Gujarat Lions won the toss and as expected elected to field first considering they chased down a formidable 187 against KKR the other night. The Kings XI Punjab innings did not start off as expected. They lost Manan Vohra early in the piece and that set them back, from there on they were just resurrecting. Shaun Marsh then brought the innings back on track before Shaun Marsh fell. He was stroking the ball really well, along with Hashim Amla. Marsh scored 30 off 24 balls, he also hit a six. Amla continued his good form and scored 65 off 40 balls before he left.
Maxwell played the way only he can, he went after the bowling and hit them to all parts, but his blitz was short-lived as he departed for 31 off 18 balls. He hit 3 sixes. Shubham Agarwal was costly, he went for 42 off 4 overs, but he got the important wicket of Hashim Amla. Maxwell departed when he tried to reverse sweep Ravindra Jadeja, he missed and was trapped in front. Andrew Tye was bowling a lot of knuckle balls but he was still picked for runs, he picked 2 wickets in the process. Stoinis tried but never got going he departed for a sorry 7 off 9 balls. Axar Patel showed steel and resilience in the end, he hit a few lusty blows, courtesy which they reached to a defendable score. After going after Smith he finally fell prey to him when he top edged a ball and got out. Gujarat Lions need 189 to win.
