Punjab Kings began their IPL 2025 campaign with a thrilling 11-run win over Gujarat Titans in a high-scoring encounter at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on March 25. Led by newly appointed captain Shreyas Iyer, Punjab posted a commanding 243\/5, before restricting the Titans to 232\/5 in a chase that went down to the wire.<\/p>\n
Batting first, Punjab Kings were off to a flying start, thanks to a blistering 47 off 23 balls from youngster Priyansh Arya, who smashed 7 fours and 2 sixes at a strike rate of 204.35. After a brief stumble with the wickets of Prabhsimran Singh (5) and Arya in quick succession, it was the Shreyas Iyer show.<\/p>\n
In his debut outing as PBKS captain, Iyer unleashed a breathtaking knock of 97 not out off 42 balls, laced with 5 fours and 9 sixes, striking at 230.95. He was well supported by Shashank Singh, who chipped in with a fiery 44 off just 16 balls<\/em>* to close out the innings. Iyer missed out on a maiden IPL ton by 3 runs, unable to face the last 7 deliveries.<\/p>\n For Gujarat, the bowling attack had a tough outing. Mohammed Siraj (4-0-54-0) and Arshad Khan (1-0-21-0) were particularly expensive. Only Sai Kishore managed to keep things tight, returning figures of 4-0-30-3.<\/p>\n Chasing 244 for victory, Gujarat Titans made a strong start with captain Shubman Gill racing to 33 off just 14 balls, but he once again fell to Glenn Maxwell, continuing his struggles against the off-spinner.<\/p>\n Sai Sudharsan anchored the innings brilliantly with a 74-run knock off 41 balls, including 5 fours and 6 sixes. He was well-supported by Jos Buttler (54 off 33) and Sherfane Rutherford (46 off 28), who kept GT in the hunt till the 20th over.<\/p>\n However, the pressure of an ever-rising asking rate proved too much. Arshdeep Singh delivered two crucial blows \u2014 dismissing Sudharsan and Rutherford \u2014 and also effected a run-out of Rahul Tewatia to derail Gujarat\u2019s chase at the death.<\/p>\n Punjab\u2019s bowling was tested but did enough to defend the total. Arshdeep finished with 2\/36, while Marco Jansen and Glenn Maxwell picked up a wicket each.<\/p>\n Punjab Kings: 243\/5 (Shreyas Iyer 97*, Priyansh Arya 47; Sai Kishore 3\/30)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Gujarat Titans: 232\/5 (Sai Sudharsan 74, Buttler 54; Arshdeep Singh 2\/36)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Result: Punjab Kings won by 11 runs<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n With this victory, Punjab Kings kick off their IPL 2025 campaign with momentum, while Gujarat Titans will rue missed opportunities despite a strong batting display.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" IPL 2025: Shreyas Iyer\u2019s blazing 97 powers Punjab Kings to 11-run win over Gujarat Titans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":437,"featured_media":42302,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ipl"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22000","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/437"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22000"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22000\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Sudharsan, Buttler shine but Gujarat fall short<\/h3>\n
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