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Tewatia finishes another chase after Gill’s match-defining 67
Shubman Gill felt at home in Mohali as he headlined the third win of the season for the defending champions with a fine 67 off 49 balls. At a venue where he’s grown up playing his cricket and has his highest IPL score, Gill stood tall amidst tough batting conditions to take his team close to the finish line. Despite Sam Curran’s best efforts in the final over, PBKS fell short in their defence of a sub-par total of 153 for 8.
Despite conditions being a little tough for run-making, Gujarat Titans were in complete control of the chase all the way until the penultimate over where Arshdeep Singh returned and conceded just six runs. It left Sam Curran to defend seven in the final over with Gill and David Miller in the middle. Curran however, cleaned up the half-centurion in the second ball to give PBKS hopes of a late, late heist. Miller, who struggled to middle the ball in his 18-ball stay, turned the strike over to Rahul Tewatia when the equation was down to 4 runs needed off 2 balls. Curran had a mini-conference with Arshdeep and Shikhar Dhawan but it didn’t yield the desired result as Tewatia shuffled across and lapped a shot over short fine leg to cap off the chase.
Punjab Kings’ plan of throwing their bats around from the start was on but their flying start was clipped by a wicket in the first over – of Prabhsimran Singh – and that of the orange cap holder Shikhar Dhawan. The PBKS captain tried to hit over mid-on and miscued his chip off Joshua Little to get caught by Alzarri Joseph for a run-a-ball 8 – his first single-digit score this season. Despite Dhawan’s early exit, PBKS were buoyed by Matthew Short’s crisp strokeplay as he cut and drove his way to 35 off 22 in the first six overs
Short looked in control against the GT quicks but failed to read the first googly coming his way from Rashid and was comprehensively bowled to trudge back for 36 off 24 balls. Jitesh Sharma was able to read Rashid’s variations better as he pulled and paddled against the spinner to get three fours. But the struggle for him – and Bhanuka Rajapaksa – came against the pacers as Mohit Sharma and Alzarri Joseph through the middle overs. Between overs 7 and 15, PBKS scored just at just 5.22 runs an over. Despite hitting five fours, Jitesh managed just 25 off 23 balls while Rajapaksa suffered throughout his scratchy stay before Alzarri Joseph dismissed him for 20 off 26 balls. In his first IPL outing since 2019, Mohit made an impactful return, finishing with a spell of 2 for 13 in 4 overs that included the wickets of Jitesh and Sam Curran – who fell for a run-a-ball 22.
Rajapaksa’s exit inadvertently sparked life into PBKS’ essay as Shahrukh Khan walked out and walloped a 147kmph delivery from Joseph for a six over deep square leg and dragged the team past the 150-run mark with a cameo of 22 runs from just 9 balls.
Shubman Gill made a pristine start to chase when he drove the third ball from Arshdeep in the first over through covers for the first of his 7 boundaries in the chase. Wriddhiman Saha too made a courageous start as he meted out the same treatment to Kagiso Rabada in the second over. The wicketkeeper-batter then hit four fours in Arshdeep’s second over but Rabada ended his early flourish with a short ball. Saha went for the pull but ended up having to clear the longer square boundary and failed – hitting straight to Short at deep square leg. With that wicket, Rabada became the fastest to 100 IPL scalps, getting there in 64 innings.
Like PBKS, GT too saw their scoring slow down amidst testing conditions and big square boundaries. From 80/1 in 10 overs, GT limped to 111/3 in 15 as Curran and Arshdeep once again put the pressure to keep PBKS in the game.
The see-sawing fixture then had Gill putting GT back on top in a three-over period where he lofted Rahul Chahar over cover to get his half-century, hit Curran down the ground and then played an exquisite pull shot off Rabada for a six in a 12-run 18th over. This over tilted the fixture strongly in Gill and GT’s favour until Arshdeep and Curran took it to the very end.
