The game was turned around by Shreyas Iyer’s speed, leading to Gujarat Titans’ loss.

In the fifth match of IPL 2025, Punjab Kings defeated Gujarat Titans by 11 runs. The Punjab team batted first and scored 243 runs on the board. In response, chasing the target, the Gujarat Titans team could score 232 runs losing 5 wickets in 20 overs.

In the run chase, Gujarat had the first blow on the score of 61, when captain Shubman Gill was dismissed for 33 runs. After this, the pair of Sai Sudarshan and Jose Butler put the team in a strong position. The two shared an 84 -run partnership for the second wicket. Sai Sudarshan scored 74 runs in 41 balls with the help of 5 fours and 6 sixes.

However, even after Sai’s wicket, Gujarat remained in the game. From one end, Jose Butler and the other end Sherfen Rutherford were attacking the Punjab bowlers. But a trick of Shreyas Iyer gave all the work bad.

Vijay Kumar Vaishak’s bowling overturns

After the second timeout of the second innings of the match, Punjab Kings fielded Vijaykumar Vaishaq in place of Priyansh Arya, using the Impact Player Rules, and changed the attitude of the match with his bowling. He conceded only 5 runs in the first over of his spell. Earlier, Sherfen Rutherford and Jose Butler were continuously hitting fours and sixes. Vaishaq was seen bowling wide yorker in the match, against which Gujarat batsmen could not score easily. He conceded 28 runs in three overs, and played an important role in the team’s victory.

Shreyas Iyer also played a big role in victory

Captain Shreyas Iyer also played a big role in Punjab’s victory, who played a brilliant innings of 97* runs with the help of 5 fours and 9 sixes in 42 balls at a strike rate of 230.95. At the same time, Shashank Singh played an unbeaten innings of 44 runs in 16 balls with the help of 6 fours and 2 sixes in 16 balls at a strike rate of 275.