Gujarat in Climax

 

                Gujarat beat Kolkata by 2 points in thrilling climax Gujarat captain Pandya won the toss and elected to bat Initially, Gujarat lost the Gill wicket. Gill returned with a keeper billing catch off Southee. The score continued with Pandya Saha coming in behind. Recovering from injury, Pandya continued his form in the match. But Saha was bowled by Iyer and Umesh Kolkata took the second wicket. Miller Hardick, who came next, provided excellent support and kept the scoreboard moving. Meanwhile, Hardik scored a half-century

                  The other Gujarat players who came after Hardy and Miller were out could not find any more runs. Russell, who came on to bowl the last over, ended Gujarat's innings with four wickets for just five runs in 1 over. Tim Southee took 3 for 24 in 4 overs.

                Kolkata start layer. In the opening over, Sum Billings returned with 4 runs for the loss of Shamim. Sunil Narine and Shamim returned for 5 runs. It was the first time in the tournament that captain Shreyas Iyer had struggled to find runs. Meanwhile, Ferguson fired Nitish Rana. With Iyer dismissed by Yash Dial, Kolkata's situation deteriorated. Then Rinku Singh and Venkatesh Iyer reached the crease and the score slowly moved forward. Venkatesh was dismissed by Rashid Khan.

                   Still Kolkata was not ready to lose. Because their big hitter Russell has just arrived at the crease. Kolkata's score was 98-6 when Venkatesh was dismissed as Araman. Russell's 48 off 25 balls, including six sixes and one four, helped Gujarat win the toss.For Gujarat, Shami, Rashid and Yash took 2 wickets each. Rashid Khan was selected as the man of the match.