A clinical cricketing approach by the batters and bowlers earned the Gujarat Titans a five-wicket win against the free-falling Kolkata Knight Riders on Friday night at the Narendra Modi Cricket Stadium.

GT skipper Shubman Gill carried the batting responsibilities on his shoulder but in a post-match interview with the broadcasters he confessed that the win should have been much easier than a last over finish. Gill’s 50-ball 86 carried GT close to the 181-run target, but a slight middle order wobble delayed the inevitable until the fourth ball of the last over. While the batters, particularly Gill, took them past the chequered flag, it was the bowlers who had put them in the fast lane with their clinical bowling in the Powerplay and the last five overs.