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

Punjab Kings vs Gujarat Titans Match Preview, IPL 2022, Match 16, PBKS vs GT. Punjab Kings is set to take on Gujarat Titans in TATA IPL 2022 in the 16th match on Friday, 08 April 2022 at 19:30 PM IST in the Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai. Punjab Kings have played 3 matches in the series and they are currently ranked fourth on the points table, while Gujarat Titans have played 2 matches in the series and are currently ranked third on the points table.

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Gujarat Titans were touted to have one of the best bowling attacks in the competition before the season. Both the games that GT won this season were more due to their fantastic bowling performances that didn’t allow the opposition batsmen to get going at all. Though they have a weaker batting lineup, their bowling has made sure that the batting issues are masked big time.

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

Punjab Kings (PBKS) Team Updates: Jonny Bairstow Available, Nathan Ellis Unavailable

Mayank Agarwal-led 50 (PBKS) are looking solid on paper. The Punjab-based franchise was one of the most active teams during the IPL mega auction and they operated intelligently and have covered most bases. All the foreign players of PBKS are performing well, Jonny Bairstow is yet to make his debut for them.

With all-round show of Liam Livingstone in the last match, PBKS Registered a comfortable win. They have won 2 out of the 3 matches played so far. They are standing behind Gujarat Titans at the 4th position in the points table. Shikhar Dhawan and Mayank Agarwal will probably open the innings against Gujarat.

Bhanuka Rajapaksa will bat at the one-down position. Jonny Bairstow and Liam Livingstone will handle the middle-order batting. Jonny Bairstow may debut against Gujarat and will do the Wicket Keeping for Punjab Kings. Rahul Chahar and Liam Livingstone will take care of the spin bowling of his team. Kagiso Rabada and Arshdeep Singh will lead the pace attack of his team.

The opening pair of Jonny Bairstow and Shikhar Dhawan, followed by Mayank Agarwal and Liam Livingstone, form an enviable top-order. If Tamil Nadu’s hard-hitting batter Shahrukh Khan and West Indies’ all-rounder Odean Smith are added; Punjab Kings certainly has one of the most exciting batting line-ups in the tournament. Aussie pacer Nathan Ellis is still unavailable as the one-off T20I game against Pakistan finished on the 5^th of April and the speedster will be unavailable at least till the 9^th of April.

Punjab Kings Predicted XI against Gujarat Titans:- Mayank Agarwal(c), Shikhar Dhawan, Jonny Bairstow (wk), Liam Livingstone, Shahrukh Khan, Odean Smith, Arshdeep Singh, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar, Vaibhav Arora, Harpreet Brar.

Gujrat Titans (GT) Team Updates: Matthew Wade And Vijay Shankar May Be Axed For Poor Performances

Gujarat Titans played with the same XI in both games. After the last-minute withdrawal of England opener Jason Roy, GT is using the explosive southpaw from Australia Matthew Wade as the opening partner along with Shubman Gill. If Matthew Wade continues to not make an impact, it will open the door for the young Afghanistan wicket-keeper batsman Rahmanullah Gurbaz to play in the XI as an opener.

Gujarat Titans have made a positive start to their IPL Debut. They have won 2 out of the 2 games played so far. They are standing at the 3rd position in the points table. Shubman Gill and Matthew Wade will probably open the inning. Shubman Gill missed on a century in the last game and scored a quickfire unbeaten 86 runs knock of only 46 balls against DC.

Matthew Wade will do the Wicket Keeping for Gujrat Titans. Vijay Shankar will bat at the one-down position. He is the weak point of the Gujarat Titans team so far with the batting. Skipper all-rounder Hardik Pandya and David Miller will handle the middle-order batting. Rahul Tewatia and Rashid-Khan will take care of the spin bowling of his team. Mohammed Shami and Lockie Ferguson will lead the pace attack of his team.

Varun Aaron bowled just an over in the previous game as he felt discomfort in his leg which prevented him from bowling further overs. It has to be seen whether he has recovered from it, if not, the lanky R Sai Kishore from Tamil Nadu might finally get to play his first IPL game.

Gujarat Titans Predicted XI vs Punjab Kings:- Shubman Gill, Rahmanullah Gurbaz(w), Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Hardik Pandya(c), David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Abhinav Manohar Sadarangani, Rashid Khan, Lockie Ferguson, R Sai Kishore, Mohammed Shami