GT vs PBKS: Priyansh shines in debut, Shreyas-Shashank lay the foundation for victory; Vishak-Arshdeep wreak havoc in death overs

Punjab Kings made a great start to their campaign by defeating Gujarat Titans by 11 runs thanks to the lethal bowling of Arshdeep Singh and Vijaykumar Vishak in the death overs. In this match played at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Tuesday, Punjab, who came to bat first after losing the toss, scored 243 runs for the loss of five wickets in 20 overs, thanks to the partnership of 81* runs between Shreyas Iyer and Shashank Singh. This is Punjab's second-highest total in IPL. Last season, Punjab scored 262/2 against KKR. In response, Gujarat's team could score only 232 runs for the loss of five wickets in the stipulated overs.

Gill and Sudarshan gave a good start.

Chasing the target of 244 runs, Gujarat got a great start from captain Shubman Gill and Sai Sudarshan. There was a partnership of 61 runs for the first wicket between the two. Maxwell got Gill caught out by Priyansh Arya in the last over of the powerplay. He scored 33 runs in 14 balls.

Vijaykumar Vishak and Arshdeep Singh turned the tables.

After this, Jos Buttler and Sai Sudarshan took over the front. There was a partnership of 84 runs in 40 balls for the second wicket between the two, which was broken by Arshdeep Singh. He stopped the opener Sudarshan, who was moving towards a century, at a personal score of 74 runs. In this match, Butler scored 54, Rutherford scored 46, and Rahul Tewatia scored six runs. At the same time, Shahrukh Khan and Arshad Khan remained unbeaten by scoring six and one run respectively. Arshdeep Singh took two wickets for Punjab while Marco Jansen and Glenn Maxwell got one success each. During this, Vijaykumar Vishak may not have got any wickets, but his deadly bowling in the 19th over broke Gujarat's hopes of victory.

The Punjab batsmen had a blast.

Thanks to the 81* partnership of Shreyas Iyer and Shashank Singh, Punjab Kings gave a target of 244 runs to Gujarat Titans. The team had a good start in this match. There was a partnership of 28 runs for the first wicket between Prabhsimran Singh and Priyansh Arya. Kagiso Rabada got wicketkeeper-batsman Prabhsimran caught by Arshad Khan. He was out after scoring five runs. After this, Shreyas Iyer and Priyansh Arya took over the front. There was a partnership of 51 runs in 21 balls between the two for the second wicket.

Priyansh shines in debut match.

24-year-old batsman Priyansh Arya was looking in great form and was moving fast for a half-century in his debut match, but Rashid Khan got him caught out by Sai Sudarshan. He managed to score 47 runs in 23 balls with the help of seven fours and two sixes.

Shreyas Iyer also impressed.

Shreyas Iyer is captaining Punjab this season. He performed brilliantly in his very first match and remained unbeaten after scoring 97 runs in 42 balls. During this, he hit five fours and nine sixes at a strike rate of 230.95. With this, the right-handed batsman made a big record in his name. He became the third batsman to score the highest score while debuting as captain for any team. Sanju Samson is at the top in this case. He scored 119 runs against Punjab Kings while debuting as captain for Rajasthan Royals in 2021. Mayank Agarwal is in second place, he scored 99* in his first match as captain for Punjab Kings in 2021.

Apart from Shreyas, Azmatullah Umarzai scored 16, Marcus Stoinis scored 20 and Shashank Singh scored 44* in this match. At the same time, Maxwell was dismissed without opening the account. With this, the Australian batsman became the batsman to be out on zero the most number of times in the IPL. He has been out on zero in the IPL 19 times. For Gujarat, Sai Kishore took three wickets while Kagiso Rabada and Rashid Khan got one wicket each.