GT vs PBKS: Twitter Reacts As PBKS Break Gujarat's 5-Match Win Streak With Commanding Victory
Punjab Kings (PBKS) returned to winning ways with a thumping victory over table-toppers, Gujarat Titans (GT), at the DY Patil Stadium in Mumbai on Tuesday.
After winning the toss, Hardik Pandya opted to bat first. Shubman Gill’s sudden slump in form continued and he was run out from Rishi Dhawan’s direct hit in the 3rd over. Wriddhiman Saha and Hardik fell soon after, leaving GT reeling at 44/3.
Sai Sudarshan then hung around with the rest of the batters, all the while stacking up the runs. He scored his maiden fifty and stayed unbeaten till the end to help Gujarat post 143/8 in 20 overs.
In the run chase, Jonny Bairstow was promoted up the order as Mayank Agarwal took a step back but the ploy failed as the Englishman was dismissed by Mohammed Shami for a 6-ball 1.
Shikhar Dhawan proceeded to build an 87-run partnership with Bhanuka Rajapaksa. Dhawan scored his 46th IPL fifty and ensured that he took the team over the line. There were late fireworks from Liam Livingstone, who smashed 28 runs off Shami’s 4th over.
Livingstone smashed 3 consecutive sixes off the first 3 balls, including the biggest one (117m) of the IPL 2022 season so far. He proceeded to get 10 more runs in the next 3 balls to record an 8-wicket win with 24 balls to spare.
Here’s how Twitter reacted to GT vs PBKS:
Shikhar Dhawan is an ipl legend. Has Scored a minimum of 300 runs in 13/15 seasons. Just keeps clocking them season after season. What a player ?
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) May 3, 2022
Brother @SDhawan25 top form ?? ? and those sixes by @liaml4893!! Congratulations @PunjabKingsIPL! #IPL2022 #GTvsPBKS
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) May 3, 2022
Bowled to the perfection first up & finished the game in a hurry to get a jump on run rate ? #PunjabKings
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) May 3, 2022
The best part about this years #IPL2022 is that no team is looking like a team which is impossible to beat. I know many will say Gujrat Titans but honestly like today they can be defeated. On given day any team can beat any team. That's the beauty of the #IPL2022
— @Kaustubh_10 (@Kaustubh_0910) May 3, 2022
RCB, DC, SRH fans recalculating their scenarios after Punjab's win ? #GTvPBKS #IPL2022 pic.twitter.com/AMn3FlfYcV
— Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14) May 3, 2022
Shikhar was slow & steady, Rajapaksa was aggressive and Liam Livingstone erupted like a volcano! PBKS had their A game today. #GTvPBKS #IPL2022
— Vinay Kumar R (@Vinay_Kumar_R) May 3, 2022
Punjab Kings need 27 from 30 balls and Livingstone finished the match in just 6 balls.
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) May 3, 2022
Liam Livingstone finishes with 6,6,6,4,2,4. What a knock, he smashed a 117M six as well.
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) May 3, 2022
#liamlivingstone is undoubtedly one of the best clean hitting batsman I have seen in current times#PBKSvLSG pic.twitter.com/NZdolONWR3
— Vivek (@Vibgyyor) May 3, 2022
Punjab win makes the job tough for #DC #RCB #SRH. Now IPL will become more interesting for top 4 fight.?#PBKSvGT #IPL2022
— gaurav (@iam_gaurav96) May 3, 2022
I guess this defeat was very necessary for Titans…too much good is also bad…we got to know where we can get edged..so a required game.. specially for making Plan B kind of things in our coming games…!@gujarat_titans@hardikpandya7#GTVSPBKS#GujaratTitans #PunjabKings
— krishna sikawat ?? (@ksck333) May 3, 2022
Back to winning ways and getting closer to our objective ✌️? pic.twitter.com/s1Q4Fpuei5
— Shikhar Dhawan (@SDhawan25) May 3, 2022
Well played, @PunjabKingsIPL! Deserved the win tonight!?
— Gujarat Titans (@gujarat_titans) May 3, 2022
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