Punjab Kings vs Gujarat Titans Match Preview, IPL 2022, Match 16, PBKS vs GT
PBKS vs GT: Match Preview.

PBKS vs GT: Match Preview – IPL 2022, Match 16, Punjab Kings vs Gujarat Titans. Punjab Kings (PBKS) face Gujarat Titans (GT) in their fourth game of IPL 2022 at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai on April 8 Friday.

This is the second match for the Hardik Pandya-led Gujarat Titans who have won both their first two games. Punjab, on the other hand, won comfortably against Chennai Super Kings in their previous game by 54 runs.

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Matches in the IPL 2022 are coming thick and fast. It is a 10-team event from this season with two new teams added to the league. A total of 74 matches will be played across the four venues in Maharashtra. 20 matches each will be played at the Wankhede Stadium and the DY Patil Stadium while 15 games each will be played at the Brabourne Stadium and the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium.

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Tata IPL Trophy. (Photo: BCCI)

The Titans are placed third in the points table at the moment while the Kings are placed fourth. Gujarat has a game in hand having played just two matches so far in the league.

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PBKS vs GT: Match Preview – IPL 2022, Match 16, Punjab Kings vs Gujarat Titans

Punjab Kings

Punjab Kings
Punjab Kings. Image: BCCI

Punjab Kings thumped Chennai Super Kings in their previous game by 54 runs. Liam Livingstone came to the party scoring 60 off 32 balls powering Punjab to 180. The bowlers came to the party bowling out CSK for 126 winning the game by 54 runs. They have looked a good side so far in the season batting their loss to KKR.

They have played an attacking brand of cricket going hard at the top and their bowlers doing the job. They also have Jonny Bairstow available for the next game has joined the squad and completed his mandatory quarantine.

PBKS Squad

Shikhar Dhawan, Mayank Agarwal, Arshdeep Singh, Kagiso Rabada, Jonny Bairstow, Rahul Chahar, Harpreet Brar, Shahrukh Khan, Prabhsimran Singh, Jitesh Sharma, Ishan Porel, Liam Livingstone, Odeon Smith, Sandeep Sharma, Raj Angad Bawa, Rishi Dhawan, Prerak Mankad, Vaibhav Arora, Writtick Chatterjee, Baltej Dhanda, Ansh Patel, Nathan Ellis, Atharva Taide, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Benny Howell

Gujarat Titans

Gujarat Titans
Gujarat Titans. Image: BCCI

The Titans under Hardik Pandya have looked like a good side in the tournament so far, THey beat Lucknow Super Giants in their first game of the season followed by Delhi Capitals in their second. The bowlers have been used well by Hardik Pandya. Shubman Gill scored an attractive 84 against Delhi to give them a good start in the game. Overall, they have looked like a well-rounded side and are ready for the remainder of the season.

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GT Squad

Hardik Pandya, Rashid Khan, Shubman Gill, Mohammed Shami, Jason Roy, Lockie Ferguson, Abhinav Sadarangani, Rahul Tewatia, Noor Ahmed, Sai Kishore, Vijay Shankar, Jayant Yadav, Dominic Drakes, Darshan Nalkande, Yash Dayal, Alzarri Joseph, Pradeep Sangwan, David Miller, Wriddhiman Saha, Matthew Wade, Varun Aaron, B Sai Sudharshan

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