GT vs PBKS, IPL 2024: Shashank Singh played an unbeaten knock of 61* runs off 29 balls decorated with fours sixes and as many fours to guide Punjab Kings to a thrilling three-wicket win over Gujarat Titans on Thursday in the ongoing IPL 2024 season.

Chasing 200, Punjab Kings lost skipper Shikhar Dhawan (1) early while his opening partner Jonny Bairstow (22) was cleaned up by Noor Ahmad in the final over of the powerplay. Prabhsimran Singh also became a victim of the Afghan spinner after playing a knock of 35 off 24 balls while Sam Curran (5) and Sikandar Raza (15) had a dismal show in Ahmedabad.

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Coming in to bat at no. 6, Shashank played his shots freely and covered the length and breadth of the ground in his attacking prowess. The player batted at an impressive strike rate of 210.34 to take the side over the line on the penultimate ball of the match.

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Shashank took star bowlers including Umesh Yadav, Rashid Khan and Noor Ahmad to the cleaners during his blistering knock. The batter revealed that he reacts to the balls and not the bowler and lauded Punjab Kings' management for the backing.

"Still trying to sink in, I vision these things but turning it into reality feels great. I play cricketing shots, I bat at No. 7 but today I batted at No. 5. The bounce was very good, 200 scored by both teams so the wicket was fantastic. They are the legends of cricket, I don't see the names, I react to the ball and play my shots accordingly," Shashank said in the post-match presentation.

"Couldn't get much matches before, last to last year for SRH but the management, the coaching staff here has really backed me and I was very confident," he added.

Punjab Kings are placed at fifth spot in the points table and will next host Sunrisers Hyderabad on April 9.


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