Shreyas Iyer’s explosive 97* and Arshdeep Singh’s fiery bowling powered Punjab Kings to an 11-run victory over Gujarat Titans in Ahmedabad. Chasing 244, Gujarat Titans put up a strong fight, with Sai Sudharsan (74), Jos Buttler (54), Shubman Gill (33), and Sherfane Rutherford (46) making valuable contributions. However, their efforts fell short as they finished at 232/5. Earlier, Iyer’s unbeaten 97 off 42 balls, supported by Shashank Singh’s blistering 44* off 16, propelled Punjab Kings to 243/5, setting up a thrilling contest.
Punjab Kings (243/5) defeated Gujarat Titans (232/5) by 11 runs in the IPL 2025 match on Tuesday in Ahmedabad. In the chase of 244, GT were comfortable and dominating as Sai Sudharsan scored 74 while Jos Buttler scored 54 off 33 balls. Apart from them, Sherfane Rutherford also scored 46 off 28 balls. For PBKS, Arshdeep Singh scalped two wickets while Marco Jansen and Glenn Maxwell scalped one wicket each.
Arshdeep played an important role in that. He came in and said the ball is actually reversing a bit, so the saliva on the ball is helping the bowlers. He got Sai (Sai Kishore), and it helped us,”Iyer stated when asked about their wide-worker plan.
