Indian Premier League 2023 - Punjab Kings vs Gujarat Titans Dream11 Match Prediction, Top Picks, Playing 11, Captain, Vice Captain, Player Stats, Pitch Report & Weather Update
Punjab Kings vs Gujarat Titans – Match 18– IPL 2023 | |
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Date | April 13th, 2023 |
Time | 7.30 PM IST, 2:00 PM GMT, 7:30 PM Local Time |
Venue | IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali |
Both Punjab Kings and Gujarat Titans have started the tournament on a positive note, winning two and losing one game. Both teams won their first two games but succumbed to defeats in the last game. Gujarat Titans lost to Kolkata Knight Riders where a sensational show by Rinku Singh, who 5 sixes in the last over, helped KKR win the game.
Punjab Kings, on the other hand, lost to Sunrisers Hyderabad by 8 wickets. Shikhar Dhawan was the lone warrior for PBKS in the match and scored 99 of the team’s 143 runs.
The surface in Punjab offers a great deck for cricket. There is pace and bounce for the fast bowlers while the batters also get full value for their shots due to quick outfield and short boundaries.
The evening temperature in Mohali will be around 20 degrees, making it a pleasant environment for cricket.
Shikhar Dhawan (c), Prabhsimran Singh, Matthew Short/Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Shahrukh Khan, Sam Curran, Nathan Ellis, Mohit Rathee/Kagiso Rabada, Harpreet Brar, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh
Shikhar Dhawan (c), Prabhsimran Singh, Matthew Short/Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Shahrukh Khan, Sam Curran, Nathan Ellis, Mohit Rathee/Kagiso Rabada, Harpreet Brar, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh
Kagiso Rabada and Bhanuka Rajapaksa should come into the team for PBKS. Liam Livingstone has also arrived in India but he is unlikely to play soon. Gujarat will have to take a call on Yash Dayal who was hit for five sixes in the last game. Dasun Shanaka can replace him. For Gujarat, Hardik Pandya should be back.
Both teams have won one game a piece in the two times they have met.
Matches Played | PBKS | GT | NR | Tie | |
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Overall | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Wicketkeeper | Prabhsimran Singh |
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Batters | Shikhar Dhawan, Shubman Gill (VC), Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Sai Sudarsan |
All-rounders | Hardik Pandya (C), Sam Curran |
Bowlers | Kagiso Rabada, Mohammed Shami, Rahul Chahar, Rashid Khan |
Shikhar Dhawan has been a brilliant batter in IPL over the years and was on song in the team’s last game where he scored 99 runs off the team’s total of 143 runs.
Shubman Gill has blown hot and cold in IPL 2023 but one cannot deny the skills he possesses. It is tough to perform in every game in this format but the quality is always there and players need to be selected based on their skills. Gill will make it to most fantasy teams.
Hardik Pandya adds a lot of value to the team. Hardik’s bowling has improved leaps and bounds in recent years and his skills with the bat are second to none. He is someone people will pay twice the money to have in the team.
He is arguably the best spinner of the modern era. Even in the most adverse situations, Rashid Khan can turn the game on his head, exactly what he did in the last game against KKR where he took a hattrick and changed the game in GT’s favour.
Sam Curran can be helpful for Punjab in Mohali where the ball does swing early on. Curran can be dangerous with the new ball for GT.
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