Gujarat Titans will lock horns against Punjab Kings at the Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad on Thursday. GT has won two out of their three games whereas Punjab Kings has won a solitary match out of the three they have played.
We take a lot at the head-to-head battle, players to watch out for, and Squads of both teams in our match preview.
Gujarat Titans: W L W
After losing against Chennai Super Kings by a huge margin, GT bounced back in style to win by seven wickets against Sunrisers Hyderabad. Mohit Sharma was superb for the 2022 champions as he returned with figures of 3-25 whereas their batting order also delivered as the top four scored runs.
Punjab Kings: L L W
After winning their opening clash against Delhi Capitals, PBKS has lost two on the trot. They were blown away by Mayank Yadav in the previous match and their batters need to show more maturity in their strokeplay to deliver for their team.
Head to Head: Matches: 3, Won by Gujarat Titans: 2, Won by Punjab Kings: 1.
Players to watch out for: Shubman Gill, Sai Sudharsan, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Mohit Sharma, Sai Kishore, and Spencer Johnson will hold the key for GT.
Shikhar Dhawan, Jonny Bairstow, Jitesh Sharma, Kagiso Rabada, Liam Livingstone, Arshdeep Singh, and Harpreet Brar will hold the key for PBKS.
Gujarat Titans Final Squad:
Shubman Gill (C), David Miller, Matthew Wade, Wriddhiman Saha, Kane Williamson, Abhinav Manohar, Sai Sudharsan, Darshan Nalkande, Vijay Shankar, Jayant Yadav, Rahul Tewatia, Mohammed Shami, Noor Ahmed, R Sai Kishore, Rashid Khan, Joshua Little, Mohit Sharma, Azmatullah Omarzai, Umesh Yadav, Shahrukh Khan, Sushant Mishra, Kartik Tyagi, Manav Suthar, Spencer Johnson, Robin Minz.
PBKS IPL 2024 SQUAD
Wicketkeepers: Jonny Bairstow (ENG), Prabhsimran Singh, Jitesh Sharma.
Batters: Shikhar Dhawan, Harpreet Bhatia, Rilee Rossouw (SA), Shashank Singh.
All-rounders: Liam Livingstone (ENG), Atharva Taide, Rishi Dhawan, Sam Curran (ENG), Sikandar Raza (ZIM), Shivam Singh, Chris Woakes (ENG), Ashutosh Sharma, Vishwanath Singh, Tanay Thyagarajan, Harshal Patel.
Bowlers: Harpreet Brar, Arshdeep Singh, Kagiso Rabada (SA), Nathan Ellis (AUS), Rahul Chahar, Vidhwath Kaverappa, Prince Choudhary.