Gujarat Titans captain Shubman Gill admitted he might have launched Prasidh Krishna earlier with the ball, after Punjab Kings chased down the goal to win by three wickets of their first IPL match on Tuesday.“I might have gotten Prasidh on earlier, however we had been within the recreation till the top, there’ll at all times be ifs and buts. However he got here on the proper time, took wickets and stored us within the recreation till the seventeenth and 18th over,” Gill stated after the match.Punjab Kings had been guided by Cooper Connolly, who scored 72 off 44 balls on debut, serving to his aspect chase 163 with 5 balls remaining. Prabhsimran Singh made 37 off 24 balls, and the 2 added 76 runs for the second wicket.Earlier, Yuzvendra Chahal picked up 2/28 in 4 overs to regulate the center part, whereas Vijaykumar Vyshak took 3/34 as Gujarat Titans had been held to 162/6.For Gujarat Titans, Gill scored 39 off 27 balls and Jos Buttler made 38 off 33.Punjab Kings had an early setback when Kagiso Rabada dismissed Priyansh Arya, with debutant Ashok Sharma taking the catch at midwicket.Connolly and Prabhsimran then put the innings again on monitor. Rashid Khan later dismissed Prabhsimran, who was caught at long-on.Shreyas Iyer hit two sixes off Ashok Kumar however was dismissed quickly after, flicking a supply from Prasidh Krishna to Washington Sundar at deep midwicket.Sundar additionally eliminated Nehal Wadhera, whereas Krishna took the wickets of Shashank Singh and Marcus Stoinis in fast succession to convey Gujarat Titans again into the match.Krishna was introduced into the assault within the thirteenth over when Punjab wanted 53 runs from 48 balls, and he dismissed Iyer off his first supply.Regardless of the wickets, Connolly stayed until the top, hitting 5 sixes and 5 fours to take Punjab Kings dwelling.“I feel we bowled fairly nicely, we did not get going within the final 5 – 6 overs (with the bat), it wasn’t a 200 wicket, but when we had 175 it might have been completely different, however we stored shedding wickets and we could not get going within the final 5 overs,” Gill added.





