Rahul Tewatia’s blistering cameo for Gujarat Titans against Punjab Kings was electric. The left-hander clobbered bowlers with calculated aggression. Scoring at an unbelievable strike-rate, his 23 runs propelled Titans’ total to 199. Rahul Tewatia’s ballistic assault in only eight balls gave Titans the late surge. Rahul Tewatia power-hitting ignited Narendra Modi Stadium as Gujarat posted a formidable target.
The spin-bowling all-rounder joined his skipper Shubman Gill in the 18th over of the game, after Vijay Shankar was dismissed for a slow 8 off 10 balls by Kagiso Rabada. However, Rahul Tewatia smashed just his second ball for a maximum, followed by a boundary in the next over. Rahul Tewatia ended the innings with successive boundaries, giving the hosts’ bowlers an excellent chance to win the game.
Shubman Gill’s unbroken 89 kept the innings together for the home side, while Kane Williamson and Sai Sudharshan contributed 26 and 33 runs, respectively.
Shashank Singh’s Heroics Halt Gujarat Titans’ Home Dominance in IPL 2024
The Titans, who won the prized IPL championship in 2022, were aiming for their third consecutive home victory in the present season. Shubman Gill’s team began their season with a dramatic victory over the Mumbai Indians in Ahmedabad, but then lost convincingly to the Chennai Super Kings (CSK).
However, they recovered brilliantly to defeat Sunisers Hyderabad. Nonetheless, PBKS rookie hitters Shashank Singh and Ashutosh Sharma had different intentions for Thursday night in Ahmedabad. The Gujarat-based franchise did well by dismissing visiting skipper and veteran opener Shikhar Dhawan cheaply in the second over.
Jonny Bairstow and Prabhsimran Singh both departed after brief spurts of hitting, while Sam Curran and Sikandar Raza dismiss without significantly contributing to the total. Shashank took it upon himself to share a quick 39-run stand with Jitesh Sharma. The former accumulated 43 off 22 deliveries alongside Ashutosh before being dismissed by Darshan Nalkande on the first delivery of the twentieth over.
Shashank Singh ended the game with an undefeated 61*, one ball and three wickets remaining.
