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IPL: The fifth match of IPL 2025 was played between Gujarat Titans and Punjab Kings at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Punjab won this match by 11 runs. Batting first, Punjab Kings scored 243 runs in 20 overs thanks to Shreyas Iyer’s unbeaten innings of 97 runs. In response, Gujarat also played a great game but could not win the match. Gujarat’s team could only score 243 runs for the loss of 5 wickets in 20 overs. Sai Sudarshan (Sai Sudarshan’s) and Jos Buttler played half-century innings for GT.
Shreyas Iyer played a stormy innings
After losing the toss, Punjab Kings, who came to bat first, had a very good start. There was a partnership of 28 runs for the first wicket between Prabhsimran Singh and Priyansh Arya. Kagiso Rabada gave the first blow to Punjab by getting wicketkeeper batsman Prabhsimran (5 runs) caught out by Arshad Khan. After this Shreyas Iyer and Priyansh Arya took charge. There was a partnership of 51 runs in 21 balls between the two for the second wicket. 24-year-old batsman Priyansh Arya batted brilliantly but he missed out on scoring a half-century. Rashid Khan got him caught out by Sai Sudarshan. He scored 47 runs in 23 balls with the help of seven fours and two sixes.
In his very first match for Punjab, Shreyas performed brilliantly and remained unbeaten after scoring 97 runs in 42 balls. During this, he batted at a strike rate of 230.95. He hit five fours and nine sixes. With this, the right-handed batsman made a big record in his name. He became the third batsman to score the highest while debuting as captain for any team. In the end, Shashank Singh played an unbeaten innings of 44 runs in 16 balls and Punjab managed to score 243 runs for the loss of 5 wickets after batting for the entire 20 overs.
Sai Sudarshan and Butler’s innings went in vain
On the other hand, Gujarat, who came to chase the target, had a very good start in this match. Sai Sudarshan came to open with Shubman Gill in this match. Both of them added 61 runs for the first wicket. Gill, who had got a good start in this match, was dismissed by Maxwell after scoring 33 runs in 14 balls. Jos Butler, who came to bat at number 3, shared a partnership of 84 runs with Sai Sudarshan. Sudarshan was seen moving fast towards a century, but he became the victim of Arshdeep Singh on a personal score of 74. Sudarshan hit 5 fours and 6 sixes in his 41-ball innings. After Sudarshan was out, Gujarat’s run rate was curbed. Jos Butler did hit big shots in between. But Vijaykumar Vaishakh, who came to bowl as an impact player for Punjab, bowled well and brought Punjab back in the match. He gave 28 runs in 3 overs. Butler was out after scoring 54 runs in 33 balls. Sherfane Rutherford, who came to bat as an impact player, scored 46 runs.
