Gujarat Titans will lock horns against Punjab Kings in their season’s opener at the Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad on Tuesday. Punjab Kings assembled a potent squad in the IPL 2025 mega auction and they would look to execute their skills on the ground.
Punjab have a lot of batting firepower in their squad as they were able to bag players like Marcus Stoinis, Glenn Maxwell, Shreyas Iyer, Josh Inglis.
Gujarat Titans, on the other hand, have a strong bowling line-up as they have bowlers like Mohammed Siraj, Kagiso Rabada, Gerald Coetzee, Prasidh Krishna, Ishant Sharma, Washington Sundar and Rashid Khan.
Both teams would look to come up with a collective effort throughout the tournament and would aim to tick all the right boxes.
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Gujarat Titans captain Shubman Gill needs five sixes to complete 100 maximums in the IPL.
Sai Sudharsan needs five fours to complete 100 boundaries in the tournament.
Rahul Tewatia needs three sixes to complete 50 maximums in the tournament.
Rashid Khan needs one wicket to complete 150 scalps in the IPL.
Mohammed Siraj needs seven wickets to complete 100 scalps in the IPL.
Ishant Sharma needs eight wickets to complete 100 scalps in the tournament.
Marcus Stoinis needs nine sixes to complete 100 maximums in the IPL. The all-rounder also needs seven wickets to complete 50 scalps in the tournament.
Lockie Ferguson needs four wickets to complete 50 scalps in the IPL.
Punjab Kings Squad: Josh Inglis(w), Prabhsimran Singh, Shreyas Iyer(c), Glenn Maxwell, Nehal Wadhera, Marcus Stoinis, Shashank Singh, Marco Jansen, Harpreet Brar, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Praveen Dubey, Lockie Ferguson, Xavier Bartlett, Vishnu Vinod, Yash Thakur, Aaron Hardie, Azmatullah Omarzai, Kuldeep Sen, Priyansh Arya, Suryansh Shedge, Harnoor Singh, Musheer Khan, Pyla Avinash
Gujarat Titans Squad: Jos Buttler(w), Shubman Gill(c), Sai Sudharsan, Glenn Phillips, Shahrukh Khan, Washington Sundar, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Kagiso Rabada, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Ishant Sharma, Jayant Yadav, Mahipal Lomror, Karim Janat, Kulwant Khejroliya, Anuj Rawat, Gerald Coetzee, Sherfane Rutherford, Manav Suthar, Kumar Kushagra, Arshad Khan, Gurnoor Brar, Nishant Sindhu
