Talk about bouncing back from the brink! An equation slipping away, the ghosts of some of the earlier games creeping in when we couldn’t close it off. But we hung in there. And sometimes, hanging in there is all it takes. 🙌When the time came, the tables turned, the big shots came, the sixes flew, and the game was sealed! Oh, didn’t we need this! 🥳

TV in full HD 📺🫡

It was literally swinging for the hills, and finding them. 75 runs | 33 balls | Six fours | Six sixes. When the pressure was on, TV made sure to flip the channel and put it back on the opponents…

…And when there’s a will, there’s a Will Jacks 👏

He joined Tilak out in the middle with 52 runs being needed off 21 balls. It went down to 50 off the last three overs.

18^th over: 22 runs | Tilak: Two sixes and a four, Jacks: one four

19^th over: 13 runs | Tilak: One four, Jacks: One six

20^th over – 15 runs to get, the same equation that RCB had against us in the previous game. Only, we were batting this time around.

19.1: WJ smokes it over long-off for a SIX

19.2: Single behind point

19.3: Tilak tries to scoop, misses

19.4: Hammers it over cover, SIX | 2 runs now needed off 2 balls

19.5: And he does it…with a monster pull over backward square leg, sets off, jumps, celebrates, and gives the Blue and Gold army some much-needed reason to celebrate.

Ryano sets it up 🦏

Chasing 201 is never easy. But Ryan Rickelton was quick to hand out the first punch, with a super 23-ball cameo of 48 to signal out intentions straightaway. Rohit Sharma, Sherfane Rutherford chipped it with useful supporting acts, setting the stage for the TV-WJ show.

Maanla re, Thakur 🙏

With Hardik Pandya injured and Suryakumar Yadav missing out for personal reasons, this was Jasprit Bumrah’s turn to lead. Deepak Chahar drew first blood in the powerplay, a habit he’s made for over a decade now. But the star of the show was Shardul Thakur.

☝️ Prabhsimran Singh

☝️ Shreyas Iyer

☝️ Suryansh Shedge

☝️ Marco Jansen

4-0-39-4.

Our bowlers, with a middle-overs collapse made sure the Punjab Kings were forced to use up their impact sub as a batter, a decision that helped up big time in the second innings.

Right then, this feels good. We've started off our playing-for-pride journey showing the world exactly what our boys are capable of. Onwards and upwards.. 💙💪