India, May 4 -- A Rs.3.47 crore performance should usually give a team control of the night. Suryansh Shedge gave Punjab Kings that level of value against Gujarat Titans, but it still did not carry them home.

That is what made the innings sharper than a normal rescue act. Shedge did not merely make a fast half-century. He took a broken PBKS innings, repaired it under pressure, dragged it into competitive territory and still watched Gujarat chase the target with one ball left.

Punjab's innings had nearly collapsed before Shedge could properly shape it. The top order gave Gujarat the opening they wanted. Priyansh Arya and Cooper Connolly fell inside the first over. Prabhsimran Singh could not turn his start into a repair job. Nehal Wadher...