Mullanpur, March 31 -- Following his side's loss to Punjab Kings (PBKS) despite a valiant bowling effort, Gujarat Titans (GT) skipper Shubman Gill pointed that 175-180 runs would have been an ideal target at Mullanpur and also spoke on the IPL debut of Rajasthan pacer Ashok Sharma, who took a wicket in his three-over spell.

PBKS, the 2024 runners-up, started off their IPL 2026 with a win, but it did not come very easily. GT, who made 162/6 in 20 overs after being put to bat first with knocks from skipper Gill (39) and Jos Buttler (38), showed plenty of character and fight while defending such a moderate total, reducing PBKS to 118/6 from a dominant position of 110/2, courtesy of a fine three-wicket spell from Prasidh Krishna.

While it w...