In IPL 2025, Punjab Kings have started with victory. Punjab defeated Gujarat Titans by 11 runs. In response to the 243 runs of Punjab Kings, Gujarat's team could score 232 runs. Shreyas Iyer did amazing batting for Punjab, but his victory was decided by the bowlers. His fast bowlers also performed amazing in DU of Ahmedabad. Arshdeep Singh took 2 wickets for 36 runs. Maxwell and Jansan got one wicket each. But the major reason for Punjab's victory was Vijaykumar Vaishak who did not take any wickets but he managed to throw 2 best overs in the death overs. He conceded 28 runs in 3 overs but snatched the match from Gujarat.
Punjab Kings, batting first, scored 243 runs in 20 overs. Iyer scored 97 runs in just 42 balls. 9 sixes came out of his bat. Apart from him, Shashank Singh scored 44 runs in just 16 balls. Priyansh Arya also scored 47 runs in 23 balls. Gujarat bowlers proved to be very expensive. Siraj robbed 54 runs in 4 overs. Rashid Khan conceded 48 runs in 4 overs. Famous Krishna scored 41 runs in 3 overs. Arshad Khan gave 21 runs in an over. Rabada took 41 runs. Only Sai Kishore took 3 wickets for just 30 runs in 4 overs.
Sai Sudarshan scored 74 runs in 41 balls for Gujarat Titans. 6 sixes and 5 fours came out of his bat. Shubman Gill scored 33 runs in 14 balls. He also hit 3 sixes and 2 fours. Batler scored a half -century in 31 balls. He scored 54 runs in 33 balls.
