PBKS vs GT, 5th Match at Ahmedabad, IPL, Mar 25 2025 - Match Result

RESULT
5th Match (N), Ahmedabad, March 25, 2025, Indian Premier League
(20 ov, T:244) 232/5

PBKS won by 11 runs

Player Of The Match
97* (42)
shreyas-iyer
Cricinfo's MVP
130.46 ptsImpact List
shreyas-iyer
Match centre 
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Scorecard summary
Punjab Kings 243/5(20 overs)
97* (42)
3/30 (4)
Gujarat Titans 232/5(20 overs)
54 (33)
1/44 (4)
Cricinfo’s Most Valuable Players of the Match
PlayerTeam
TI
Runs
I. Runs
B. Impact
Bowl
I. Wkts
Bo. Impact
PBKS130.4697(42)113.74130.46---
GT107.43---3/304.15107.43
GT70.7974(41)73.4770.79---
PBKS59.3547(23)53.7459.35---
PBKS58.43---2/361.9958.43
end of over 2015 runs • 2 wickets
GT: 232/5CRR: 11.60 
M Shahrukh Khan6 (1b 1x6)
Arshad Khan1 (1b)
Arshdeep Singh 4-0-36-2
Vijaykumar Vyshak 3-0-28-0

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.

19.6
6
Arshdeep to Shahrukh Khan, SIX runs

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

Shahrukh facing his first ball

19.5
1
Arshdeep to Arshad Khan, 1 run

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

19.4
W
Arshdeep to Rutherford, OUT

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

Sherfane Rutherford b Arshdeep Singh 46 (28b 4x4 3x6 43m) SR: 164.28

GT need three sixes to tie...

19.3
2
Arshdeep to Rutherford, 2 runs

a near yorker just outside off, and Rutherford can only bunt it towards long-off for two

19.2
6
Arshdeep to Rutherford, SIX runs

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

19.1
W
Arshdeep to Rutherford, OUT

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

Rahul Tewatia run out (Arshdeep Singh) 6 (2b 0x4 1x6 8m) SR: 300

Arshdeep will bowl

GT need 27 in the final over. There should be a comfortable winner from here, you'd think.

end of over 1918 runs
GT: 217/3CRR: 11.42 RRR: 27.00 • Need 27 from 6b
Rahul Tewatia6 (2b 1x6)
Sherfane Rutherford38 (24b 4x4 2x6)
Vijaykumar Vyshak 3-0-28-0
Marco Jansen 4-0-44-1
18.6
6
Vyshak to Tewatia, SIX runs

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

18.5
Vyshak to Tewatia, no run

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

18.4
1
Vyshak to Rutherford, 1 run

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!!!"

18.3
4
Vyshak to Rutherford, FOUR runs

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

18.2
2
Vyshak to Rutherford, 2 runs

this is a dipping full toss arriving around seventh stump, as he goes low to push it towards deep extra cover

18.1
4
Vyshak to Rutherford, FOUR runs

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

18.1
1w
Vyshak to Rutherford, 1 wide

Vyshak keeps bowling wides outside off! Rutherford goes flashing at this high-ish full toss, and misses

end of over 1812 runs • 1 wicket
GT: 199/3CRR: 11.05 RRR: 22.50 • Need 45 from 12b
Sherfane Rutherford27 (20b 2x4 2x6)
Marco Jansen 4-0-44-1
Vijaykumar Vyshak 2-0-10-0
17.6
W
Jansen to Buttler, OUT

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

Jos Buttler b Jansen 54 (33b 4x4 2x6 63m) SR: 163.63
17.5
2
Jansen to Buttler, 2 runs

fullish again, and a slower ball around sixth stump. Heaved to deep square leg

17.4
4
Jansen to Buttler, FOUR runs

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

17.3
1lb
Jansen to Rutherford, 1 leg bye

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

17.2
4
Jansen to Rutherford, FOUR runs

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

17.1
1
Jansen to Buttler, 1 run

goes full and wide of off, as he angles it across. Buttler gets across, and mistimes a loft towards long-on

end of over 175 runs
GT: 187/2CRR: 11.00 RRR: 19.00 • Need 57 from 18b
Jos Buttler47 (29b 3x4 2x6)
Sherfane Rutherford23 (18b 1x4 2x6)
Vijaykumar Vyshak 2-0-10-0
Marco Jansen 3-0-33-0
16.6
1
Vyshak to Buttler, 1 run

very full, and wide of off. Buttler slashes to deep cover for just a single, as GT seem to lose their way

Best performances - batters
Spike Graph
Wagon Zone
SS Iyer
97 runs (42)
5 fours9 sixes
Productive shot
pull
28 runs
0 four4 sixes
Control
73%
B Sai Sudharsan
74 runs (41)
5 fours6 sixes
Productive shot
pull
14 runs
1 four1 six
Control
64%
Best performances - bowlers
R Sai Kishore
O
4
M
0
R
30
W
3
ECO
7.5
FTYFGSGS
OFFLEG
RHB
1W
2W
Arshdeep Singh
O
4
M
0
R
36
W
2
ECO
9
FTYFGSGS
OFFLEG
RHB
LEGOFF
LHB
1W
1W
Match details
Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
TossGujarat Titans, elected to field first
Series
Season2025
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 days25 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
PointsPunjab Kings 2, Gujarat Titans 0
Language
English
Win Probability
PBKS 100%
PBKSGT
100%50%100%PBKS InningsGT Innings

Over 20 • GT 232/5

Rahul Tewatia run out (Arshdeep Singh) 6 (2b 0x4 1x6 8m) SR: 300
W
Sherfane Rutherford b Arshdeep Singh 46 (28b 4x4 3x6 43m) SR: 164.28
W
PBKS won by 11 runs
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Indian Premier League

TeamMWLPTNRR
GT862121.104
DC862120.657
MI954100.673
RCB853100.472
PBKS853100.177
LSG95410-0.054
KKR83560.212
RR8264-0.633
SRH8264-1.361
CSK8264-1.392