IPL 2024: Shubman Gill Holds This Player Responsible as Gujarat Titans Succumb to Punjab Kings

Shubman Gill lamented the catch he dropped after his team Gujarat Titans suffered a three-wicket loss against Punjab Kings in the recently concluded 18th match of the ongoing Indian Premier League 2024. In the 17th over, Ashutosh Sharma was dismissed in the deep by Umesh Yadav. The right-handed batsman was batting at 3 runs off 3 balls at the time and played a decisive innings of 31 runs off just 17 balls. In the 18th over, he got another reprieve when Sai Sudarsan couldn’t hold on to a difficult chance for long. Sharma was batting on 16 runs at that time.

Drops proved costly for GT as PBKS won a thrilling game. After reducing PBKS to 111 for 5 in the 13th over while defending 199, GT looked determined to win the game. However, Shashank Singh scored a 25-ball fifty and was unbeaten on 61 off just 29 balls to help his team to a stunning display. Win with one ball to spare.

Earlier in the game, Shubman Gill’s unbeaten innings of 89 helped GT post a massive score of 199/4 in the allotted 20 overs. The captain’s knock came off 48 balls and was studded with six fours and four sixes. The likes of Kane Williamson (26), Sai Sudherson (33) and Rahul Tewatia (33* off 8 balls) also played crucial innings.

Shubman Gill on defeat:
Speaking at the end of the game, Shubman Gill stated that 200 was enough to win the game before ruminating on his teammates’ failures to catch. He also spoke some words of praise for Shashank and Sharma. “I think two catches went down, it’s never easy (to win) when you drop a catch. The bowlers did a decent job, when the ball is coming on the bat, it’s difficult to defend, I wouldn’t say we came up short. were. (on runs). The new ball was doing something. 200 was enough.

“We were right in the game till about the 15th over. We were always under pressure from dropping the catch. The way he (Nalkande) bowled in the last match with 7 runs to go, it was a no-brainer for us. The guys you don’t see, coming Play such a knock and that’s the beauty of the IPL,” he added.