PBKS vs GT: "We know what to do" - Sam Curran after Punjab Kings' 6th IPL 2024 defeat

The Sam Curran-led Punjab Kings (PBKS) were up against the Shubman Gill-led Gujarat Titans (GT) in the 37th match of the Indian Premier League 2024 (IPL 2024) on Sunday, April 21, at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, Mullanpur, New Chandigarh.

Opting to bat first in the match, Punjab Kings' batters looked clueless against the spin trio of Sai Kishore, Noor Ahmad, and Rashid Khan. They were eventually bowled out for 142 with Prabhsimran Singh top-scoring for them with 35 runs under his belt.

When it was time to defend the target, Punjab Kings bowlers gave their best and took the game deep but the target was too small to defend and GT completed the run chase easily to win the match by 3 wickets. For PBKS, Harshal Patel picked three wickets, Liam Livingstone got two wickets while Sam Curran and Arshdeep Singh got one wicket each.

Speaking after the match, the Punjab Kings captain Sam Curran said that they were 10-15 runs short in the match. However, he praised his bowlers for showing a fantastic fight. Sam Curran stated:

"I think so (we were 10-15 short). The effort with the ball was incredible, the commitment and fight was amazing, but it was not enough."

Sam Curran acknowledged that the Punjab Kings batters struggled against the GT spinners and opined that a total of around 160 could have been match-winning. Sam Curran rued the fact that they lost a cluster of wickets. He also said that they have a clear goal now to win every game. Sam Curran said:

"The Afghanistan spinners are world-class bowlers and Sai Kishore bowled really well, credit to them. That is the third time we have used that pitch, anything above 160 would have been a par total but we still fought well. Prabhsimran played really well in the powerplay but unfortunately, we lost a cluster of wickets after that. Now we know what to do, we have to win every game."

The Previous Four Match Results Between Punjab Kings (PBKS) And Gujarat Titans (GT)

Before the match in Chandigarh between Punjab Kings (PBKS) and Gujarat Titans (GT), the head-to-head record of the teams stood at 2-2. In their previous IPL 2024 match, Punjab Kings won an absolute thriller against the IPL 2022 champions by 3 wickets and with ball remaining on April 4.

Before that, they had faced off each other in the Indian Premier League 2023 on April 13. In that match, the Gujarat Titans registered a 6-wicket win with one ball remaining in the match. Also, the two teams faced off each other twice in the debut season of Gujarat Titans in the Indian Premier League 2022. In that season, GT defeated PBKS by 6 wickets in their first encounter on April 8 but the eventual champions of the competition faced an 8-wicket hammering at the hands of the Punjab-based franchise on May 3.