Jason Holder the star as Gujarat Titans edge past Punjab Kings in nervy IPL win

[p]Pace spearhead [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/siraj-mohammed/EPQqSEB7/"]Mohammed Siraj[/a] set the tone with two wickets in the first over of the match as hosts [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/gujarat-titans/WxbsgtO5/"]Gujarat[/a] reduced top of the table [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/punjab-kings/juzL6jnm/"]Punjab[/a] to 47-5 before they managed 163-9 in Ahmedabad.[/p][p]Gujarat also suffered from regular wickets in their chase but opener [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sudharsan-sai/UFQrOh93/"]Sai Sudharsan[/a]'s 57 and an unbeaten 40 off 23 balls by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sundar-washington/r9K7iDfq/"]Washington Sundar[/a] guided the team home [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/cricket/gujarat-titans-WxbsgtO5/punjab-kings-juzL6jnm/?mid=0xiMwLEr"]with one ball to spare[/a].[/p][p]Needing 11 to win from the last over, Sundar, a left-handed batter, kept his nerve and smacked [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/stoinis-marcus/Mk8SuMG0/"]Marcus Stoinis[/a] for a winning six on the penultimate delivery.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/gill-shubman/KOAQiuhe/"]Shubman Gill[/a]-led Gujarat stay fifth in the 10-team table with four teams on 12 points each.[/p][p]Punjab, led by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/iyer-shreyas/INzfXBtM/"]Shreyas Iyer[/a], still hold the top spot with 13 points after they went down to just their second defeat in the season.[/p][embed guid="0d35b7fc-4288-4bd0-95b5-d1725b06253c" url="https://x.com/gujarat_titans/status/2051009677262278861?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet" social-type="twitter" /][p]Top four teams after the league stage will qualify for the playoffs.[/p][p]Punjab attempted to defend their modest total after impact substitute [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/vyshak-vijaykumar/AyHXQpSA/"]Vijaykumar Vyshak[/a] took 2-30 including [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/buttler-joseph/bVycigXQ/"]Jos Buttler[/a], for 25, and the left-handed Sudharsan in the 15th over.[/p][p]Gujarat slowed down in their chase in front of disciplined bowling and good fielding, but Sundar stood firm[/p][p]Earlier Siraj rattled Punjab with two wickets in two balls upfront including [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/connolly-cooper/jPqaRayb/"]Cooper Connolly[/a] caught behind for a duck.[/p][p]Siraj's new-ball partner [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/rabada-kagiso/jRmmeilR/"]Kagiso Rabada[/a] took down [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/singh-prabhsimran/0nQp4lte/"]Prabhsimran Singh[/a] for 15 and West Indies pace bowler Holder came in as the third seamer to push Punjab on the backfoot.[/p][p]Holder dismissed [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/wadhera-nehal/CWPw1gWh/"]Nehal Wadhera[/a] and then Iyer but Marcus Stoinis, who made 40, and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/shedge-suryansh/dGwjuqLi/"]Suryansh Hedge[/a], who hit 57, put on a defiant stand of 79 off 44 balls.[/p][p]Shedge was impressive in his 29-ball blitz laced with three fours and five sixes and got good support from Australia's Stoinis.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/jansen-marco/6ey7qlc3/"]Marco Jansen[/a] contributed with 20 to boost the total but it was not enough to stop Gujarat from winning on their home turf.[/p]