The batter has a heave, but gets it off the inside half of the bat towards square leg
Sravan: "Impact Player vs Impact Player, PBKS won!!!"
bam! Thumped to deep third! There was a fielder there, but he could hardly even spot the ball. Yet another (indeed!) full toss outside off from Vyshak, as Rutherford swung through the line
this is a dipping full toss arriving around seventh stump, as he goes low to push it towards deep extra cover
flayed wide of short third! He got across the stumps a bit, and as he got another full toss from Vyshak outside off, he opened the face of the bat late to beat the fielder
Vyshak keeps bowling wides outside off! Rutherford goes flashing at this high-ish full toss, and misses
bowled him! Buttler gets an inside edge, and that will be it, you'd think. Jansen bowled it on a length around sixth stump, as he angled it across. The ball seemed to shape away further after pitching, and Buttler, who was looking to hoick across the line, ended up getting an inside edge on to the leg stump
fullish again, and a slower ball around sixth stump. Heaved to deep square leg
falls just short of Shedge sliding to his left from deep third, and goes to the boundary after hitting his hands! Another full toss, as Jansen angled it across, and the ball arrived wide of off. That's Buttler's fifty too
a dipping and very full ball, as it hits Rutherford on his front pad. It looked like sliding down, even as Jansen appealed for lbw. The ball rolled off his pad to the off side
sliced to deep third! Rutherford finally gets it away, as he opens the face of the bat at this yorker-length ball wide of off, and sends it flying off his bat to beat deep third to his right
Deep: "How many full tosses has Rutherford missed!?" --- Countless ones
goes full and wide of off, as he angles it across. Buttler gets across, and mistimes a loft towards long-on
very full, and wide of off. Buttler slashes to deep cover for just a single, as GT seem to lose their way
1W | 2W | |||
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1W | ||||
Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad | |
Toss | Gujarat Titans, elected to field first |
Series | |
Season | 2025 |
Player Of The Match | |
Hours of play (local time) | 19.30 start, First Session 19.30-21.00, Interval 21.00-21.20, Second Session 21.20-22.50 |
Match days | 25 March 2025 - night (20-over match) |
GT Player Replacement | Impact player: in, out (2nd innings, 12.3 ov) |
PBKS Player Replacement | Impact player: in, out (2nd innings, 12.6 ov) |
Umpires | |
TV Umpire | |
Reserve Umpire | |
Match Referee | |
Points | Punjab Kings 2, Gujarat Titans 0 |
Over 20 • GT 232/5