While most of the Punjab Kings (PBKS) batsmen struggled against Gujarat Titans (GT) at the Brabourne Stadium on Friday, it seemed like a walk in the park for their English batsman Liam Livingstone, who made a 27-ball 64 (7x4, 4x6). Thanks to Livingstone’s fiery innings, Punjab posted an impressive 189-9 in their 20 overs. At the time of going to press, Gujarat Titans were 88-1 after nine overs.

Agarwal struggles

Put in to bat by Gujarat captain Hardik Pandya, it was an interesting initial contest between Punjab’s India openers—Mayank Agarwal (5) and Shikhar Dhawan (35), and GT’s India speedster Mohammed Shami (1-36).