PBKS vs GT: The 17th match of IPL 2024 was played between Gujarat Titans and Punjab Kings. Punjab Kings team won this match. With this win, Punjab Kings have registered their second win in the season. This match between the two teams was played till the last over, where Punjab Kings won the match due to the brilliant innings of the young players. With the victory of Punjab Kings, they have also moved to fifth position in the points table.
How was the match?
Talking about the exciting match played between Gujarat Titans and Punjab Kings, in this match Punjab Kings captain Shikhar Dhawan won the toss and decided to bowl first and after this, GT team scored 199 runs in 20 overs after losing four wickets. Scored runs. After this, Punjab Kings chased this target in the last over of the match. They scored 200 runs losing 7 wickets in 19.5 overs and won the match by 3 wickets. Young players contributed the most in Punjab’s victory, where Shashank Singh played the highest innings of 61 runs in 29 balls. During this innings he hit a total of 6 fours and 4 sixes. Ashutosh Sharma supported Shashank Singh in this run chase. Whereas Jitesh Sharma played a short but important inning of 16 runs.
Broke the record of Mumbai Indians
Gujarat Titans had given a target of 200 runs to Punjab Kings to win in this match. By chasing this target in an exciting manner, the Punjab Kings team has made a big record in its name. Let us tell you that he has chased the target of 200 runs for the sixth time in IPL. Before this, there was no team which would have chased the target of 200 or more so many times. Punjab has become the first team to do this in the entire T20 cricket. Earlier in IPL, Mumbai Indians had chased the target of 200+ runs 5 times, now they have left MI behind in this matter.
List of teams that chased 200 or more runs most times in IPL
- Punjab Kings – 6 times
- Mumbai Indians – 5 times
- Chennai Super Kings – 3 times
- Kolkata Knight Riders – 3 times
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