Punjab Kings have just a day’s break before taking on LSG in Lucknow in the evening fixture on Saturday. Gujarat Titans head back home to face Rajasthan Royals on Sunday.
Brief scores:
Punjab Kings 153/8 (Matthew Short 36; Mohit Sharma 2-18, Rashid Khan 1-26) lost to Gujarat Titans 154/4 (Shubman Gill 67, Wriddhiman Saha 30; Sam Curran 1-25) by 6 wickets
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Level III landslide early warnings issued to the Districts of Kandy, Kegalle, Kurunegala and Matale extended
The landslide early warning center of the National Building Research Organisation [NBRO] has extended the Level III RED landslide early warnings issued to the Districts of Kandy, Kegalle, Kurunegala and Matale until 1600hrs on 11th December 2025.
Accordingly,
The LEVEL III RED landslide warnings issued to the the Divisional Secretaries Divisions and surrounding areas of Kundasale, Pasbage Korale, Medadumbara, Ganga Ihala Korale, Hatharaliyadda, Pathadumbara, Doluwa, Panvila, Gangawata Korale, Ududumbara, Akurana, Yatinuwara, Harispattuwa, Deltota, Thumpane, Poojapitiya, Udapalatha, Udunuwara, Minipe and Pathahewaheta in the Kandy district, Aranayaka, Yatiyanthota, Rambukkana, Bulathkohupitiya and Mawanella in the Kegalle district, Mallawapitiya, Mawathagama and Rideegama in the Kurunegala district, and Rattota, Laggala Pallegama, Ukuwela, Matale, Wilgamuwa, Pallepola, Naula, Yatawatta and Ambanganga Korale in the Matale district have been extended.
LEVEL II AMBER landslide early warnings have been issued to the Divisional Secretaries Divisions and surrounding areas of Uva Paranagama, Hali_Ela, Meegahakivula, Badulla, Kandeketiya, Bandarawela, Soranathota, Ella, Haputhale, Lunugala, Welimada, Haldummulla and Passara in the Badulla district, Warakapola, Galigamuwa, Kegalle, Dehiowita, Ruwanwella and Deraniyagala in the Kegalle district, Polgahawela and Alawwa in the Kurunegala district, Kothmale East, Walapane, Thalawakele, Nuwara Eliya, Kothmale West, Nildandahinna, Mathurata, Ambagamuwa Korale, Hanguranketha and Norwood in the Nuwara Eliya district. and Kolonna, Godakawela and Kahawaththa in the Ratnapura district.
LEVEL I YELLOW landslide early warnings have been issued to the Divisional Secretaries Divisions and surrounding areas of Divulapitiya, Attanagalla and Mirigama in the Gampaha district, Narammala in the Kurunegala district, and Kiriella, Eheliyagoda, Balangoda, Kaltota, Openayake, Nivithigala, Imbulpe, Ayagama, Kuruwita, Kalawana, Elapatha, Pelmadulla and Ratnapura in the Ratnapura district.
The handover of 35 tonnes of Russian Humanitarian Aid to Sri Lanka, recently affected by the cyclone «Ditwah», took place at Katunayake today (10th December)
The shipment was welcomed at the Katunayake airport by Ambassador of Russia Levan Dzhagaryan, Minister of Ports and Civil Aviation Anura Karunathilaka and Deputy Minister of Defence, Major General Aruna Jayasekara (Retd).
Ambassador Levan Dzhagaryan: said “This delivery is a reflection of long-term friendly relations between Russia and Sri Lanka and reaffirms Moscow’s commitment to support countries in a difficult humanitarian situation.”
The supplies brought by the EMERCOM (Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations) aircraft comprised a movable 60 kW electric power station, Pumping equipment for water drainage, Summer tents (10-person capacity) and Food supplies (sugar, vegetable oil, rice)
The total cargo weight is 35 metric tonnes. The aid will be distributed among the most affected regions.
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