IPL Cricket Score, RPS vs GL: Heart break for Smith, Gujarat beat Pune by 3 wickets

It was a great batting display by Australian skipper Steven Smith which helped Pune Supergiants to post 195 runs on the board. Rahane also scored his half-century.It was a thriller match as Gujarat Lions crossed the line last ball. Chasing down massive 196 runs, McCullum and Smith steered them in first six overs and then it was Raina and Karthik. Steven Smith century went in vain as he scored his maiden T20 ton. Gujarat Lions are well placed on top of the table.

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IPL Cricket Score, RPS vs GL: Heart break for Smith, Gujarat beat Pune by 3 wickets

Gujarat Lions Vs Rising Pune Supergiants

It was a thriller match as Gujarat Lions crossed the line last ball. Chasing down massive 196 runs, McCullum and Smith steered them in first six overs and then it was Raina and Karthik. Steven Smith century went in vain as he scored his maiden T20 ton. Gujarat Lions are well placed on top of the table.  

It was a great batting display by Australian skipper Steven Smith which helped Pune Supergiants to post 195 runs on the board. Rahane also scored his half-century.

It will be a clash between two former Chennai Superkings players, MS Dhoni and Suresh Raina. Both the teams have won their last match but Gujarat is on top of the table while Pune lying on the bottom half.

Meanwhile, Gujarat Lions won the toss and choose to bowl first against injury struck Rising Pune Supergiants.

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Gujarat has brought in Shivil Kaushik  in place of Praveen Tambe who is not fit. For Mitch Marsh is not fit,  Handscomb and Albie Morkel comes in for Faf Du Plessis.

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Kaushik and Handscomb will make their IPL debuts today.

Teams:

Rising Pune Supergiants: MS Dhoni, Ajinkya Rahane, Saurabh Tiwary, Steve Smith, Thisara Perera, Peter Handscomb, Albie Morkel, Rajat Bhatia, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ashok Dinda and Murugan Ashwin

Gujarat Lions: Suresh Raina (C), Dwayne Smith, Brendon McCullum, Dinesh Karthik, Ravindra Jadeja, Ishan Kishan, Dwayne Bravo, James Faulkner, Praveen Kumar, Dhawal Kulkarni and Shivil Kaushik

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