PBKS vs GT Highlights, IPL 2022: Rahul Tewatia slams sixes off last two balls to secure incredible win for Gujarat

Two in two! Odean Smith dismissed on a golden duck. This innings has been a see-saw so far. In the previous over, PBKS slammed 24 runs against Tewatia and now, they have lost two sucessive wickets and the Titans are well and truly back in this.

Jitesh is dismissed after an entertaining cameo. Nalkande with his first IPL wicket.

WHAT AN INNINGS! Livingstone brings his half-century in merely 21 deliveries with a six.

PBKS 124/3 in 13 overs

Jitesh goes towards long off in bid for his thid six but he's dropped! 

Fuller from Tewatia and Jitesh gets down on his knee, and smashes it away brilliantly through midwicket.

Update: SIX AGAIN! Similar delivery from Tewatia and it is almost a repeat.

And Livingstone welcomes him with a four that – as Ravi Shastri says – went like a tracer bullet through cover.

Livingstone into his 40s.

On the final ball of the 12th over, Livingstone brings up Punjab Kings' 100.

PBKS need Livingstone to be there till the end. 100/3 in 12 overs

The Gujarat Titans captain to bowl his third over of the innings.

Only four runs off Rashid's third over and this is exactly what Titans needed after a threatening partnership between Livingstone and Dhawan.

PBKS 90/3 in 11 overs 

Rashid Khan gets Shikhar Dhawan for the fourth time in IPL! He gets a faint outside edge from Dhawan and Matthew Wade completes the catch with a brilliant take behind the wickets.

PBKS 86/3 in 10.1 overs

At the end of Powerplay, Gujarat Titans had put pressure on the PBKS with the quick wickets of Mayank and Bairstow. In the past four overs, however, the duo have added over 50 runs!

Livingstone, in particular, is breathing fire.

PBKS 86/2 in 10 overs

Livingstone is targetting the young Nalkande here. The England batter goes across to get inside the line of the ball and directs it brilliantly towards fine leg.

Update: Another similar shot, this time for a four!

Pandya had pulled out a stunning catch, but he fails to release the ball in time as his foot touches the boundary line. Livingstone gets a lifeline!

PBKS 70/2 in 9 overs

The leg-spinner is back into the attack after the strategic timeout.

No surprises here, as Liam Livingstone hits the first six of PBKS' innings. In the slot and the English batter smashes it away wide of long-on. A 93m long six!

PBKS 60/2 in 8 overs

Liam Livingstone brings Punjab Kings' 50 with a single. The two batters are key to PBKS' rebuild here.

23-year-old Darshan Nalkande to bowl his first over on his IPL debut.

Good comeback over from Ferguson. Shikhar Dhawan has looked in good touch after a shaky start against Hardik Pandya; and the PBKS would be expecting a big innings from the left-hander.

PBKS 49/2 in 7 overs

Only 5 of Rashid's first over and Lockie Ferguson continues with his second over of the innings.

Lowest total for Punjab Kings in the Powerplay in this edition so far. Gujarat get key breakthroughs in Mayank Agarwal and Jonny Bairstow and the onus is now on Dhawan and Livingstone to rebuild the PBKS innings.

The hero from previous game, Livingstone begins his innings with a four.

PBKS 38/2 in 5 overs

Lockie Ferguson strikes! Bairstow out on 8. A great catch from Rahul Tewatia at short third man.

Another soft dismissal, this. Ferguson drags back his length a little and Bairstow intends to use the pace of the ball to beat the short third. However, he doesn't find the distance.

The Indian opener became the only fourth player in T20 history to slam 1000 fours (after Chris Gayle, Alex Hales, and David Warner).

He follows it with another four towards cover.

AND THAT'S A RECORD!

Dhawan is now the first Indian to score 1000 fours in T20s!

End of an eventful over from Hardik Pandya as Bairstow slams a cracking four through the on-side – again, towards deep midwicket.

PBKS 25/1 in 4 overs

But Bairstow is safe. A risky single from Dhawan there. Miller, as usual, brilliant on the field with his direct hit.

After almost getting the wicket of Dhawan in his first over, Pandya continues to beat the opener's inside edge in his second. Dhawan twice beaten so far

Bairstow up and running with a first-ball boundary. A nice flick against Shami to open his account in IPL 2022.

PBKS 20/1 in 3 overs

Jonny Bairstow, making his debut for the PBKS, joins Dhawan at the crease.

Captain dismisses captain! Mayank falls on 5. Soft dismissal as Hardik infuses pace (140 km/h!), and the batter fails to adjust with the variation in time. As he intends to loft the delivery past mid-on, Mayank doesn't find the distance at all.

PBKS 11/1 in 2 overs

Shikhar Dhawan opens his account with a lucky boundary. Pandya bowls outside the off-stump and Dhawan looks to play the square cut. However, the ball finds a thick inside edge and dodges past both; the stumps as well as the keeper for a four.

PBKS 10/0 in 1.2 overs

And again, Hardik Pandya is the first-change bowler for the Titans.

He might have conceded a boundary, but it was an otherwise good over from Shami. He finds Mayank's outside edge twice, but the PBKS captain retains strike with a single off the last over.

PBKS 5/0 in 1 over

Mayank Agarwal off the mark with a boundary! First runs for PBKS as he smashes a lofted on-drive on a fuller delivery from Shami.

IPL 2022: Mayank Agarwal and Shikhar Dhawan open for the Punjab Kings. Mohammed Shami to bowl the first over.

We're set for the action to begin!

Hayden says the pitch is likely to be a batting paradise tonight.

“We are in for another batting-frenzy. We've got a little bit of grass on this wicket which is going to very consistent. It's going to play nicely for the quicks. Lots of even pace and bounce and a very good wicket.”

“This could well be the match where things change (for Dhawan),” says Gavaskar.

“Grateful that Punjab Kings showed the faith in me to perform at this stage. I heard a wooden sound in the last game and I asked the captain to take the DRS because I was confident. I personally spoke to MS Dhoni and he told me that my glovework and my leg movements are very good, and said I would improve day by day.”